Re: What causes veins in Anthurium crystallinum to sparkle?
- Subject: Re: What causes veins in Anthurium crystallinum to sparkle?
- From: A* W* <a*@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2022 17:05:37 -0400
Sparkling in petals is very common in plants and is caused by conical cells acting as little lenses. It's very possible that conical epidermal cells would be responsible for these veins as well.
Best,
Andrew
On Tue, Nov 1, 2022 at 12:23 PM Bailey VanderSluis <b*@fastmail.com> wrote:
I've been researching this, but haven't been able to find an answer. My current running theory is that it's the presentation of calcium oxalate crystals.
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