Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Fruit and Flower Microscope Slides

The Fruit & Flower Prepared Microscope Slide Kit contains beautiful prepared slides that are ready to view under a biological microscope. This prepared slide set is the perfect gift for someone who already has a microscope, but might be looking for something new to view under their microscope. The Fruit & Flower Prepared Slide Kit contains the following prepared slides: (All images below were captured using the Richter Optica U2-D digital biological microscope.)

Microscopy image of cucumis staminate flower.
Cucumis Staminate Flower prepared slide under the microscope (100x)
The Cucumis Staminate Flower is better known as the stamen from the cucumber family, including melons.

Microscopy image of ranunculus under the microscope (flower).
Ranunculus prepared slide under the microscope (100x)
Ranunculus are a colorful flower group that includes buttercups, spearworts and water crowfoots.

Microscopy image of monocot and dicot at 40x.
Monocot and Dicot of Flower Bud prepared slide under the microscope (40x)
Monocot and Dicot of flower buds are beautiful and typically product amazing colors in prepared microscope slides.

Capsella of bud microscopy image.
Capsella of Bud prepared slide under the microscope (400x)
Capsella of Bud is a mature embryo with Cotyledons. Capsella is a genus of herbaceous plants and biennial plants in the mustard family.

Microscopy image of wheat at 40x.
Wheat prepared slide under the microscope (40x)
Wheat is the third-most produced cereal grain in the world behind maize and rice.

Microscopy image of pear at 400x.
Pear prepared slide under the microscope (400x)
Pears are grown both as an edible fruit and for the beauty of their ornamental trees.

Microscopy image of corn seed at 100x.
Corn Seed prepared slide under the microscope (100x)
Corn (also known as Maize) is a large-grain plant that is a monocot.

Microscopy image of pollen at 100x.
Pollen prepared slide under the microscope (100x)
Pollen is a fine to coarse powder that contains microgametophytes of seed plants, which produce male gametes. Pollen is involved in the reproduction of plants.

Microscopy image of Lilium at 40x.
Lilium prepared slide under the microscope (40x)
Lilium is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs, all of which have large and prominent flowers (including Lilies).

Microscopy image of capsella at 100x.
Capsella prepared slide under the microscope (100x)
Capsella is part of the mustard family.

All the fruit and flower prepared slides shown above can be purchased in the Fruit & Flower Prepared Slide Kit from Microscope World. You can find alternative prepared slide kits here.