Gurcharanji: if you go to abridged summary that came this morning and go to the first email... its from Raman... and its title is :" My Flora Picture of the Year 2011: Vijayasankar Raman "
there you scroll down ... and just above my first comment ... are the SEM pics ... i was asking about... Is n't it wonderful.... ??? love it Usha di ============ On Jan 10, 1:37 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(morethan 1760 members & > > >> 1,00,000 messages on 21/12/11) or Efloraofindia website: > >https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/(witha 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 > ===========
