Cannabis microscopy--Light and Scanning Microscope Images

pipeline

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• Dec 4, 2010

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Scanning electron microscope images were saved from a post by Erick over at OG.

Enjoy!

Cross section of leaf


Leaf surface; 3 trichomes


Xylem tissue


Leaf surface; trichome and spike hair


Trichome; gland has been popped


Root and root hairs


stomate; air exchange pore on lower leaf surface


Trichome



pistilate flower



pistilate flower possibly fertilized

 

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Cannabis pollen



Junction of pistils and immature seed


pistil close up



pistilate flower



Branch crotch



How about a few non electron microscope shots while I'm at it.

split seed showing embryo and cotyledons



trichome



pistilate flower



cross section of leaf showing stomata on underside



leaf petiole cross sec.



trichome



Fertilized flower



pistil up close



mature unfertilized pistil



leaf cross sec.



you know.....

 

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pipeline

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Cannabis shoot formation from callus tissue:


Maturing seed in calyx:

 

spurr

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Nice pics! Did any of those come from the scanning electron microscope paper on cananbis?

 

Dr. D

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Wow man that is amazing really impressed especially the pic of the pistil meeting the calyx it looks very strange like tendrils coming from the mouth of something...K+

 

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Think Green

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Absolutely fantastic! Those are some rare close ups of our very favorite plant. How awesome it is to see her full on. I love Cannabis. Every pic saved. Very very coolio. K+ Pipeline!

TG

 

trichrider

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• Dec 4, 2010

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reality readily produces psychedelic images, wish we could experience all of them...
thnx, excellent images!

 

pipeline

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Thanks guys! Glad to share them... Not sure where the S.E.M. imaged are from. I would imagine it was the same one. Not many people have access to those powerful scopes...

I've posted and re-posted them a time or 2, but I was so excited about the new forum.... I know they are valuable images we can use to study the plant's anatomy and further our understanding of this sacred plant...

 

spurr

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FWIW,

1. Here is a great source of info for microscopy, not strictly about scanning electron microscopy (SEM), but it's a great resource of microscopy info. I thought it might be a good addition. Thanks to MicrobeMan for the link:

• http://microscope.fsu.edu/primer/index.html
• (virtual-SEM): http://microscope.fsu.edu/primer/java/electronmicroscopy/magnify1/index.html

Just for fun, here is Dennis Kunkel's website of his microscopy pics, amazing for sure!

• http://www.denniskunkel.com/

2. And here are some older papers about, and with images from SEM (scanning electron microscope) and cananbis:


THC (TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL) ACCUMULATION IN GLANDS OF CANNABIS (CANNABACEAE)
Paul G. Mahlberg and Eun Soo Kim
http://www.hempreport.com/issues/17/malbody17.html

MORPHOLOGY OF GLANDULAR HAIRS OF CANNABIS SATIVA FROM SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
CHARLES.T. HAMMOND AND PAUL.G. MAHLBERG
Amer. J. Bot. 60(6): 524328. 1973
(uploaded in full text)

 

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spurr

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A few more from:


THC (TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL) ACCUMULATION IN GLANDS OF CANNABIS (CANNABACEAE)
Paul G. Mahlberg and Eun Soo Kim
http://www.hempreport.com/issues/17/malbody17.html



Legends for all figures: C = cuticle; D = disc cell; P = plastid; S = secretory material; T = secetrory cavity; V = vesicle; W = disc cell wall

 

pipeline

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I knew I was missing that one... I've seen it before... Thanks for the links!

 

Mud Man

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I am speechless ! stunning K++++++++++++

 

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pipeline said:

Maturing seed in calyx:

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Who was it that said seeded bud is not good? Yeah not the same as sinse but stellar pic!

 

spurr

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pipeline said:

I knew I was missing that one... I've seen it before... Thanks for the links!

Click to expand...

Glad to help,

I plan to get this paper this coming week:

The Examination of Cystolithic Hairs ot Cannabis and other Plants by means of the Scanning Electron Microscope
Gerald T. Mitosinka, John I. Thornton and Thomas L. Hayes
Journal of the Forensic Science Society, Volume 12, Issue 3, July 1972, Pages 521-529

 

Mud Man

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• Dec 14, 2010

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pipeline said:

Scanning electron microscope images were saved from a post by Erick over at OG.


stomate; air exchange pore on lower leaf surface

Click to expand...

Shots like these remind me of the Fractal nature of the universe we live in. This is tiny, but yet there seems a huge space at the center, like a cave seems big enough to jump in, that space never ends..
Looks like a creatures eye socket, these SEM pics are great, a real treat..

 

spurr

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• Dec 21, 2010

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Here is one I just found today from the following paper, which can be dowloaded in full text from this post of mine:
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showpost.php?p=4094501&postcount=64

"The Evolution of Cannabinoid Phenotypes in Cannabis"
Ernest Small, H.D. Beckstead and Allan Chan
Economic Botany (1975), vol. 29, ppg. 219-232​

 

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• Dec 21, 2010

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the roots at the bottom of the hair are sweet!

 

Rudra

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• Jan 3, 2011

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Very nice pictures, thanks to everyone!

 

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Arf

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More please

 

pipeline

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Super macro! Oh yeah, my camera takes electron microscope pictures! Bump...........