Timber Bamboo Longitudinal Section

This is an image from a stained standard section of Timber bamboo. It has been stained with safranin and astra blue. Safranin stains the cellulose red and astra blue stains the lignin blue. The cells in the lower part of the photograph are the long fibers. The upper part of the photograph shows more detail in the cell structure between the long fibers and the vessel wall. The black or darker line in the long fibers is the lumen of the fiber.