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Lily pads show off their autumn colors, giving this local pond a nice golden tone.
"If you've ever encountered a body of water populated with lily pads, you've likely been amazed at how these unusual aquatic plants seem to float on top of the water. Lily pads are just one part of a larger pond plant that thrives in shallow lakes and ponds. There are about 70 different species of this aquatic flowering plant.
The lily pad you see floating on top of the water is only one part of a water lily (Nymphaeaceae spp.) plant. Characteristically round, flat and waxy, a lily pad is simply a leaf with the ability to repel moisture from its surface. Though lily pads appear as if they are simply floating atop the water, they are actually attached to a stem that may extend many feet down to the bottom of a pond or lake, where the plant is rooted.
The underside of a lily pad looks vastly different than the top. A system of stems and tubes run underneath the lily pad. These tubes, which are connected to openings called stomas in the top of the leaves, help the pad float and collect oxygen through the stoma. This oxygen is transferred to the water lily's stem and down to the plant's roots. Up to two liters of air a day are sent from the top of the lily to its roots through this mechanism." hunker.com
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The leaf is composed of layers of cells. The spongy mesophyll layer is normally infused with gases, oxygen and carbon dioxide. Leaves (or disks cut from leaves) will normally float in water because of these gases. If you draw the gases out from the spaces, then the leaves will sink because they become more dense than water. If this leaf disk is placed in a solution with an alternate source of carbon dioxide in the form of bicarbonate ions, then photosynthesis can occur in a sunken leaf disk. As photosynthesis proceeds, oxygen accumulates in the air spaces of the spongy mesophyll and the leaf becomes buoyant and floats. Oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged through openings in the leaf called stoma.
While this is going on, the leaf is also carrying out cellular respiration. This respiration will consume the oxygen that has accumulated and possibly cause the plant disks to sink. The measurement tool that can be used to observe these counteracting processes is the floating (or sinking) of the plant disks. In other words, the buoyancy of the leaf disks is actually an indirect measurement of the net rate of photosynthesis occurring in the leaf tissue.
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Fungi in the genus Calostoma have enclosed spore-bearing structures. They resemble round puffballs with raised, brightly-colored spore openings (osteoles). The common name given to some species, "prettymouth" or "hot lips", alludes to the brightly-coloured raised openings. Kalos means 'beautiful' in Greek and stoma means 'mouth'. Once open, every raindrop hitting the 'ball' will then release a visible puff of spores, hence the name puffballs. In New Zealand Calostoma rodwayi is found only in beech forest.
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Lisianthus are also known as Texas Bluebells, Prairie Gentian, or Lira de San Pedro.
One just opened, and a small bud, white and purple just on the lips.
Eustoma stems from the Greek words 'eu', which denotes something beautiful, and 'stoma', meaning mouth. Lisianthus on the other hand comes from the Greek words 'lysis', which translates as 'dissolution', and 'anthos', meaning flower.
Symbolising gratefulness and charisma, this beautiful long stemmed flower in cymes makes a perfect bouquet when wanting to show respect, love, acceptance, and acknowledgement.
Hope this makes you smile, have a good day and thank you for your visit, so very much appreciated, Magda, (*_*)
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Am zweiten Tag nach dem Tod von Willi wurde mir durch Notoperationen ein neues Leben geschenkt, bekam für längere Zeit ein Stoma hatte noch viele O.P. durch eine Autoimmunerkrankung .... war vor vierzehn Jahren !
Darum sage ich immer zu jedem, man darf nie den Mut verlieren und dankbar sein für jeden tag im Leben !
Sei glücklich und versuche die Welt mit lächelnden Augen
zu sehen !
On the second day after Willi's death, emergency operations gave me a new life, I had a stoma for a long time and had many O.P. by an autoimmune disease .... was fourteen years ago !!
That's why I always say to everyone, you should never lose heart and be thankful for every day in life!
Be happy and try to see the world with smiling eyes!
for standby in bad times !
I`m surprised for the video you make !!
thank`s for your work !
thank`s
remember ????
long ago this song
Das waren schöne Zeiten vor dem Plattenspieler, wir waren jung, jetzt sind wir etwas "älter", aber bin froh Dich kennengelernt zu haben vor über einem halben Jahrhundert, danke !!
Those were good times before the record player, we were young, now we're a bit "older", but I'm glad I met you more than half a century ago, thank you !!
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Lisianthus are also known as Texas Bluebells, Prairie Gentian, or Lira de San Pedro.
Just opened, a small bud, white and purple just on the lips.
Eustoma stems from the Greek words 'eu', which denotes something beautiful, and 'stoma', meaning mouth.
Lisianthus on the other hand comes from the Greek words 'lysis', which translates as 'dissolution', and 'anthos', meaning flower.
Symbolising gratefulness and charisma, this beautiful long stemmed flower in cymes makes a perfect bouquet when wanting to show respect, love, acceptance, and acknowledgement.
Hope this makes you smile, have a good day and thank you for your visit, so very much appreciated, Magda, (*_*)
For more: www.indigo2photography.com
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I have been back at home for a couple of days now after my surgery. Firstly, the brilliant news is that they managed to take away the diseased bowel without the need of a stoma. My stomach looks like it has a zip with around 30 staples in it. It all went well and I am looking forward to a full recovery. I will catch up with you slowly as I still do not have that much energy. But as it is Ginger Cat Appreciation Day, I felt it a good opportunity to drop by
"The flower has opened, has been in the sun and is unafraid.
I'm taking more chances; I'm bold and proud."
by Paula Cole
Have you ever heard the name Eustoma? No? That's no surprise, since this name is not often used.
Yet it is the official name of the lisianthus.
And when you know the meaning of Eustoma, you will understand why this is an appropriate name for this fabulous flower.
'Eu' stands for 'good' in Greek, 'stoma' for 'mouth'.
So Eustoma means 'good mouth'.
Which isn’t really that strange, when you think about it. Because every time you see the versatile Lisianthus with all its shapes, colours and varieties, your mouth drops open in amazement and wonder.
Just take a look! LOL
Here a promise of even more beauty to come.
THANK you, M, (*_*)
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This was taken inside of the greenhouse where the orchids are grown at Woodward Park. The park has some really beautiful gardens and you should check them out if you ever are in the area. I really liked the colors and lines in this flower and tried to capture its unique look. I hope you will enjoy it also.
Lunar Bow heading home with the catch. Passing through Inner Sound between Caithness and the island of Stoma in the Pentland Firth. A full load of Blue Whiting caught West of Ireland.
Canon EOS 6D - f/7.1 - 1/100sec - 100 mm - ISO 250
- A leaf is made of many layers that are sandwiched between two layers of tough skin cells (called the epidermis). The epidermis also secretes a waxy substance called the cuticle. These layers protect the leaf from insects, bacteria, and other pests. Among the epidermal cells are pairs of sausage-shaped guard cells. Each pair of guard cells forms a pore (called stoma; the plural is stomata). Gases enter and exit the leaf through the stomata.
Veins support the leaf and are filled with vessels that transport food, water, and minerals to the plant. When the leaf rottens the veins stay as a skeleton.
- Bladnerven zijn de vaatbundels, die door de bladschijf lopen en van onderen vaak als lijsten tevoorschijn treden. De nervatuur van een blad zorgt enerzijds voor de versteviging van het blad en anderzijds voor de aanvoer van water en voedingsstoffen en de afvoer van fotosynthese producten (assimilaten).
Als bladeren rotten blijven de bladnerven nog lang goed. Wat er dan overblijft van het blad is het bladskelet. Het bladskelet bestaat volledig uit bladnerf.
Right off the top I know this image isn’t going to get a lot of fanfare, but I feel the need to share it anyhow. It’s a weird abstract “what the heck is it?” sort of image photographed at extreme magnification. So, what is it that you’re looking at?
This is a small portion of a mulberry leaf photographed at 20x magnification with a Mitutoyo Plan APO microscope objective. Mulberry leaves are generally unremarkable, but THIS one has a fungal infection! Photographed using ultraviolet light, the mulberry leave is also unimpressive. Almost no fluorescence… but the fungus on the other hand delivers a light show.
Leaves have little pores that allow them to “breathe”, in a sense: they are called stomata / stomas, or stomate in the singular sense. These pores control the exchange of gasses in the leave, but are also a “way in” for fungal spores. This is why all the stomata on this leaf have a “glow” to them around the active infection. The bottom left of the image is deteriorated to nothing, while the upper right of the image shows stomata relatively untouched by the infection – until it continues to spread.
The tree has no defense for such an infection, other than to shed leaves that are too damaged to function properly. Even in the smallest things around us – in a tiny brown spot on a leaf, battles are being waged.
This is an intensive focus stack of hundreds of images taken with my Lumix S1R and attached to the NOVOFLEX Castel-Micro automated focusing rail. Illuminated with a Convoy C8 UV LED flashlight and a 1/3sec exposure per frame at ISO 1600. When dealing with high magnification, you need to remember a number of things:
- Your subject may move. It’s just a leaf, right? Now much can it move? Come back an hour later and it may have flattened, shriveled, or wilted. Small movements become quite noticeable through a 20x objective! To solve this, the edges of the leave outside of the frame are pinned down.
- Mechanical shutters will shake your camera. If you are using a mechanical shutter and a continuous light source, you’ll notice a small amount of what seems to be motion blur in your images. For any shot like this, the camera is set to use an electronic shutter.
- I could have shot this at a lower ISO setting and a slightly longer exposure, but this would introduce a greater potential for subject movement over the course of the shoot. Since the resolution of the sensor (47MP) outpaces the resolving power of the objective, a little noise doesn’t really hurt the detail in the final image.
I understand that images like this aren’t everyone’s cup of tea; they’re also technically difficult to achieve and I don’t expect many people to run out and try it for themselves. Even still, I’m fascinated by the tiniest narratives we can uncover in the universe at our feet. For more microscopy musings and macro photography techniques across all subjects and magnifications, be sure to check out my new book on the topic: skycrystals.ca/product/pre-order-macro-photography-the-un...
Artist playing Double Bass at STOMA 20 Exhibition in Bengaluru.
The double bass, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra.
The double bass is a standard member of the orchestra's string section, as well as the concert band, and is featured in concertos, solo, and chamber music in Western classical music.
Tristan had his first experience in a pool yesterday. Swimming is a no-no if you have a trach. Since his stoma was closed in November, he is now cleared from water restrictions!!
Waiting
Created for dA Users Gallery Challenge 129 - Model
Model with thanks to liam-stock
The Rainbow Works March 2016 Texture Challenge
Textures by Elné
Background by Sergey Stoma - Creative Commons
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Lisianthus are also known as Texas Bluebells, Prairie Gentian, or Lira de San Pedro.
Just opened, a small bud, white and purple just on the lips.
Eustoma stems from the Greek words 'eu', which denotes something beautiful, and 'stoma', meaning mouth.
Lisianthus on the other hand comes from the Greek words 'lysis', which translates as 'dissolution', and 'anthos', meaning flower.
Symbolising gratefulness and charisma, this beautiful long stemmed flower in cymes makes a perfect bouquet when wanting to show respect, love, acceptance, and acknowledgement.
Hope this makes you smile, have a good day and thank you for your visit, so very much appreciated, Magda, (*_*)
For more: www.indigo2photography.com
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An evening thunderstorm dissipates above Mono Lake on an autumn evening.
It is well understood that some of the most interesting landscape photography light comes at the edges of the day — around the time of sunrise of sunset. In and near the Sierra Nevada this fact can be amplified by common weather conditions. During the summer months afternoon thunderstorms are not uncommon, and when the timing works out just right they clear around sunset, allowing light from the west to illuminate and color the clouds dramatically.
I had been photographing in mixed light during the afternoon — sometimes I was in the clear, but at other times is was overcast. As the day moved toward sunset, I was passing along the west shore of Mono Lake when that western light appeared and turned the thinning stoma clouds into a fiery cloudscape above the lake.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.
A WEEK of LISIANTHUS... seven
There's an obvious reason why the name liasanthus, which is actually the old name, is much better known than the later name of Eustoma.
A lot of people do not feel that Eustoma sounds particularly pretty.
Yet it's a fine name... 'Eu' stands for 'good', 'stoma' for 'mouth'. So Eustoma means 'good mouth'.
Which isn’t really that strange, when you think about it.
Because every time you see the versatile lisianthus with all its shapes, colours and varieties, your mouth drops open in amazement and wonder.
Just take a look!
These three seem stage-struck...
Originating in the West Indies, Mexico, and Central and South America, the flower is known botanically as Eustoma grandiflorum.
The common name comes from the Greek words lysis, meaning 'dissolution' and anthos, meaning 'flower'.
Colours include white, light and dark pink, lavender and deep purple.
They are great cut-flowers.
Double and single-flower varieties exist.
THANK you, M, (*_*)
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Lisianthus are also known as Texas Bluebells, Prairie Gentian, or Lira de San Pedro.
Just opened, a small bud, white and purple just on the lips.
Eustoma stems from the Greek words 'eu', which denotes something beautiful, and 'stoma', meaning mouth.
Lisianthus on the other hand comes from the Greek words 'lysis', which translates as 'dissolution', and 'anthos', meaning flower.
Symbolising gratefulness and charisma, this beautiful long stemmed flower in cymes makes a perfect bouquet when wanting to show respect, love, acceptance, and acknowledgement.
Hope this makes you smile, have a good day and thank you for your visit, so very much appreciated, Magda, (*_*)
For more: www.indigo2photography.com
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It's find it impossible to imagine that this beautifully intricate peace of engineering developed folded up inside a pod like the one on the left and then unfolded into these stacked layers of function and beauty occurred all by happenstance.
About this time last year, Louis Vuitton installed Olafur Eliasson's light sculpture 'Eye See You' in their windows around the world. To compliment my photograph of one of those sculptures, this year I thought I'd take a picture of an actual eye.
This macro shot has had a certain amount of post processing, mainly to increase the contrast and emphasise the filamentary structure of the tissue in the iris.
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Dat de benaming lisianthus, eigenlijk de oude naam, veel bekender is dan de later toegekende naam Eustoma heeft een duidelijke reden. Veel mensen vinden Eustoma namelijk niet zo fijn klinken. Maar toch is het een prima naam… Eu staat voor ‘goed’, stoma voor ‘mond’. Eustoma betekent dus: goede mond. Niet zo gek eigenlijk. Want iedere keer als je de veelzijdige lisianthus met al haar vormen, kleuren en soorten ziet, valt je mond open van verbazing en bewondering.
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Lisianthus are also known as Texas Bluebells, Prairie Gentian, or Lira de San Pedro.
Descended from a North American wildflower and native to Texas and Mexico, the single flower resembles poppies or tulips, while the double variety has the appearance of peonies or roses.
In fact, another colloquial name for the lisianthus is the ‘poor man’s rose’, due to its striking similarity to the queen of flowers.
Standing up to 60cm, these herbaceous annuals are sometimes grown as a stunning dwarf variety.
Considered a relatively new genus, the lisianthus dates to as far back as the Victorian era, where it was thought to symbolise a flashy or showy person.
Sometimes referred to by its scientific name, eustoma, the beautiful lisianthus ranges in colour from purple and blue-violet, to white and pink, with the colour of each lisianthus flower holding its own unique meaning.
Eustoma stems from the Greek words 'eu', which denotes something beautiful, and 'stoma', meaning mouth. Lisianthus on the other hand comes from the Greek words 'lysis', which translates as 'dissolution', and 'anthos', meaning flower.
Symbolising gratefulness and charisma, this beautiful long stemmed flower in cymes makes a perfect bouquet when wanting to show respect, love, acceptance, and acknowledgement.
Hope this makes you smile, have a good day and thank you for your visit, so very much appreciated, Magda, (*_*)
For more of my other work visit here: www.indigo2photography.com
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The Silchester village tractor run is a charming event that captures the spirit of community and charity in the north of Hampshire. This festive gathering, typically held in December, sees a convoy of brightly decorated tractors parade through the local villages, bringing joy and Christmas cheer to residents. The event not only serves as a delightful spectacle but also raises funds for important causes, such as the Ileostomy & Internal Pouch Association and Simon Says Child Bereavement, supporting those living with an ileostomy (an operation to bring the end of the small bowel through an opening in the abdomen to form a stoma) and young people experiencing bereavement, respectively. It's a heart-warming example of how local traditions can bring people together for a good cause, ending with a gathering at Silchester Farm where the community can enjoy food, drink, and the company of neighbours while supporting charitable efforts.
Gary and Vicki Crockford had taken over the Silchester village tractor run for the first time in 2023, preparing a fleet of tractors ready to light up the streets and bring some Christmas cheer to all. The tractor run saw several decorated tractors take to the streets, passing through Sherfield, Bramley, Pamber Heath, Tadley and Pamber Green, before ending at Silchester Farm, the event's main sponsor.
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Lisianthus are also known as Texas Bluebells, Prairie Gentian, or Lira de San Pedro.
Just opened, a small bud, white and purple just on the lips.
Eustoma stems from the Greek words 'eu', which denotes something beautiful, and 'stoma', meaning mouth.
Lisianthus on the other hand comes from the Greek words 'lysis', which translates as 'dissolution', and 'anthos', meaning flower.
Symbolising gratefulness and charisma, this beautiful long stemmed flower in cymes makes a perfect bouquet when wanting to show respect, love, acceptance, and acknowledgement.
Hope this makes you smile, have a good day and thank you for your visit, so very much appreciated, Magda, (*_*)
For more: www.indigo2photography.com
IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN (BY LAW!!!) TO USE ANY OF MY image or TEXT on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
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I have been quiet this year. I had two attacks of acute diverticulitis, one in 2013 and one in 2014, the latter being more serious. I was treated both times with IV antibiotics but decided that two hospital admissions was enough. Not knowing when the next attack was going to be was an awful feeling.
So I decided there and then to have elective surgery to remove my sigmoid section of colon once I had recovered from the diverticulitis and in Jan 2015 I went in for the op. It was keyhole initially to cut and rejoin the colon, woke up from the op, a little sore but no stoma. Then whilst I was still in hospital some 48 hours after the op I deteriorated. The complication was the rejoin had come apart and I was passing waste into my body which gave me faecal peritonitis. The pain was unbeleivable. I had to have emergency surgery after a CT scan confirmed what had happened. It was at this point I had a laparotomy and a colostomy formed (Hartmann's Procedure). I spent then 2 weeks in hospital. That was in January.
Then 3 weeks ago I went in again to get the colostomy reversed (Hartmann's Reversal) which was to rejoin my colon. I was also given an ileostomy to allow the anastomosis (join) to heal. The ileostomy right now isn't easy - even after 7 months training with the colostomy.
In 3 - 5 months time I will get the ileostomy reversed (which I have been told is a simple procedure - maybe 2 days in hospital if no complications) and then I should be able to function normally. Obviously a little unsteady at first. The purpose of the colon is to reabsorb water from waste so less colon less absorbtion. This should settle after several months but I'm sure I will be taking Loperamide tablets for a little bit.
That's my story, I've not aired this to anyone other than friends, family and colleagues before. It is a nightmare but hopefully for me there is light at the end of the tunnel (if nothing else goes wrong) and I appreciate for many people going through serious illness there is no light at the end of the tunnel. Knowing this adds to my emotions, my heart goes out to all tnose suffering, both here and in hospitals nationwide.
Bryum sp. (moss) spore capsule peristome
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In mosses, the peristome is a specialized structure in the sporangium that allows for gradual spore discharge, instead of releasing them all at once.
Most mosses produce a capsule with a lid (the operculum) which falls off when the spores inside are mature and thus ready to be dispersed. The opening thus revealed is called the stoma (meaning "mouth") and is surrounded by one or two peristomes. Each peristome is a ring of triangular "teeth" formed from the remnants of dead cells with thickened cell walls. There are usually 16 such teeth in a single peristome, separate from each other and able to both fold in to cover the stoma as well as fold back to open the stoma. This articulation of the teeth is termed arthrodontous and is found in the moss subclass Bryopsida. In other groups of mosses, the capsule is either nematodontous with an attached operculum (as in the Polytrichopsida), or else splits open without operculum or teeth.
There are two subtypes of arthrodontous peristome.[1] The first is termed haplolepidous and consists of a single circle of 16 peristome teeth. The second type is the diplolepidous peristome fround in subclass Bryidae. In this type, there are two rings of peristome teeth—an inner endostome (short for endoperistome) and an exostome. The endostome is a more delicate membrane, and its teeth are aligned between the teeth of the exostome. There are a few mosses in the Bryopsida that have no peristome in their capsules. These mosses still undergo the same cell division patterns in capsule development, but the teeth do not fully develop.
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Tarkemmin määrittämätön hiirensammal (Bryum sp) Kirkkonummen Lähteelästä, vanhasta sammaloituneesta aitan kivijalasta. Kuvattu 18.03.2015.
Itiöpesäkkeen suuaukon leveys 0.4 mm. Yksittäisten itiöiden leveys 10 micronia.
The Silchester village tractor run is a charming event that captures the spirit of community and charity in the north of Hampshire. This festive gathering, typically held in December, sees a convoy of brightly decorated tractors parade through the local villages, bringing joy and Christmas cheer to residents. The event not only serves as a delightful spectacle but also raises funds for important causes, such as the Ileostomy & Internal Pouch Association and Simon Says Child Bereavement, supporting those living with an ileostomy (an operation to bring the end of the small bowel through an opening in the abdomen to form a stoma) and young people experiencing bereavement, respectively. It's a heart-warming example of how local traditions can bring people together for a good cause, ending with a gathering at Silchester Farm where the community can enjoy food, drink, and the company of neighbours while supporting charitable efforts.
Gary and Vicki Crockford had taken over the Silchester village tractor run for the first time in 2023, preparing a fleet of tractors ready to light up the streets and bring some Christmas cheer to all. The tractor run saw several decorated tractors take to the streets, passing through Sherfield, Bramley, Pamber Heath, Tadley and Pamber Green, before ending at Silchester Farm, the event's main sponsor.
www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/23989733.farmers-hold-t...