Here is a picture of a green leaf blade from a Schefflera Aborricola plant at Ricketts’ House Caltech, 911026-0001 Pasadena California. This picture features a closeup of the lamina of the green leaf blade, showing distinct lamina which divide the lead blade into small sections of green. This sample was obtained at 7:40 PM 5/31/2019 at the location described above by removing one leaf from the plant bush at the described location, tearing a small section of the leaf off, securing the leaf portion to the foldoscope lens slide by taping a lens cover over the leaf portion, and then capturing an image using the foldscope and an iPhone XR.
Here is a picture of the Schefflera Aborricola plant at Ricketts’ House Caltech, 911026-0001 Pasadena California from which the plant sample was obtained.
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