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Specific Families and Genera => Primula => Topic started by: Maggi Young on February 17, 2015, 11:41:04 PM

Title: Latest from Primula World - Pam Eveleigh
Post by: Maggi Young on February 17, 2015, 11:41:04 PM: Great blog post from Pam Eveleigh of the excellent Primula World

False-colorized SEM image of a Primula seed

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See Pam's blog post at http://primulaworld.blogspot.ca/2015/02/bringing-seeds-into-focus.html (http://primulaworld.blogspot.ca/2015/02/bringing-seeds-into-focus.html)
Title: Re: Latest from Primula World - Pam Eveleigh
Post by: Shadylanejewel on February 18, 2015, 03:39:40 AM: 8) :o Very interesting! Thank you Maggi for sharing!
Title: Re: Latest from Primula World - Pam Eveleigh
Post by: Matt T on February 18, 2015, 07:50:14 AM: What a curious thing! Having recently sown some Primula seed I never gave a thought to their structure. I'm inspired to put seeds under the microscope. Sowing sessions will now take much longer ::)
Title: Re: Latest from Primula World - Pam Eveleigh
Post by: annew on February 18, 2015, 05:39:22 PM: I wonder if I can make a scanning electron microscope out pallet wood and milk cartons?? ::)
Title: Re: Latest from Primula World - Pam Eveleigh
Post by: Matt T on February 18, 2015, 05:43:02 PM: Seeing as Homo sapiens created all of civilisation from scratch since he and she climbed down from the trees and if you had enough time, why not? ;)

Edit: for political correctness
Title: Re: Latest from Primula World - Pam Eveleigh
Post by: Maggi Young on February 18, 2015, 05:44:23 PM: It it were anyone else I'd think not, Anne - but since it's you - well, I shouldn't be a bit surprised - in fact, I'm not sure there hasn't been one demonstrated on Blue Peter....
Title: Re: Latest from Primula World - Pam Eveleigh
Post by: shelagh on February 18, 2015, 06:52:49 PM: Blue Peter might have the answer Anne.
Title: Re: Latest from Primula World - Pam Eveleigh
Post by: fermi de Sousa on February 19, 2015, 03:55:14 AM: Quote from: Maggi Young on February 17, 2015, 11:41:04 PM

False-colorized SEM image of a Primula seed

Why am I put in mind of Dame Edna? Or perhaps a hat worn by women in the 1960s?
cheers
fermi
Title: Re: Latest from Primula World - Pam Eveleigh
Post by: annew on February 19, 2015, 05:15:05 PM: Quote from: shelagh on February 18, 2015, 06:52:49 PM
Blue Peter might have the answer Anne.
Can you still get the requisite sticky-backed plastic?
Title: Re: Latest from Primula World - Pam Eveleigh
Post by: Maggi Young on February 19, 2015, 06:09:13 PM: Quote from: annew on February 19, 2015, 05:15:05 PM
Can you still get the requisite sticky-backed plastic?

Good question!
I got so used to calling that stuff "sticky-backed plastic" that I can no longer remember what the commercial name of it was..... no wait - was it 'Fablon' ? ( Which they couldn't mention on the BBC because it was deemed advertising. )
Title: Re: Latest from Primula World - Pam Eveleigh
Post by: Matt T on February 19, 2015, 07:18:48 PM: You can still buy it out here, but then we're a few decades behind the rest of the country ;) All the shelves in our kitchen are lined with it!! We're renting, it would NOT be my choice :-X
Title: Re: Latest from Primula World - Pam Eveleigh
Post by: annew on February 20, 2015, 07:45:11 PM: Fermi, you are right about the hat. I'm sure my mum had one like that. Maybe not that colour. :-X
Title: Re: Latest from Primula World - Pam Eveleigh
Post by: Steve Garvie on February 22, 2015, 02:00:23 PM: Primula odontocalyx

(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8635/16425508700_a187893ed1_z.jpg)
Title: Re: Latest from Primula World - Pam Eveleigh
Post by: annew on February 22, 2015, 07:12:26 PM: Lovely image, Steve.
Title: Re: Latest from Primula World - Pam Eveleigh
Post by: Pam Eveleigh on February 26, 2015, 06:12:11 PM: Quote from: Matt T on February 18, 2015, 07:50:14 AM
What a curious thing! Having recently sown some Primula seed I never gave a thought to their structure. I'm inspired to put seeds under the microscope. Sowing sessions will now take much longer ::)

ANY seed is fascinating when looked under the microscope...and it takes me forever to sow my seeds ;)
Title: Re: Latest from Primula World - Pam Eveleigh
Post by: Maggi Young on March 16, 2016, 07:22:14 PM: Don't forget Pam Eveleigh's blogspot : http://www.primulaworld.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/primula-lilacina-vs-primula.html (http://www.primulaworld.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/primula-lilacina-vs-primula.html)