Place a drop ofdistilled water on the microscopic slide 2. Even with the naked eye, you'll see those delicate, reddish-orange hairs — these are the marijuana's pistils, which serve a reproductive purpose for the plant but don't much alter taste or potency for the smoker. We all know that marijuana is a miracle of nature. The concentration and variety of trichomes here is even richer, accounting for the high levels of THC found in this part of cannabis plant. Milk contains saturated fat, protein (Casein), calcium, lactose(some type of sugar) etc. You needn't be stoned to appreciate the biological beauty of weed (though it wouldn't hurt). Milk and the Curd (Fermented Milk) through the Microscope Milk magnified to 450 times. 2.- The microscope slide should be glass, plain, without cavity, precleaned and fire polished . Scanning electron microscope image of cannabis budCannabis Under the Microscope: A Visual Exploration of Medicinal Sativa and C. Indica/Ford McCann So … Without Using Stain 1. This resin coat is what makes weed sticky, and it's what produces cannabinoids like THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. Cannabis Under the Microscope: A Visual Exploration of Medicinal Sativa and C. Indica. 3.- The cover glass should be round, of #1 4. But when was the last time you looked at it — I mean really looked at it — before sparking that bowl? Using a cotton swab/tooth pick, take a small drop of yogurt andsmear it onto the microscopic slide (try having the smear at the central partof the slide and make a thin smear) 3. Gently place the microscopic cover slip on the smear (use blottingpaper to remove excess solution on the side of the slide) 4. Check out this cross-section of a cannabis leaf that includes a petiole, one of the little branches that extends off the main stem: And here, on the underside of a leaf, we can see that trichomes come in more than one shape — the spiky, defensive kind, and the squat, round type, which produces more THC: Finally, we have the amazing view below of a bud, or cola, where flowers sprout. It only gets cooler from there. Ford McCann's Cannabis Under the Microscope: A Visual Exploration of Medicinal Sativa and C. Indica, a dazzling collection of everything "from macro photography to scanning electron microscopy," makes weed seem entirely alien. Â. At higher magnification, trichomes resemble some kind of mushroom out of your favorite sci-fi movie. Place the slide onthe stage of the microscope starting with lower magnification (40X) and move tohigher magnification Note… The microscope slide should be a standard, 75 X 25 mm with a thickness under 1.2 mm. Moving in closer, you'll see the crystalline frost of trichomes, the milky, clear-white glands growing on the epidermis of the buds and leaves. Which they may as well be, honestly. And now that you have a better sense of this miracle plant's awesome anatomy, you'll be all the more grateful when 4:20 finally rolls around. So yeah, you could say there's more to marijuana than you see at first glance.