The Start of Plant Videos!

I'm trying a new idea of making some simple videos of plants.
This is of Plantanthera nivea (Snowy Orchid) and Sarracenia minor (Hooded Pitcher Plant).

I hope to have more videos to come!

Some lessons learned on filming with a cell phone.
1. Hold the phone sideways.
2. Stop on the plant and wait a while (I didn't do this too well in the video above).
3. A bright sunny days makes bright colors, especially white, hard to see!
A later post I hope to describe how I made the video.

Both plants like to grow in boggy ditch type areas. These orchids were blooming July in Southeast Georgia. Temperatures are hot. There plants are on the rarer side.

Sarracenia minor (Hooded Pitcher Plant)

Plantanthera nivea (Snowy Orchid) new and old flowers, developing seed pods.

Sarracenia minor (Hooded Pitcher Plant) old flowers, developing seed pods.

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Hymenocallis (Spider Lily) Pollen

7/5/2019

Genus Humenocallis.  This plant may be Hymenocallis caribaea, but identification of this plant was not conducted

Humenocallis - Spider Lily

 

Humenocallis - Spider Lily

 

A few anthers, the orange male part, were removed on the 4th of July 2019. Then placed into a coin holder and examined on 7/5/2019.

The coin holder acts as my slide for the microscope.

 

Then I looked at the pollen through the microscope at 40 times magnification.

Humenocallis Pollen 40x

Then at 100 times magnification.

Humenocallis Pollen 100x

I tried at 400 times magnification, but my equipment and set up was not good enough.

Humenocallis Pollen 400x

I would describe the pollen as orange and oblong. I would say this is large for pollen, but other pollen would be needed for comparison.

Pollen can be used to identify plants. My purpose here was to see what it looked like. I think it looked neat.

Thank you for viewing! Questions or issues, let me know! Comment if you would like!

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