Motorized & Steromicroscope z-stack of Oberonia flower

[RosieC]

Wow, great flowers and such detailed pics.

Originally Posted by tropterrarium

Resolution of latter is limited by low numerical aperture of system. For better resolution I am now doing scanning electron microscopy of critical point dried flowers. Loads of fun.

Can you explain more. I thought this was at the atomic level and you wouldn't see flower structure or even cell structure with that. I used scanning electron microscopy to study the surface of silicon slices many many years ago. But it was in 1996 so I don't know the latest on these techniques.