Going for a walk along the Silvi park in Mohali near my house, I spotted a broken flower branch. I was unable to identify the flower, but thought of exploring its pollen under foldscope. The pollen were small in size, round in shape and smooth walled.


 <img alt="1" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-58774 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="58774" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="1" data-recalc-dims="1" height="300" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_58773/1-12.jpg" width="225"/>
 <img alt="2" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-58775 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="58775" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="2" data-recalc-dims="1" height="300" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_58773/2-10.jpg" width="225"/>
 <img alt="3" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-58776 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="58776" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="3" data-recalc-dims="1" height="300" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_58773/3-8.jpg" width="225"/>


 
 
 Unidentified flower and its stigma
 
 


 <img alt="4" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-58777 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="58777" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="4" data-recalc-dims="1" height="300" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_58773/4-8.jpg" width="225"/>
 <img alt="5" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-58778 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="58778" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="5" data-recalc-dims="1" height="300" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_58773/5-10.jpg" width="225"/>
 <img alt="6" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-58779 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="58779" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="6" data-recalc-dims="1" height="300" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_58773/6-6.jpg" width="225"/>


 <a href="https://thewinnower.com/papers/9361-pollen-of-an-unknown-flower-under-foldscope" target="_blank">
 This post is open to read and review on The Winnower.
 </a>

Pollen of an unknown flower under foldscope

Mamta_SD14 | Wed, Aug 29, 2018, 10:39 AM

Locations

Categories

Type of Sample

Foldscope Lens Magnification

Comments