This is interesting as the pollen that was found within the flower is in the shape of small oblong seeds that hasn’t been found within other plants so far. All other plans have had circular pollen so far. I wonder what the evolutionary advantage of oblong pollen is.

This sample was collected at 2:34AM on 5/31/19 outside of the Ath parking lot.

This sample was imaged by cleaning the glass slide and slide cover with a cue-tip. The pollen sample was then placed onto the slide, and the cover was taped down to prevent the sample from moving around. The foldoscope was then rested onto a phone that was displaying a white background and a second phone was used to record the image. The phone was used over ambient light so that a more precise light control could be used. The magnification of the foldoscope was changed until the picture was clearly in focus. A photo was then taken of the specimen.

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