Re: VMS -- Botany (f86v) Plant Reproduction

[steve ekwall <ekwall2@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi all :-)
 
Nick wrote:
 Question: is the plant at the top left similar to the pineapple mayweed on 
 f78r? If true, then it might have provided (for the author) some kind of 
 metaphoric bridge between human sexuality and plant sexuality.
 (snip....)

Yes similar! THIS particular upper Left mayweed?, was shown to me by
ES... I remember the figure and ES saying essentially "Hello World!"
for the Birth to be.. 
  As far as the sperm (DOTS) I think the microscope was invented
later, but the mortar/pestle could "powder" chalk or even EGG shell to
such a fine powder (DUST?) that if added to water - could look very
much like seman in cloudyness.. The tails of sperm would be seen
later?  (I've actually done this myself at home - looking at it's
calcium) smashing eggshell to a fine dust, i mean :-)

Hope that helps someone
-=se=-
steve (voting/ the little dots ARE sperm) ekwall