Look at this

ted · Post by **ted** » 11 Sep 2004 08:50

A picture of a plant stem cross section I took at school. On the left is the epidermis, on the right is the pith, in the middle is the vasculature (water & nutrient transporting tissue).

I think it is absolutely beautiful. Almost makes me want to believe in grand design.

http://wfs.cgu.edu/andersot/research/im ... z_stem.jpg

zachatree · Post by **zachatree** » 11 Sep 2004 08:57

very pertty but what is it?

Shaun · Post by **Shaun** » 11 Sep 2004 08:58

Stem cell cross section.

mc · Post by mc » 11 Sep 2004 14:18

that is beautiful. goes to show just how much beauty there is around us all the time, if only we'd just take a second to look at it.

mosher · Post by **mosher** » 11 Sep 2004 14:23

That is magnificent.

This is my second post following matt cross I just noticed.

Spadrick · Post by **Spadrick** » 11 Sep 2004 21:57

Thats awesome. Im gonna throw that into photoshop and make a wallpaper with it.

420FootBager · Post by **420FootBager** » 12 Sep 2004 06:58

What kinda stem? Do they all look like that?

King Monkey · Post by **King Monkey** » 12 Sep 2004 20:51

By stem i believe Ted means the central structure of a plant, from which the branches, well, 'branch' off it

i imagine pretty much all (land plants at least) have similar structures, though i doubt they would all be identically arranged
it contains the Xylem and Phloem tubes which carry minerals, water and nutrient up and down the plant to the leaves and roots and such.

that is such an awesome picture Ted, did you take the photo using a microscope equipped with a camera? thats sweet

ted · Post by **ted** » 13 Sep 2004 07:24

Yeah, its just a cross section of the main shoot from a Dubautia menziesii - one of the plants in my study group. All the cross sections are pretty impressive, this one just stained really well and captured some cool structures.

did you take the photo using a microscope equipped with a camera?

Yup.

AIvanyo · Post by **AIvanyo** » 13 Sep 2004 16:50

I can't really see anything that catches my eye, maybe I'm not that artisitic enough to notice it.