Microscopic Pollen and Spore Pictures

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  1. FlowerFreak22

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    I stumbled across this website which had picture plates of microscopic photos of pollen and spores. It has them grouped by plant family and gives the species that each pollen or spore comes from. Some of the pictures are quite spectacular especially the Orchid pollen which kind of look like the flowers themselves. A lot of them are very symmetrical and quite beautiful. I found it very interesting and thought y'all might too. Just click the link then click "download plate" for the familyy you want to look at. It won't actually download anything, but it will open a picture of the pollen or spores.

    http://striweb.si.edu/roubik/
     
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