All the plant photographies are performed by Patrick Blanc and their use must go with the photo caption and the mention "copyright Patrick Blanc"
  • Astelia montana, young still not basally branched  individual with thebasal sheaths of the rosetted leaves accumulating water and plant debris like a tank Bromeliad, Des Voeux Peak, Taveuni, Fiji.

    Astelia montana, young still not basally branched individual with thebasal sheaths of the rosetted leaves accumulating water and plant debris like a tank Bromeliad, Des Voeux Peak, Taveuni, Fiji.

  • Astelia neocaledonica, epiphytic clumps on trunk and main branches of an emergent forest tree, Mount Aoupinie, New Caledonia

    Astelia neocaledonica, epiphytic clumps on trunk and main branches of an emergent forest tree, Mount Aoupinie, New Caledonia

  • Astelia neocaledonica, tufted epiphytes along trunk and main branches of an emergent forest tree with the strangling Fagraea berteroana in the middle of the crown, Mount Aoupinie, New Caledonia

    Astelia neocaledonica, tufted epiphytes along trunk and main branches of an emergent forest tree with the strangling Fagraea berteroana in the middle of the crown, Mount Aoupinie, New Caledonia

  • Astelia neocaledonica, epiphytic clumps persisting on the branches of a dead tree thanks to water and humus accumulation in the funnel shaped rosettes, Mount Aoupinie, New Caledonia

    Astelia neocaledonica, epiphytic clumps persisting on the branches of a dead tree thanks to water and humus accumulation in the funnel shaped rosettes, Mount Aoupinie, New Caledonia

  • Astelia neocaledonica, epiphytic clumps, Mount Aoupinie, New Caledonia

    Astelia neocaledonica, epiphytic clumps, Mount Aoupinie, New Caledonia

  • Astelia neocaledonica, epiphytic clumps on dead tree, Mount Aoupinie, New Caledonia

    Astelia neocaledonica, epiphytic clumps on dead tree, Mount Aoupinie, New Caledonia

  • Astelia neocaledonica, epiphytic living clump on dead tree thanks to water and humus accumulation in the funnel shaped rosettes, Mount Aoupinie, New Caledonia

    Astelia neocaledonica, epiphytic living clump on dead tree thanks to water and humus accumulation in the funnel shaped rosettes, Mount Aoupinie, New Caledonia

  • Astelia neocaledonica, two much basally branched epiphytic clumps, Mount Aoupinie, New Caledonia

    Astelia neocaledonica, two much basally branched epiphytic clumps, Mount Aoupinie, New Caledonia

  • Astelia neocaledonica, a huge much branched clump accumulating a heavy load of humus, Mount Aoupinie, New Caledonia

    Astelia neocaledonica, a huge much branched clump accumulating a heavy load of humus, Mount Aoupinie, New Caledonia

  • Astelia neocaledonica, imbricate sheathing leaf bases accumulating water and humus and oblique growth of the stems at the origin of the expanding clump, Mount Aoupinie, New Caledonia

    Astelia neocaledonica, imbricate sheathing leaf bases accumulating water and humus and oblique growth of the stems at the origin of the expanding clump, Mount Aoupinie, New Caledonia

  • Astelia neocaledonica, oblique growth of the stems thickened due to the persistant dead leaf bases thus creating huge amounts of humus, Mount Aoupinie, New Caledonia

    Astelia neocaledonica, oblique growth of the stems thickened due to the persistant dead leaf bases thus creating huge amounts of humus, Mount Aoupinie, New Caledonia

  • Angraecum sesquipedale as an epiphyte installed at the zone of insertion of the main branches on the tree trunk, Ankanin'ny Nofy, Madagascar.

    Angraecum sesquipedale as an epiphyte installed at the zone of insertion of the main branches on the tree trunk, Ankanin'ny Nofy, Madagascar.

  • Angraecum sesquipedale, epiphytic on a tree of the forest on white sands close to lake Ampitabe, Ankanin'ny Nofy, Madagascar

    Angraecum sesquipedale, epiphytic on a tree of the forest on white sands close to lake Ampitabe, Ankanin'ny Nofy, Madagascar

  • Angraecum sesquipedale, epiphytic on tree close to lake shore,  Ankanin'ny Nofy, Madagascar.

    Angraecum sesquipedale, epiphytic on tree close to lake shore, Ankanin'ny Nofy, Madagascar.

  • Angraecum sesquipedale epiphytic on a tree of the forest on white sands close to lake Ampitabe, Ankanin'ny Nofy, Madagascar

    Angraecum sesquipedale epiphytic on a tree of the forest on white sands close to lake Ampitabe, Ankanin'ny Nofy, Madagascar

  • Angraecum sesquipedale, an epiphytic branched individual fiwed to the tree trunk by adventitious roots, Ankanin'ny Nofy, Madagascar.

    Angraecum sesquipedale, an epiphytic branched individual fiwed to the tree trunk by adventitious roots, Ankanin'ny Nofy, Madagascar.

  • Angraecum sesquipedale, flower at anthesis and old flowers with brown long hanging spur at top of maturing fruits, Ankanin'ny Nofy, Madagascar

    Angraecum sesquipedale, flower at anthesis and old flowers with brown long hanging spur at top of maturing fruits, Ankanin'ny Nofy, Madagascar

  • Angraecum sesquipedale flowering on its host tree trunk, Ankanin'ny Nofy, Madagascar.

    Angraecum sesquipedale flowering on its host tree trunk, Ankanin'ny Nofy, Madagascar.

  • Angraecum sesquipedale epiphytic in habitat, flowers and maturing fruits, Ankanin'ny Nofy, Madagascar

    Angraecum sesquipedale epiphytic in habitat, flowers and maturing fruits, Ankanin'ny Nofy, Madagascar

  • Angraecum sesquipedale, flower front view, Ankanin'ny Nofy, Madagascar.

    Angraecum sesquipedale, flower front view, Ankanin'ny Nofy, Madagascar.

  • Angraecum sesquipedale, flower lateral view, Ankanin'ny Nofy, Madagascar.

    Angraecum sesquipedale, flower lateral view, Ankanin'ny Nofy, Madagascar.

  • Angraecum eburneum, leaves and inflorescence, Ankanin'ny Nofy, Madagascar

    Angraecum eburneum, leaves and inflorescence, Ankanin'ny Nofy, Madagascar

  • Angraecum eburneum, epiphyte at the base of a tree trunk, Ankanin'ny Nofy, Madagascar

    Angraecum eburneum, epiphyte at the base of a tree trunk, Ankanin'ny Nofy, Madagascar

  • Angraecum eburneum, inflorescence, Ankanin'ny Nofy, Madagascar

    Angraecum eburneum, inflorescence, Ankanin'ny Nofy, Madagascar

  • Angraecum eburneum flowering as an epiphyte, Ankanin'ny Nofy, Madagascar

    Angraecum eburneum flowering as an epiphyte, Ankanin'ny Nofy, Madagascar

  • Robiquetia brevifolia, epiphytic on a mossy dead log, Horton Plains NP, Sri Lanka

    Robiquetia brevifolia, epiphytic on a mossy dead log, Horton Plains NP, Sri Lanka

  • Robiquetia brevifolia, Horton Plains NP, Sri Lanka

    Robiquetia brevifolia, Horton Plains NP, Sri Lanka

  • Robiquetia brevifolia, flowers, Horton Plains NP, Sri Lanka

    Robiquetia brevifolia, flowers, Horton Plains NP, Sri Lanka

  • Robiquetia virescens epiphytic in mossy forest understory, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

    Robiquetia virescens epiphytic in mossy forest understory, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

  • Robiquetia virescens, the roots growing horizontally in the direction of the darkest areas thus reaching branches for fixation, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

    Robiquetia virescens, the roots growing horizontally in the direction of the darkest areas thus reaching branches for fixation, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

  • Patrick Blanc showing the roots of Robiquetia virescens covered by a bright white velamen, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka, Nov. 2024

    Patrick Blanc showing the roots of Robiquetia virescens covered by a bright white velamen, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka, Nov. 2024

  • Robiquetia virescens, leafy stem with two hanging inflorescences, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

    Robiquetia virescens, leafy stem with two hanging inflorescences, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

  • Oberonia wightiana, flowering as a small epiphyte in habitat, Horton Plains, NP, Sri Lanka

    Oberonia wightiana, flowering as a small epiphyte in habitat, Horton Plains, NP, Sri Lanka

  • Oberonia wightiana, small equitant leaves and reclining inflorescence, Horton Plains, NP, Sri Lanka

    Oberonia wightiana, small equitant leaves and reclining inflorescence, Horton Plains, NP, Sri Lanka

  • Oberonia wightiana, nodding inflorescences, Horton Plains, NP, Sri Lanka

    Oberonia wightiana, nodding inflorescences, Horton Plains, NP, Sri Lanka

  • Patrick Blanc looking at flowers and fruits of Medinilla fuchsioides, Horton Plains, Sri Lanka, Nov. 2024

    Patrick Blanc looking at flowers and fruits of Medinilla fuchsioides, Horton Plains, Sri Lanka, Nov. 2024

  • Medinilla fuchsioides, epiphytic on mossy tree trunk at 2200 m asl, Horton Plains, Sri Lanka

    Medinilla fuchsioides, epiphytic on mossy tree trunk at 2200 m asl, Horton Plains, Sri Lanka

  • Medinilla fuchsioides as a low epiphyte, Horton Plains, Sri Lanka

    Medinilla fuchsioides as a low epiphyte, Horton Plains, Sri Lanka

  • Medinilla fuchsioides epiphytic on a mossy tree trunk, Horton Plains, Sri Lanka

    Medinilla fuchsioides epiphytic on a mossy tree trunk, Horton Plains, Sri Lanka

  • Medinilla fuchsioides as a cauliflorous epiphyte, Horton Plains, Sri Lanka

    Medinilla fuchsioides as a cauliflorous epiphyte, Horton Plains, Sri Lanka

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