Flower Petal at Lake Lagunita
Apr 30, 2026 • 6:46 AM UTC
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I was curious about whether the cells in a flower petal had any specific spatial patterning, and I was generally curious about cell morphology and plant structure. My sample was from a small yellow flower growing on the edges of Lake Lagunita, a landscape I visit quite frequently due to its proximity to my dorm. I collected a few petals from this flower and placed them on my slide, working outside as the weather was quite pleasant, and I got to see the flower bunches I was examining at multiple scales simultaneously. I saw that the cells near the center of the petal seemed to be opaque, and there were more layers. Additionally, the cells appeared to follow a Voronoi-type pattern, a form that I have been fascinated by as a designer for a long time. Additionally, near the veins, the cells seemed to be more dense and tightly packed, changing color and shape as they grew further from the veins. I would be curious to look at these cells more closely and to accrue a larger data set so that I could gain further insights into the overarching patterns that govern petal cell morphology.
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