Damask Rose petal
Mar 04, 2021 • 8:45 AM UTC
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So I took a flower called Damask Rose also called Kashmiri Rose in India which growing in my garden. It flowers in the summer season and the particular plant I had blossomed pale pink flowers with a bit of yellow. I took a small part of its petal to examine under the foldscope. I couldn’t slice it any further because it was already thinner than paper.
I was expecting to not see much since the flower was opaque but to my surprise, the foldscope revealed a lattice of pores throughout which were letting light in, the image was still dark even I used the lighting of my tube light but just enough to let me have a dim view of the structure
The structure was composed of very small intricate holes which seemed to let a little light in. There was also a broader thick line running through it which seemed to raise the structure a bit. It could be something similar to veins in leaves.
Since the foldscope zooms in to about 140x with a 2-micron resolution and the structure in the lattice still seemed even tinier, I think the structure was as thin as 2 micron which is around one cell thick. The lack of translucency may also point to the lack of water in petals which on further research I found out that the petals actually have essential oils which give it the scent. Since oils are thicker and less transparent, they might be letting in less light.
I was expecting to not see much since the flower was opaque but to my surprise, the foldscope revealed a lattice of pores throughout which were letting light in, the image was still dark even I used the lighting of my tube light but just enough to let me have a dim view of the structure
The structure was composed of very small intricate holes which seemed to let a little light in. There was also a broader thick line running through it which seemed to raise the structure a bit. It could be something similar to veins in leaves.
Since the foldscope zooms in to about 140x with a 2-micron resolution and the structure in the lattice still seemed even tinier, I think the structure was as thin as 2 micron which is around one cell thick. The lack of translucency may also point to the lack of water in petals which on further research I found out that the petals actually have essential oils which give it the scent. Since oils are thicker and less transparent, they might be letting in less light.
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