Thanks Pankaj... crystals I could tell... My q to Vijaya was / is : is it cell wall... that's so rigid and forming the rhomboid spongy looking mesh...
usha di ======== On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 1:55 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > Mam, 2nd and third pics show crystals (raphides) inside the cell. > These crystals as well as their structure sometimes form a good > taxonomic character of groups. > Pankaj > > > > On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Ushadi micromini > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Vijayashankar: > > > > A I am so excited ... > > > > 1: first for you, this will add some new or deeper insights to > > your ongoing studies.... but of course you knew that...! > > 2: I am excited for myself and the whole of eflora family... > > we will get to see the botanical specimen in further details... as and > > when you share your finds... > > > > ================== > > > > B: > > > > Now, you will be Vijyashankar micromini .... > > instead of / in addition to me... > > > > the micromini epithet was attached to my name by a few friends and > > colleagues a couple or three decades ago because I was fond of doing > > TEM and SEM of tumors etc....and ribosome...and mitochondria... > > > > > > ======== > > > > C: and this the question section :-) > > > > the first pic is surface of leaf..... i imagine.... > > > > but what are 2 and 3rd pictures of ... a fracture of what? > > > > is it of a leaf and the rhoboid? structures cell walls... with > > crystals etc inside? > > > > > > ============== > > > > just cant stop smiling.... what a great new dimension to our > > interaction will this make.... > > wonderful for all of us... > > > > and congratulations for learning the techniques... > > ushadi > > > > ========== > > ps does this grow in mississipi??? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ================= > > > > On Jan 10, 12:44 pm, "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks, Vijayasankar ji, > >> Wonderly different idea & picture. > >> > >> For others: > >> Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM): > http://serc.carleton.edu/research_education/geochemsheets/techniques/... > >> > >> A link for Scanning electron microscope: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scanning_electron_microscope > >> > >> On 10 January 2012 05:15, Vijayasankar <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Dear all > >> > >> > Here is yet another b&w picture as 'my flora picture of the year > 2011'. > >> > I am not sure if this is suitable for this title, though. > >> > >> > But this is my first ever SEM picture :) It was my dream....finally > came > >> > true! It was a great experience to learn the techniques without a > tutor > >> > (but now I am helping many...). > >> > The picture shows glandular and non-glandular trichomes from leaf of > >> > Salvia divinorum, a psychoactive plant endemic to Mexico. > >> > I recorded 5 types and 33 sub-types of trichomes (some of them are new > >> > reports), from a single leaf, thanks to SEM... > >> > >> > Regards > >> > >> > Vijayasankar Raman > >> > National Center for Natural Products Research > >> > University of Mississippi > >> > >> -- > >> With regards, > >> J.M.Garg ([email protected])http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > >> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand > species* & > >> eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > >> alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them > >> for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian > Flora, > >> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix(more than 1760 members & > >> 1,00,000 messages on 21/12/11) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/(with a species database > >> of more than 6000 species). > >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > >> India'. > > > > -- > ********************************************************************** > "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Conservation Officer > > Office: > Orchid Conservation Section > Flora Conservation Department > Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation > Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > > Residence: > 36c, Ng Tung Chai, Lam Tseun > Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > > email: [email protected] > [email protected] > [email protected] > Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:30pm) > +852 9436 6251 (mobile) > -- Usha di ===========
