Dear Vijayasankar ji, I really liked this post. Its really a "divine feeling." Thanks for this unique post. Regards Prashant On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Ushadi micromini <[email protected] > wrote:
> Gurcharanji: > I dont mean to correct you... > but all are SEM..... > > not a single one of these is a TEM.... > > Usha di > ========== > > > > > On Jan 10, 1:52 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Pankaj ji and Ushadi > > I read second mail of Vijay ji and somehow missed looking at attachments. > > Thanks for bringing it to my notice. > > > > Should we say > > First picture is SEM of leaf showing trichomes > > Second and third picture are TEM of cells showing crystals > > 4th again seems to be SEM > > > > -- > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > > Retired Associate Professor > > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 2:11 PM, Ushadi micromini < > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > 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(morethan1760members & > > > > > >> 1,00,000 messages on 21/12/11) or Efloraofindia website: > > > > >https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/(withaspecies 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 > > > > =========== >
