LGP 26 B-4: (Hibiscus Flowers: Discovering the Inside of the Beauty on the outside)
Jun 12, 2026 • 1:08 PM UTC
India
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Divye Kumar
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This is a hibiscus flower, otherwise known as the "pretty red flower" by many lay people. It is scientifically labelled as Althaea officinalis which translates from Greek into marshmallow flower.
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This is a 50x magnified image where you can spot the tiny yellow pollen of the hibiscus. There is also a pollen sack on the left containing a lot of smaller pollen inside the sack. The pollen are almost a perfect circle and are almost equal in size. They are also spread out quite close to each other.
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This is a 140x magnified image of the pollen in which you can see four pieces of pollen. The pollen has black outlines that are differentiating it from the tape. The pollen is around 1-2 nano meters in radius, making this view roughly 0.4-1.5 cm from the naked eye. In this image, the yellow shades of the pollen are much more pronounced than in the 50x image's golden brown shades.
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This is the 340x zoomed in image of the hibiscus flower. The singular pollen, as observed comprises of roughly 2-3 pollens featuring a spiky, and rough looking texture. The look almost makes it feel like a star shining brightly with the spikes coming out looking like electro-magnetic radiation. While the nucleus is barely visible with the naked eye, this is a great capture and representation of a singular pollen of the hibiscus flower.
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