All the plant photographies are performed by Patrick Blanc and their use must go with the photo caption and the mention "copyright Patrick Blanc"
  • Holochlamys beccarii among pebbles close to river bed, War Inkabom Waterfall, Batanta, Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua

    Holochlamys beccarii among pebbles close to river bed, War Inkabom Waterfall, Batanta, Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua

  • Holochlamys beccarii, leaves and inflorescence, War Inkabom Waterfall, Batanta, Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua

    Holochlamys beccarii, leaves and inflorescence, War Inkabom Waterfall, Batanta, Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua

  • Holochlamys beccarii, inflorescence, War Inkabom Waterfall, Batanta, Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua

    Holochlamys beccarii, inflorescence, War Inkabom Waterfall, Batanta, Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua

  • Sphaerostephanos aquatilis, population on bare rock along a fast running forest stream, War Inkabom Waterfall, Batanta, Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua.

    Sphaerostephanos aquatilis, population on bare rock along a fast running forest stream, War Inkabom Waterfall, Batanta, Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua.

  • Sphaerostephanos aquatilis, rheophyte population on a rock just above the swift running water, War Inkabom Waterfall, Batanta, Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua.

    Sphaerostephanos aquatilis, rheophyte population on a rock just above the swift running water, War Inkabom Waterfall, Batanta, Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua.

  • Sphaerostephanos aquatilis, a rheophytic fern on rock just above the water, War Inkabom Waterfall, Batanta, Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua.

    Sphaerostephanos aquatilis, a rheophytic fern on rock just above the water, War Inkabom Waterfall, Batanta, Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua.

  • Sphaerostephanos aquatilis, blackish root system superfially but firmly fixed to the rock emerging from a forest stream, War Inkabom Waterfall, Batanta, Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua.

    Sphaerostephanos aquatilis, blackish root system superfially but firmly fixed to the rock emerging from a forest stream, War Inkabom Waterfall, Batanta, Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua.

  • Sphaerostephanos aquatilis, fertile frond, War Inkabom Waterfall, Batanta, Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua.

    Sphaerostephanos aquatilis, fertile frond, War Inkabom Waterfall, Batanta, Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua.

  • Sphaerostephanos aquatilis, sori, War Inkabom Waterfall, Batanta, Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua

    Sphaerostephanos aquatilis, sori, War Inkabom Waterfall, Batanta, Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua

  • Patrick Blanc observing Leptochilus pteropus subsp. minor creeping on a submerged dead log, Waigeo, Papua, May 2025

    Patrick Blanc observing Leptochilus pteropus subsp. minor creeping on a submerged dead log, Waigeo, Papua, May 2025

  • Leptochilus pteropus subsp. minor permanently submerged, Waigeo, Papua

    Leptochilus pteropus subsp. minor permanently submerged, Waigeo, Papua

  • Leptochilus pteropus subsp. minor, plants permanently submerged under 30 cm of running water, Waigeo, Papua

    Leptochilus pteropus subsp. minor, plants permanently submerged under 30 cm of running water, Waigeo, Papua

  • Leptochilus pteropus subsp. minor creeping on a submerged dead log covered with mud, Waigeo, Papua

    Leptochilus pteropus subsp. minor creeping on a submerged dead log covered with mud, Waigeo, Papua

  • Leptochilus pteropus subsp. minor, population creeping on a submerged muddy dead trunk, Waigeo, Papua

    Leptochilus pteropus subsp. minor, population creeping on a submerged muddy dead trunk, Waigeo, Papua

  • Leptochilus pteropus subsp. minor, submerged in clear water and creeping along a dead log covered with mud, Waigeo, Papua

    Leptochilus pteropus subsp. minor, submerged in clear water and creeping along a dead log covered with mud, Waigeo, Papua

  • Leptochilus pteropus subsp. minor totally submerged with characteristic wavy undulate fronds, Waigeo, Papua

    Leptochilus pteropus subsp. minor totally submerged with characteristic wavy undulate fronds, Waigeo, Papua

  • Leptochilus pteropus subsp. minor, submerged long wavy fronds, Waigeo, Papua

    Leptochilus pteropus subsp. minor, submerged long wavy fronds, Waigeo, Papua

  • Leptochilus pteropus subsp. minor, ribbon wavy fronds characteristic of different submerged rheophytic species like some Aponogeton, Crinum and Cryptocoryne, Waigeo, Papua

    Leptochilus pteropus subsp. minor, ribbon wavy fronds characteristic of different submerged rheophytic species like some Aponogeton, Crinum and Cryptocoryne, Waigeo, Papua

  • Leptochilus pteropus subsp. minor, long wavy undulate fronds similar to other rheophytes like some Aponogeton, Crinum or Cryptocoryne species, Waigeo, Papua

    Leptochilus pteropus subsp. minor, long wavy undulate fronds similar to other rheophytes like some Aponogeton, Crinum or Cryptocoryne species, Waigeo, Papua

  • Leptochilus pteropus subsp. minor, long wavy frond, Waigeo, Papua

    Leptochilus pteropus subsp. minor, long wavy frond, Waigeo, Papua

  • Leptochilus pteropus subsp. minor, frond venation, Waigeo, Papua

    Leptochilus pteropus subsp. minor, frond venation, Waigeo, Papua

  • Patrick Blanc and Pascal Héni among the long vertically flattened buttresses of Dipterocarpus oblongifolius stabilizing the horizontally bending trunk above the Tahan river, Taman Negara, Malaysia, Sept. 2025

    Patrick Blanc and Pascal Héni among the long vertically flattened buttresses of Dipterocarpus oblongifolius stabilizing the horizontally bending trunk above the Tahan river, Taman Negara, Malaysia, Sept. 2025

  • Patrick Blanc and Pascal Héni with Dipterocarpus oblongifolius, the buttresses prolonged by the upward narrowed trunk due to reaction wood thus firmly fixing this rheophytic tree on the banks, Tahan river, Malaysia, Sept. 2025

    Patrick Blanc and Pascal Héni with Dipterocarpus oblongifolius, the buttresses prolonged by the upward narrowed trunk due to reaction wood thus firmly fixing this rheophytic tree on the banks, Tahan river, Malaysia, Sept. 2025

  • Dipterocarpus oblongifolius, the Neram, the trunks bending at 45° above Tahan river, thus creating a green tunnel, Taman Negara, Malaysia

    Dipterocarpus oblongifolius, the Neram, the trunks bending at 45° above Tahan river, thus creating a green tunnel, Taman Negara, Malaysia

  • Dipterocarpus oblongifolius, trunks arching above the Tahan river, stabilized on the banks due to narrow tall buttresses and tension reaction wood  along the trunk, Taman Negara, Malaysia

    Dipterocarpus oblongifolius, trunks arching above the Tahan river, stabilized on the banks due to narrow tall buttresses and tension reaction wood along the trunk, Taman Negara, Malaysia

  • Pascal Héni swimming in the Tahan river in the green tunnel created by the huge Dipterocarpus oblongifolius bending at 45° from the river banks, Taman Negara, Malaysia

    Pascal Héni swimming in the Tahan river in the green tunnel created by the huge Dipterocarpus oblongifolius bending at 45° from the river banks, Taman Negara, Malaysia

  • Patrick Blanc wading along the Tahan river, under the tall Neram trees, Dipterocarpus oblongifolius, totally bending above the river and creating a green tunnel, taman Negara, Malaysia, Sept. 2025

    Patrick Blanc wading along the Tahan river, under the tall Neram trees, Dipterocarpus oblongifolius, totally bending above the river and creating a green tunnel, taman Negara, Malaysia, Sept. 2025

  • Dipterocarpus oblongifolius, the Neram, installed on the banks in the flood zone of Tahan river, one of the few tall rheophytic trees, Taman Negara, Malaysia

    Dipterocarpus oblongifolius, the Neram, installed on the banks in the flood zone of Tahan river, one of the few tall rheophytic trees, Taman Negara, Malaysia

  • Dipterocarpus oblongifolius, an individual with a strongly inclined trunk at about 35° above the Tahan river, Taman Negara, Malaysia

    Dipterocarpus oblongifolius, an individual with a strongly inclined trunk at about 35° above the Tahan river, Taman Negara, Malaysia

  • Dipterocarpus oblongifolius on the banks of the Tahan river, Taman Negara, Malaysia

    Dipterocarpus oblongifolius on the banks of the Tahan river, Taman Negara, Malaysia

  • Dipterocarpus oblongifolius, a very obique trunk above Tahan river, Taman Negara, Malaysia

    Dipterocarpus oblongifolius, a very obique trunk above Tahan river, Taman Negara, Malaysia

  • Dipterocarpus oblongifolius, the Neram, a rheophytic tree bending at 45° above the Tahan river thus creating a green tunnel, Taman Negara, Malaysia

    Dipterocarpus oblongifolius, the Neram, a rheophytic tree bending at 45° above the Tahan river thus creating a green tunnel, Taman Negara, Malaysia

  • Dipterocarpus oblongifolius, the Neram, trunks bending above the Tahan river, Taman Negara, Malaysia

    Dipterocarpus oblongifolius, the Neram, trunks bending above the Tahan river, Taman Negara, Malaysia

  • Dipterocarpus oblongifolius, the trunk bending at 45° above Tahan river, Taman Negara, Malaysia

    Dipterocarpus oblongifolius, the trunk bending at 45° above Tahan river, Taman Negara, Malaysia

  • Dipterocarpus oblongifolius, the Neram tree, an individual almost horizontally bending above the Tahan river, Taman Negara, Malaysia

    Dipterocarpus oblongifolius, the Neram tree, an individual almost horizontally bending above the Tahan river, Taman Negara, Malaysia

  • Dipterocarpus oblongifolius, this individual has a trunk bending only at about 30° but its main branch is almost horizontally exposed above the Tahan river, Taman Negara, Malaysia

    Dipterocarpus oblongifolius, this individual has a trunk bending only at about 30° but its main branch is almost horizontally exposed above the Tahan river, Taman Negara, Malaysia

  • Dipterocarpus oblongifolius, crown of this tall rheophytic tree bending above the Tahan river, Taman Negara, Malaysia

    Dipterocarpus oblongifolius, crown of this tall rheophytic tree bending above the Tahan river, Taman Negara, Malaysia

  • Dipterocarpus oblongifolius as a rheophytic tree above Tahan river, Taman Negara, Malaysia

    Dipterocarpus oblongifolius as a rheophytic tree above Tahan river, Taman Negara, Malaysia

  • Dipterocarpus oblongifolius, long flat buttresses fixing this rheophytic tree on the banks, prolonged by the narrow vertical upper trunk due to tension reaction wood, Tahan river, Taman Negara, Malaysia

    Dipterocarpus oblongifolius, long flat buttresses fixing this rheophytic tree on the banks, prolonged by the narrow vertical upper trunk due to tension reaction wood, Tahan river, Taman Negara, Malaysia

  • Dipterocarpus oblongifolius, buttresses prolonged in narrow oval shaped trunk in cross section due to strong development of tension reaction wood, Tahan river, Taman Negara, Malaysia

    Dipterocarpus oblongifolius, buttresses prolonged in narrow oval shaped trunk in cross section due to strong development of tension reaction wood, Tahan river, Taman Negara, Malaysia

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