Mother's Day Bouquet 2: Canterbury Bells

Applause IconMay 14, 2025 • 6:15 PM UTC
Location IconUnited States
Applause Icon140x Magnification
Applause IconPlants
Holly Stuart (Foldscope Team)

Education Specialist at Foldscope Instruments

111posts
1083comments
7locations
Flower #2 from my Mother's Day Bouquet was the purple Canterbury Bell.
The large flowers were easy to handle and provided easy access to a lot of pollen. Of course, I looked at the pollen under different levels of magnification and lighting conditions. The first set of pictures were taken using the 140X lens plus 5X digital zoom on my phone. I used a lightbox, and the LED light for brightfield and darkfield lighting.
Then I increased the magnification to 340X plus 5X digital zoom on my phone. For lighting, I used a lightbox and reflective lighting with the 2.0 LED light module.
This flower had an ovary that was easy to access and using the 50X lens, I was able to see the ovules inside it!
The final thing I looked at were the plant cells on the flower petal at 140X magnification plus 5X digital zoom on my phone.

Sign in to commentNobody has commented yet... Share your thoughts with the author and start the discussion!

More Posts from Holly Stuart (Foldscope Team)