Pollen ID help

Discussion in 'Plants: Identification' started by avtanski, Sep 18, 2009.

  1. avtanski

    avtanski Member

    Messages:
    1
    Likes Received:
    0
    Location:
    San Jose, CA, USA
    Hello,

    A few months back I started collecting air samples and trying to identify the "free-flying" pollen. One of the things that I've seen that is quite puzzling for me is this:

    http://avtanski.net/projects/air_sampler/microscope/full/p0048.jpg

    I'm thinking this is coming from some of the flowers in our garden, but still haven't figured out where it comes from. Any clues what can it be?

    Recently I started seeing some other bright yellow pollen, with similar shape like this one, but no pores visible. Sorry, I don't have a pic of this one yet. Am I right in my hunch that it is coming from a flower, not a tree? (Frankly, even I don't know why I think it might be a flower - it just doesn't look tree-ish enough to me.)

    Regards,

    - Alex
     

Share This Page