All the plant photographies are performed by Patrick Blanc and their use must go with the photo caption and the mention "copyright Patrick Blanc"
  • Pascal Héni sitting on the slab in a forest stream just above the rheophytic fern Thelypteris calcarata, Makandawa, Kitulgala, Sri Lanka, Nov. 2024

    Pascal Héni sitting on the slab in a forest stream just above the rheophytic fern Thelypteris calcarata, Makandawa, Kitulgala, Sri Lanka, Nov. 2024

  • Thelypteris calcarata, rheophytic population, Makandawa, Kitulgala, Sri Lanka

    Thelypteris calcarata, rheophytic population, Makandawa, Kitulgala, Sri Lanka

  • Thelypteris calcarata, population on a rocks emerging of a fast flowing forest stream, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

    Thelypteris calcarata, population on a rocks emerging of a fast flowing forest stream, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

  • Thelypteris calcarata, dense population on the rocks of a fast flowing forest stream, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

    Thelypteris calcarata, dense population on the rocks of a fast flowing forest stream, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

  • Thelypteris calcarata as rheophyte in a forest stream, Makandawa, Kitulgala, Sri Lanka

    Thelypteris calcarata as rheophyte in a forest stream, Makandawa, Kitulgala, Sri Lanka

  • Elatostema lineolatum, Thelypteris calcarata and Justicia hookeriana on a vertical seeping rock near a waterfall, Makandawa, Kitulgala, Sri Lanka

    Elatostema lineolatum, Thelypteris calcarata and Justicia hookeriana on a vertical seeping rock near a waterfall, Makandawa, Kitulgala, Sri Lanka

  • Thelypteris calcarata population on a seeping vertical rock face near a waterfall, Makandawa, Kitulgala, Sri Lanka

    Thelypteris calcarata population on a seeping vertical rock face near a waterfall, Makandawa, Kitulgala, Sri Lanka

  • Thelypteris calcarata on vertical seeping rock face, Makandawa, Kitulgala, Sri Lanka

    Thelypteris calcarata on vertical seeping rock face, Makandawa, Kitulgala, Sri Lanka

  • Thelypteris calcarata, fronds, Makandawa, Kitulgala, Sri Lanka

    Thelypteris calcarata, fronds, Makandawa, Kitulgala, Sri Lanka

  • Thelypteris calcarata as a rheophyte on  rock near a small waterfall, Makandawa, Kitulgala, Sri Lanka

    Thelypteris calcarata as a rheophyte on rock near a small waterfall, Makandawa, Kitulgala, Sri Lanka

  • Thelypteris calcarata, sori detectable as blisters on the adaxial frond surface, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

    Thelypteris calcarata, sori detectable as blisters on the adaxial frond surface, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

  • Thelypteris calcarata, dense root mat firmly fixing the plant to he rock of a fast flowing forest stream, Makandawa, Kitulgala, Sri Lanka

    Thelypteris calcarata, dense root mat firmly fixing the plant to he rock of a fast flowing forest stream, Makandawa, Kitulgala, Sri Lanka

  • Elatostema lineolatum in its rheophytic habitat, Makandawa, Kitulgala, Sri Lanka

    Elatostema lineolatum in its rheophytic habitat, Makandawa, Kitulgala, Sri Lanka

  • Elatostema lineolatum anchored in the cracks of slabs in a firest stream, Makandawa, Kitulgala, Sri Lanka

    Elatostema lineolatum anchored in the cracks of slabs in a firest stream, Makandawa, Kitulgala, Sri Lanka

  • Elatostema lineolatum, dense population covering rocks of an intermittent waterfall, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

    Elatostema lineolatum, dense population covering rocks of an intermittent waterfall, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

  • Elatostema lineolatum, dense flowering population covering rocks of an intermittent waterfall, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

    Elatostema lineolatum, dense flowering population covering rocks of an intermittent waterfall, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

  • Elatostema lineolatum, a much branched species on vertical seeping rock, Makandawa, Kitulgala, Sri Lanka

    Elatostema lineolatum, a much branched species on vertical seeping rock, Makandawa, Kitulgala, Sri Lanka

  • Elatostema lineolatum, Makandawa, Kitulgala, Sri Lanka

    Elatostema lineolatum, Makandawa, Kitulgala, Sri Lanka

  • Benstonea thwaitesii, rheophytic vegetative population in Kelani Ganga river, Kitulgala, Sri Lanka

    Benstonea thwaitesii, rheophytic vegetative population in Kelani Ganga river, Kitulgala, Sri Lanka

  • Benstonea thwaitesii and a clump of Lagenandra ovata as rheophytes, Kelani Ganga river, Kitulgala, Sri Lanka

    Benstonea thwaitesii and a clump of Lagenandra ovata as rheophytes, Kelani Ganga river, Kitulgala, Sri Lanka

  • Benstonea thwaitesii on the banks of the Kelani Ganga river, Kitulgala, Sri Lanka

    Benstonea thwaitesii on the banks of the Kelani Ganga river, Kitulgala, Sri Lanka

  • Benstonea thwaitesii as a rheophyte on the rocky banks of a forest stream, Makandawa, Kitulgala, Sri Lanka

    Benstonea thwaitesii as a rheophyte on the rocky banks of a forest stream, Makandawa, Kitulgala, Sri Lanka

  • Benstonea thwaitesii in swampy forest understory, infructescences, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

    Benstonea thwaitesii in swampy forest understory, infructescences, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

  • Benstonea thwaitesii, sharply pointed dry stigmas, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

    Benstonea thwaitesii, sharply pointed dry stigmas, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

  • Patrick Blanc showing the leaning stems of the rheophytic Hedyotis flavescens, due to intermittent spates, Battalu Oya river, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka, Nov. 2024

    Patrick Blanc showing the leaning stems of the rheophytic Hedyotis flavescens, due to intermittent spates, Battalu Oya river, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka, Nov. 2024

  • Hedyotis flavescens, leaning stems due to frequent spates or flash floods and tightly packed upward recurved leaves, Battalu Oya river, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

    Hedyotis flavescens, leaning stems due to frequent spates or flash floods and tightly packed upward recurved leaves, Battalu Oya river, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

  • Hedyotis flavescens, leaning stems due to regular spates, Battalu Oya river, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

    Hedyotis flavescens, leaning stems due to regular spates, Battalu Oya river, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

  • Hedyotis flavescens, a rheophytic shrub with densely packed erect leaves, Battalu Oya river, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

    Hedyotis flavescens, a rheophytic shrub with densely packed erect leaves, Battalu Oya river, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

  • Patrick Blanc showing the purple young parts of the stems and the tubular connate marcescent stipules of Hedyotis flavescens, Battalu Oya river, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka, Nov. 2024

    Patrick Blanc showing the purple young parts of the stems and the tubular connate marcescent stipules of Hedyotis flavescens, Battalu Oya river, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka, Nov. 2024

  • Hedyotis flavescens, stem with erect shiny leaves and persistent tubular connate stipules, Battalu Oya river, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

    Hedyotis flavescens, stem with erect shiny leaves and persistent tubular connate stipules, Battalu Oya river, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

  • Hedyotis flavescens as a rheophyte in the fast flowing Battalu Oya river, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

    Hedyotis flavescens as a rheophyte in the fast flowing Battalu Oya river, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

  • Hedyotis flavescens, a rheophytic much branched shrub in the Battalu Oya river, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

    Hedyotis flavescens, a rheophytic much branched shrub in the Battalu Oya river, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

  • Hedyotis flavescens, horizontally leaning stems due to strong water current, Battalu Oya river, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

    Hedyotis flavescens, horizontally leaning stems due to strong water current, Battalu Oya river, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

  • Hedyotis flavescens with big leaves and stout stems but the smaller stems better match with H. evenia, both species initially described from the same area by Thwaites in 1859, Battalu Oya river, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

    Hedyotis flavescens with big leaves and stout stems but the smaller stems better match with H. evenia, both species initially described from the same area by Thwaites in 1859, Battalu Oya river, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

  • Hedyotis flavescens, tightly packed upward recurved leaves, Battalu Oya river, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

    Hedyotis flavescens, tightly packed upward recurved leaves, Battalu Oya river, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

  • Hedyotis flavescens, hairy white corolla and purple teeth at the top of calyx, Battalu Oya river, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

    Hedyotis flavescens, hairy white corolla and purple teeth at the top of calyx, Battalu Oya river, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

  • Hedyotis flavescens, inflorescence, Battalu Oya river, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

    Hedyotis flavescens, inflorescence, Battalu Oya river, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

  • Hedyotis flavescens, flowers, Battalu Oya river, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

    Hedyotis flavescens, flowers, Battalu Oya river, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

  • Eriocaulon brownianum, a dense clump on river bank, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

    Eriocaulon brownianum, a dense clump on river bank, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

  • Eriocaulon brownianum, flowering clump on marshy river bank, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

    Eriocaulon brownianum, flowering clump on marshy river bank, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

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