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Mimosa Pudica - Timid Plant

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30,000 year old flower revived.

Scientists have resurrected a flower from plant tissues found frozen in Siberian permafrost, thought to be 30,000-32,000 years old. The new Silene stenophylla is healthy and fertile, and producing viable seeds.

The experiment has excited many because it proves that material trapped in the permafrost is recoverable and usable - scientists have been working to recover other species of plant and animal life from the same area, such as the woolly mammoth.

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Explosive pods launch seeds up to 20ft

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Harvesting Saffron Flowers - AFGHANISTAN

Around 2500 farmers, in eight provinces, are working on saffron farms for export mostly to India and some European countries.

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gorgeous color, amazingly difficult work. what stunning photos!

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Sphagnum moss has this very distinctive cell structure that looks almost like webbing. #microscopy #botany #botanynerd #sphagnum #symmetry #biology #botanartist

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sphagnum antheridium #microscopy #botany #botanynerd #sphagnum #symmetry #biology #botanartist

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xylem #botany #biology #microscopy #botanartist #symmetry #xylem

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stomata #stomata #botany #microscopy #biology #botanartist

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sphagnum antheridium look like peacock feathers #botany #biology #mictoscopy

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moonly #botany #biology #sphagnum #microscopy #botanartist

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this is not a stained slide! these are trichomes (leaf hairs) of the purple velvet plant, Gynura aurantiaca. the leaves are dark green and covered in these bright magenta hairs which give the plant a deep purple look.

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women in my seeds

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ominous cotyledons