Micropropagation of an Exotic Ornamental Plant, Calathea crotalifera, for Production of High Quality Plantlets

Table 9

Stomata morphology of in vitro and acclimatized (in vivo) plantlets of yellow C. crotalifera (CCY) under scanning electron microscope.

Physiology	Adaxial surface		Abaxial surface
	In vitro	In vivo	In vitro	In vivo
Mean number stomata (per 100 mm^2)	5.75 ± 1.25	6.50 ± 0.50	20.25 ± 2.25	22.00 ± 2.11
Length (µm)	27.65 ± 1.00	26.18 ± 0.72	25.95 ± 0.70	24.28 ± 0.82
Width (µm)	11.15 ± 0.26	9.73 ± 0.18	9.39 ± 0.49	8.71 ± 0.13