All the plant photographies are performed by Patrick Blanc and their use must go with the photo caption and the mention "copyright Patrick Blanc"
  • Impatiens verticillata, adventitious roots and lateral shoots appearing at the swollen aquiferous nodes, Munnar, Kerala, India

    Impatiens verticillata, adventitious roots and lateral shoots appearing at the swollen aquiferous nodes, Munnar, Kerala, India

  • Impatiens verticillata, branched stems covering the rock thanks to adventitious roots initiated at the swollen nodes, Munnar, Kerala, India

    Impatiens verticillata, branched stems covering the rock thanks to adventitious roots initiated at the swollen nodes, Munnar, Kerala, India

  • Impatiens verticillata, seedling among mosses covering the rock in the river, Munnar, Kerala, India

    Impatiens verticillata, seedling among mosses covering the rock in the river, Munnar, Kerala, India

  • Crinum viviparum, clumps among the rocks, Cauvery river, Mysore, Karnataka, India

    Crinum viviparum, clumps among the rocks, Cauvery river, Mysore, Karnataka, India

  • Crinum viviparum, rheophytic among the rocks, Cauvery river, Mysore, Karnataka, India

    Crinum viviparum, rheophytic among the rocks, Cauvery river, Mysore, Karnataka, India

  • Crinum viviparum, a rheophyte on the rocky banks, Cauvery river, Mysore, Karnataka, India

    Crinum viviparum, a rheophyte on the rocky banks, Cauvery river, Mysore, Karnataka, India

  • Crinum viviparum, a vegetative clump among the rocks, Cauvery river, Mysore, Karnataka, India

    Crinum viviparum, a vegetative clump among the rocks, Cauvery river, Mysore, Karnataka, India

  • Crinum viviparum, a vegetative clump issued from basal axillary branching of the bulbs, Cauvery river, Mysore, Karnataka, India

    Crinum viviparum, a vegetative clump issued from basal axillary branching of the bulbs, Cauvery river, Mysore, Karnataka, India

  • Crinum viviparum, dense mat of roots just above the basal inflated part of the bulb, Cauvery river, Mysore, Karnataka, India

    Crinum viviparum, dense mat of roots just above the basal inflated part of the bulb, Cauvery river, Mysore, Karnataka, India

  • Alstonia venenata, a small rheophytic tree just above its stream bed during the dry season, family, habitat and architecture similar to the Mediterranean Nerium oleander, Chinnar WS, Kerala, India

    Alstonia venenata, a small rheophytic tree just above its stream bed during the dry season, family, habitat and architecture similar to the Mediterranean Nerium oleander, Chinnar WS, Kerala, India

  • Alstonia venenata, a small rheophytic tree with equal sympodial branching, quite similar to the Mediterranean Nerium oleander, Chinnar WS, Kerala, India

    Alstonia venenata, a small rheophytic tree with equal sympodial branching, quite similar to the Mediterranean Nerium oleander, Chinnar WS, Kerala, India

  • Alstonia venenata, a small rheophytic tree just above its stream bed during the dry season, Chinnar WS, Kerala, India

    Alstonia venenata, a small rheophytic tree just above its stream bed during the dry season, Chinnar WS, Kerala, India

  • Alstonia venenata, part of the sympodial equally branching crown, Chinnar WS, Kerala, India

    Alstonia venenata, part of the sympodial equally branching crown, Chinnar WS, Kerala, India

  • Patrick Blanc showing the white flowers of Alstonia venenata, Chinnar WS, Kerala, India, Jan. 2023

    Patrick Blanc showing the white flowers of Alstonia venenata, Chinnar WS, Kerala, India, Jan. 2023

  • Alstonia venenata, long narrow shiny leaves characteristic of many rheophytic shrubs and terminal inflorescence, Chinnar WS, Kerala, India

    Alstonia venenata, long narrow shiny leaves characteristic of many rheophytic shrubs and terminal inflorescence, Chinnar WS, Kerala, India

  • Alstonia venenata, flowers at anthesis, Chinnar WS, Kerala, India

    Alstonia venenata, flowers at anthesis, Chinnar WS, Kerala, India

  • Alstonia venenata, flower at anthesis, Chinnar WS, Kerala, India

    Alstonia venenata, flower at anthesis, Chinnar WS, Kerala, India

  • Patrick Blanc showing the maturing pods of Alstonia venenata, Chinnar WS, Kerala, India

    Patrick Blanc showing the maturing pods of Alstonia venenata, Chinnar WS, Kerala, India

  • Patrick Blanc and the erect rheophytic Phyllanthus lawii on the banks of the Kabini river, Kerala, India, Jan. 2023

    Patrick Blanc and the erect rheophytic Phyllanthus lawii on the banks of the Kabini river, Kerala, India, Jan. 2023

  • Phyllanthus lawii, dense population covering the banks of the Kabini river, Kerala, India

    Phyllanthus lawii, dense population covering the banks of the Kabini river, Kerala, India

  • Phyllanthus lawii, dense population on river banks with Crinum viviparum at the base, Kabini river, Kerala, India

    Phyllanthus lawii, dense population on river banks with Crinum viviparum at the base, Kabini river, Kerala, India

  • Phyllanthus lawii, groups of main woody stems successively coppicing from the base, Kabini river, Kerala, India

    Phyllanthus lawii, groups of main woody stems successively coppicing from the base, Kabini river, Kerala, India

  • Phyllanthus lawii, main woody stem with groups of successive axillary leafy shoots, Kabini river, Kerala, India

    Phyllanthus lawii, main woody stem with groups of successive axillary leafy shoots, Kabini river, Kerala, India

  • Phyllanthus lawii, a stipular spine on each side of the leaf reduced to a small brown cataphyll axilling the leafy shoot, Kabini river, Kerala, India

    Phyllanthus lawii, a stipular spine on each side of the leaf reduced to a small brown cataphyll axilling the leafy shoot, Kabini river, Kerala, India

  • Phyllanthus lawii, proximal upper part of the main stem with long internodes, each small cataphyll with its lateral stipular sines axilling the first leafy shoot, Kabini river, Kerala, India

    Phyllanthus lawii, proximal upper part of the main stem with long internodes, each small cataphyll with its lateral stipular sines axilling the first leafy shoot, Kabini river, Kerala, India

  • Phyllanthus lawii, successive axillary leafy shoots issued from the axil of the small cataphyll along the main stem, each of these axillary shoots separated by a very short internode, Kabini river, Kerala, India

    Phyllanthus lawii, successive axillary leafy shoots issued from the axil of the small cataphyll along the main stem, each of these axillary shoots separated by a very short internode, Kabini river, Kerala, India

  • Phyllanthus lawii, main spiny woody stem bearing groups of successive axillary leafy shoots, Kabini river, Kerala, India

    Phyllanthus lawii, main spiny woody stem bearing groups of successive axillary leafy shoots, Kabini river, Kerala, India

  • Phyllanthus lawii, groups of 3 to 5 successive leafy flowering stems, the first one issued from the axil of the small cataphyll with stipular spines, Kabini river, Kerala, India

    Phyllanthus lawii, groups of 3 to 5 successive leafy flowering stems, the first one issued from the axil of the small cataphyll with stipular spines, Kabini river, Kerala, India

  • Phyllanthus lawii, groups of leafy flowering stems along the erect main woody stem, Kabini river, Kerala, India

    Phyllanthus lawii, groups of leafy flowering stems along the erect main woody stem, Kabini river, Kerala, India

  • Phyllanthus lawii, flowers, Kabini river, Kerala, India

    Phyllanthus lawii, flowers, Kabini river, Kerala, India

  • Phyllanthus lawii, male flowers with stamen filets united in a column and female flower with three stigmatic lobes, Kabini river, Kerala, India

    Phyllanthus lawii, male flowers with stamen filets united in a column and female flower with three stigmatic lobes, Kabini river, Kerala, India

  • Baccharis salicifolia as a shrubby rheophyte, Cajon del Maipo, Santiago, Chili

    Baccharis salicifolia as a shrubby rheophyte, Cajon del Maipo, Santiago, Chili

  • Patrick Blanc in the habitat of Alocasia puber, Barclaya panchorensis and Cryptocoryne elliptica, Bukit Panchor FR, Penang, Malaysia, Feb. 2019

    Patrick Blanc in the habitat of Alocasia puber, Barclaya panchorensis and Cryptocoryne elliptica, Bukit Panchor FR, Penang, Malaysia, Feb. 2019

  • Barclaya panchorensis, Bukit Panchor FR, Penang, Malaysia

    Barclaya panchorensis, Bukit Panchor FR, Penang, Malaysia

  • Barclaya panchorensis, leaves, Bukit Panchor FR, Penang, Malaysia

    Barclaya panchorensis, leaves, Bukit Panchor FR, Penang, Malaysia

  • Patrick Blanc showing the leaves of Cryptocoryne elliptica, Bukit Panchor, Penang, Malaysia, Feb. 2019

    Patrick Blanc showing the leaves of Cryptocoryne elliptica, Bukit Panchor, Penang, Malaysia, Feb. 2019

  • Cryptocoryne elliptica, submerged individual, Bukit Panchor, Penang, Malaysia

    Cryptocoryne elliptica, submerged individual, Bukit Panchor, Penang, Malaysia

  • Cryptocoryne elliptica emersed on a flat muddy bank, Bukit Panchor FR, Penang, Malaysia

    Cryptocoryne elliptica emersed on a flat muddy bank, Bukit Panchor FR, Penang, Malaysia

  • Nymphaea maculata, vegetative population with submerged and few floating leaves, Kribi, Cameroon

    Nymphaea maculata, vegetative population with submerged and few floating leaves, Kribi, Cameroon

  • Nymphaea maculata, vegetative population with submerged and floating leaves along an open forest stream, Kribi, Cameroon

    Nymphaea maculata, vegetative population with submerged and floating leaves along an open forest stream, Kribi, Cameroon

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