Materials and Methods
The ‘Sattabhud’ lotus flowers were harvested from
Chonburi province, Thailand
on July, 2009. The flower
peduncle(36 cm in length) was immediately soaked in distille
d water. The petals of ‘Sattabhud’ lotus were studied
on their anatomical and ultrastructura
l changes on the first day and after
3 days of harvest. The plant micro-
technique process was employed
. The samples cut with
ultra microtome of Leica UCT were stained with toluidine
blue, uranyl acetate and lead citrate. These samples we
re investigated by a compound microscope (Zeiss with
Azio plus II) and a
transmitting electron microscope(Joel;JEM 1220).