All the plant photographies are performed by Patrick Blanc and their use must go with the photo caption and the mention "copyright Patrick Blanc"
  • Patrick Blanc among the flowering branches of the tall hemiepiphytic Medinilla cordata, Mount Data NP, 2300 m asl, Luzon, Philippines, April 2026

    Patrick Blanc among the flowering branches of the tall hemiepiphytic Medinilla cordata, Mount Data NP, 2300 m asl, Luzon, Philippines, April 2026

  • Patrick Blanc holding a mossy covered stem of the hemiepiphytic Medinilla cordata with woody tuberised roots creeping down an old tree trunk, Mt Data, Luzon, Philippines, April 2026

    Patrick Blanc holding a mossy covered stem of the hemiepiphytic Medinilla cordata with woody tuberised roots creeping down an old tree trunk, Mt Data, Luzon, Philippines, April 2026

  • Patrick Blanc observing a flowering specimen of the low epiphytic shrub Medinilla cordata, Mt Data, 2300 m asl, Luzon, Philippines, April 2026

    Patrick Blanc observing a flowering specimen of the low epiphytic shrub Medinilla cordata, Mt Data, 2300 m asl, Luzon, Philippines, April 2026

  • Medinilla cordata, tall much branched hemiepiphytic shrub, Mt Data, Luzon, Philippines

    Medinilla cordata, tall much branched hemiepiphytic shrub, Mt Data, Luzon, Philippines

  • Medinilla cordata, large much branched hemiepiphytic shrub, Mt Data, Luzon, Philippines

    Medinilla cordata, large much branched hemiepiphytic shrub, Mt Data, Luzon, Philippines

  • Medinilla cordata, large much branched hemiepiphytic shrub with downwards growing tuberous roots like lignotubers along host tree trunk, Mt Data, Luzon, Philippines

    Medinilla cordata, large much branched hemiepiphytic shrub with downwards growing tuberous roots like lignotubers along host tree trunk, Mt Data, Luzon, Philippines

  • Medinilla cordata, branches expanding from thetop of the old host tree trunk with dwonwards growing big thick roots like lignotubers, Mt Data, Luzon, Philippines

    Medinilla cordata, branches expanding from thetop of the old host tree trunk with dwonwards growing big thick roots like lignotubers, Mt Data, Luzon, Philippines

  • Medinilla cordata, lignified tuberous roots emerging from the stem bases and creeping down along the host tree trunk, Mt Data, Luzon, Philippines

    Medinilla cordata, lignified tuberous roots emerging from the stem bases and creeping down along the host tree trunk, Mt Data, Luzon, Philippines

  • Medinilla cordata, adventitious roots emerging from stam bases and becoming lignotubers, Mt Data, Luzon, Philippines

    Medinilla cordata, adventitious roots emerging from stam bases and becoming lignotubers, Mt Data, Luzon, Philippines

  • Medinilla cordata, flowering branches, Mt Data, Luzon, Philippines

    Medinilla cordata, flowering branches, Mt Data, Luzon, Philippines

  • Medinilla cordata, terminal inflorescences, Mt Data, Luzon, Philippines

    Medinilla cordata, terminal inflorescences, Mt Data, Luzon, Philippines

  • Medinilla cordata, inflorescences, Mt Data, Luzon, Philippines

    Medinilla cordata, inflorescences, Mt Data, Luzon, Philippines

  • Medinilla cordata, leaves with dense furfuraceous tomentum and inflorescence, Mt Data, Luzon, Philippines

    Medinilla cordata, leaves with dense furfuraceous tomentum and inflorescence, Mt Data, Luzon, Philippines

  • Medinilla cordata, lpink hyaline bracts, bright white hypanthium, circular shiny pink calyx, pink petals, purple and yellow stamens, Mt Data, Luzon, Philippines

    Medinilla cordata, lpink hyaline bracts, bright white hypanthium, circular shiny pink calyx, pink petals, purple and yellow stamens, Mt Data, Luzon, Philippines

  • Medinilla cordata, inflorescence with bracts, flower buds and flowers at anthesis, Mt Data, Luzon, Philippines

    Medinilla cordata, inflorescence with bracts, flower buds and flowers at anthesis, Mt Data, Luzon, Philippines

  • Medinilla cordata, branched inflorescence with bracts and flowers, Mt Data, Luzon, Philippines

    Medinilla cordata, branched inflorescence with bracts and flowers, Mt Data, Luzon, Philippines

  • Medinilla cordata, flower at anthesis, bright pink petals, purple and yellow stamens, Mt Data, Luzon, Philippines

    Medinilla cordata, flower at anthesis, bright pink petals, purple and yellow stamens, Mt Data, Luzon, Philippines

  • Medinilla stephanostegia on rocks of the banks along the Mesilau river, Kinabalu NP, Sabah

    Medinilla stephanostegia on rocks of the banks along the Mesilau river, Kinabalu NP, Sabah

  • Medinilla stephanostegia on the rocky banks of Mesilau river, Kinabalu NP, Sabah

    Medinilla stephanostegia on the rocky banks of Mesilau river, Kinabalu NP, Sabah

  • Medinilla stephanostegia flowering in forest understory, Mesilau, Kinabalu NP, Sabah

    Medinilla stephanostegia flowering in forest understory, Mesilau, Kinabalu NP, Sabah

  • Medinilla stephanostegia, flowering branches, Mesilau, Kinabalu NP, Sabah

    Medinilla stephanostegia, flowering branches, Mesilau, Kinabalu NP, Sabah

  • Medinilla stephanostegia, infructescences, Mesilau, Kinabalu NP, Sabah,

    Medinilla stephanostegia, infructescences, Mesilau, Kinabalu NP, Sabah,

  • Medinilla stephanostegia, hanging terminal and cauliflorous inflorescences, around Poring, Kinabalu NP, Sabah, Borneo

    Medinilla stephanostegia, hanging terminal and cauliflorous inflorescences, around Poring, Kinabalu NP, Sabah, Borneo

  • Medinilla stephanostegia, maturing infrictescences, Mesilau, Kinabalu NP, Sabah

    Medinilla stephanostegia, maturing infrictescences, Mesilau, Kinabalu NP, Sabah

  • Medinilla stephanostegia, endemic to mt Kinabalu in Sabah but actually very similar to Medinilla cordata endemic from Northern Luzon mountains in Philippines

    Medinilla stephanostegia, endemic to mt Kinabalu in Sabah but actually very similar to Medinilla cordata endemic from Northern Luzon mountains in Philippines

  • Medinilla stephanostegia, hanging inflorescence with pink bracts, around Poring, Kinabalu NP, Sabah, Borneo

    Medinilla stephanostegia, hanging inflorescence with pink bracts, around Poring, Kinabalu NP, Sabah, Borneo

  • Medinilla stephanostegia, hanging inflorescence with pink bracts, the mature berries turning bluish black, around Poring, Kinabalu NP, Sabah, Borneo

    Medinilla stephanostegia, hanging inflorescence with pink bracts, the mature berries turning bluish black, around Poring, Kinabalu NP, Sabah, Borneo

  • Medinilla stephanostegia, sessile opposite leaves, Mesilau, Kinabalu NP, Sabah

    Medinilla stephanostegia, sessile opposite leaves, Mesilau, Kinabalu NP, Sabah

  • Medinilla stephanostegia, sessile opposite leaves and terminal inflorescence, Mesilau, Kinabalu NP, Sabah

    Medinilla stephanostegia, sessile opposite leaves and terminal inflorescence, Mesilau, Kinabalu NP, Sabah

  • Patrick Blanc and Virginia observing the hanging infructescences of her Medinilla pendula, Banaue, Luzon, Philippines, April 2026

    Patrick Blanc and Virginia observing the hanging infructescences of her Medinilla pendula, Banaue, Luzon, Philippines, April 2026

  • Medinilla pendula, leaves verticillate by 4 or 5, mature hanging infructescences, cultivated, Banaue, Philippines

    Medinilla pendula, leaves verticillate by 4 or 5, mature hanging infructescences, cultivated, Banaue, Philippines

  • Medinilla pendula, mature hanging infructescences, Banaue, Philippines

    Medinilla pendula, mature hanging infructescences, Banaue, Philippines

  • Medinilla pendula, inflorescence at preanthesis, Banaue, Luzon, Philippines

    Medinilla pendula, inflorescence at preanthesis, Banaue, Luzon, Philippines

  • Patrick Blanc observing Medinilla vanoverberghii exposed in full light at the top of a small waterfall, Banaue, 1700 m asl, Luzon, Philippines, April 2026

    Patrick Blanc observing Medinilla vanoverberghii exposed in full light at the top of a small waterfall, Banaue, 1700 m asl, Luzon, Philippines, April 2026

  • Patrick Blanc under Medinilla vanoverberghii exposed in full light at the top of a small waterfall, Banaue, 1700 m asl, Luzon, Philippines, April 2026

    Patrick Blanc under Medinilla vanoverberghii exposed in full light at the top of a small waterfall, Banaue, 1700 m asl, Luzon, Philippines, April 2026

  • Medinilla vanoverberghii fully exposed to sunlight on the vertical rocky small waterfall, Banaue, 1700 m asl, Luzon, Philippines

    Medinilla vanoverberghii fully exposed to sunlight on the vertical rocky small waterfall, Banaue, 1700 m asl, Luzon, Philippines

  • Medinilla vanoverberghii, multistemmed saxicolous big shrub on the rocks pf a small waterfall in a highly perturbated area, Banaue, 1700 m asl, Luzon, Philippines

    Medinilla vanoverberghii, multistemmed saxicolous big shrub on the rocks pf a small waterfall in a highly perturbated area, Banaue, 1700 m asl, Luzon, Philippines

  • Medinilla vanoverberghii, multistemmed big shrub with large bright green shiny leaves, Banaue, 1700 m asl, Luzon, Philippines

    Medinilla vanoverberghii, multistemmed big shrub with large bright green shiny leaves, Banaue, 1700 m asl, Luzon, Philippines

  • Medinilla vanoverberghii fully exposed to sun light on rocks along a waterfall, Banaue, 1700 m asl, Luzon, Philippines

    Medinilla vanoverberghii fully exposed to sun light on rocks along a waterfall, Banaue, 1700 m asl, Luzon, Philippines

  • Medinilla vanoverberghii, wide undulate bright green shiny leaves, Banaue, 1700 m asl, Luzon, Philippines

    Medinilla vanoverberghii, wide undulate bright green shiny leaves, Banaue, 1700 m asl, Luzon, Philippines

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