Re: Pollen grain

Posted by Michael Cammer on
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This spring I've been walking around my suburban neighborhood with a box
of slides and clear nailpolish.  I spread some nailpolish on a slide and
then tap a flower over it oer even press the flower's center into the
nailpolish.
There's a huge variety of pollen and a few of the results can be found at
http://flickr.com/search/?w=39998519%40N00&q=pollen&m=text
-Michael


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> Hi Sarah,
> I recommend that you take a day  (or some hours) off and take a walk to
> collect pollen yourself and simply embed them in your preferred mounting
> medium for fluorescent specimens. I promise that you'll have fun and
> gonna find spiky pollen among other nice structures. If you know a
> beekeeper don't dare asking for pollen, they collect pollen to determine
> the bee crop and have amazing collections.
> It took me one hour to get the specimens I work with 'til today ;-)
>
> Why spend money if you can get it for free (including a nice walk in the
> sunshine)
> Cheers,
> Christian
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>>             On Jun 13, 2008, at 8:11 AM, Sarah Kefayati wrote:
>>>             I would like to test the image with some pollen grain
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> Dr. Christian M. Müller
> Clinical Neuroanatomy
> JWG University
> D-60528 Frankfurt/M., Germany
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