CP laboratory class (looking for prepared slides)

[Guest guqin]

I prepared a short laboratory class for college students on carnivorous plants last year and it was well-received. I am looking at improving it by looking for prepared slides of a cross section of a venus fly trap (with one of the trigger hairs), and of Aldrovanda leaves (whole mount). Does anyone know where to buy these or I am too wishful?

If you have prepared these slides before for your classes, I would love to hear from you how did you prepare them. I might invest time to make the slides.

Many thanks in advance for any help.

[mantrid]

I prepared a short laboratory class for college students on carnivorous plants last year and it was well-received. I am looking at improving it by looking for prepared slides of a cross section of a venus fly trap (with one of the trigger hairs), and of Aldrovanda leaves (whole mount). Does anyone know where to buy these or I am too wishful?

If you have prepared these slides before for your classes, I would love to hear from you how did you prepare them. I might invest time to make the slides.

Many thanks in advance for any help.

to do it yourself and get good detailed sections you would need all the right equipment (microtome etc) and chemical stains wax, alcohol etc. If you dont have access to this equipment then you best gettin a lab to do it for you. You can cut thin sections with a razor but the best you will do would be a section that will be >6 cells thick and without staining and the multi layer of cells the light would have to pass through you wouldnt see much. Have you tried an image search on google or something?

Edited May 22, 2009 by mantrid