Pollen Detail Of White Trillium (trillium Ovatum) version 2

I posted on this a while back, but had not yet finished these images. These are complex to produce because obtaining detail and depth of field at this scale can require 20 to 50 exposures or more. The technique is called focus stacking, and it has revolutionized microphotography in the digital image era.



pollen gathered on the filament of a white trillium (trillium Ovatum)



Pollen covers the pistil of a western white trillium (Trillium ovatum) in a 10X power close-up view

Pollen Detail Of White Trillium (trillium Ovatum)

Extreme close-up view of the pollen gathered on the anther of a white trillium (trillium Ovatum).


pollen on white trillium (trillium Ovatum)

White Trillium (trillium Ovatum)

This lovely native flower makes a brief appearance during spring in the west. The first trillium that pops up is always breath taking - soon to be followed by a small explosion of little white blooms. 


Many flowers have more than one common name, however this one has more than usual:  pacific trillium, trinity flower, western trillium, western wake robin, wakerobin, western white trillium, white trillium.



western white trillium (trillium Ovatum)


The white trillium bears distinctive 3-petaled, white flowers in spring above its dark-green leaves.



western white trillium (trillium Ovatum)



white petal of the western white trillium (trillium Ovatum)



pollen covered anthers (trillium Ovatum)


Below - a cut away view of a western white trillium flower (trillium Ovatum) showing the long stem, subterranean bulb and roots.



cut away view of a western white trillium (trillium Ovatum)