Microscopy

a Space Odyssey

Microscopic seeds of the orchid Eulophia graminea. Live specimen, unstained, prepared by the author.
©Yangchen Lin | category winner, Brit. Ecol. Soc. Trop. Ecol. Grp. competition 2012

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