beautiful & fascinating thread on poppies
The petals have just three cell layers. The upper and lower layers are packed with pigment. A colourless layer below has cell walls with a serpentine curve to them, and air gaps. This allows the petal to scatter light, even though it's so thin. https
RT @mehran_plantsci: "Vividly coloured poppy flowers due to dense pigmentation and strong scattering in thin petals" https://t.co/4ZR4hMj51…
RT @mehran_plantsci: "Vividly coloured poppy flowers due to dense pigmentation and strong scattering in thin petals" https://t.co/4ZR4hMj51…
RT @mehran_plantsci: "Vividly coloured poppy flowers due to dense pigmentation and strong scattering in thin petals" https://t.co/4ZR4hMj51…
"Vividly coloured poppy flowers due to dense pigmentation and strong scattering in thin petals" https://t.co/4ZR4hMj51R https://t.co/lp6Dxb1bDb
RT @poll_papers: Vividly coloured poppy flowers due to dense pigmentation and strong scattering in thin petals. https://t.co/HwX7vKvdE3
Vividly coloured poppy flowers due to dense pigmentation and strong scattering in thin petals. https://t.co/HwX7vKvdE3