An arrangement of four Actinoptychus halionyx. New name for these is (I think) Actinoptychus splendens var. halionyx. Prepared by Edmund Wheeler. Label states “Unique and rare variety”. If you have any ideas as to what makes these ‘unique’ and/or ‘rare’ please let me know.
Olympus BHB microscope using 450nm LED light. 40x Leitz Pl Apo NA 1.00 objective, oil immersion. Olympus Aplanat Achromat condenser, oil immersion, brightfield lighting. 2.5x Nikon CF PL photoeyepiece. Monochrome converted Nikon d850 camera. 32 images stacked in Zerene (Pmax).