Sir he added three more pics later on the same thread :) Please check on the group. Pankaj
On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 4:37 PM, ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > =========== > -- ********************************************************************** "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" 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