All the plant photographies are performed by Patrick Blanc and their use must go with the photo caption and the mention "copyright Patrick Blanc"
  • Alpinia purpurata, flowers at anthesis and mature fleshy capsule side by side on the same inflorescence, Tenaru Falls, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia purpurata, flowers at anthesis and mature fleshy capsule side by side on the same inflorescence, Tenaru Falls, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

  • Patrick Blanc and Alpinia pulchra, Tenaru Falls, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Sept. 2019

    Patrick Blanc and Alpinia pulchra, Tenaru Falls, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Sept. 2019

  • Alpinia pulchra in forest understory, Tenaru Falls, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia pulchra in forest understory, Tenaru Falls, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia pulchra flowering and fruiting at forest edge, Tenaru Falls, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia pulchra flowering and fruiting at forest edge, Tenaru Falls, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia pulchra flowering at forest edge, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia pulchra flowering at forest edge, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia pulchra, inflorescence and asymmetric base of the leaf blade, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia pulchra, inflorescence and asymmetric base of the leaf blade, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia pulchra, young inflorescence still producing mostly flowers, few capsules already maturing, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia pulchra, young inflorescence still producing mostly flowers, few capsules already maturing, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia pulchra, branched infructescence, Tenaru Falls, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia pulchra, branched infructescence, Tenaru Falls, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia pulchra, branched flowering axes bearing side by side flower buds, flowers at anthesis and maturing fruits, Tenaru Falls, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia pulchra, branched flowering axes bearing side by side flower buds, flowers at anthesis and maturing fruits, Tenaru Falls, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia pulchra, shiny red mature fleshy capsules turning black when over ripe, creating black and red contrast associated with bird dispersal in forest understory, Tenaru Falls, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia pulchra, shiny red mature fleshy capsules turning black when over ripe, creating black and red contrast associated with bird dispersal in forest understory, Tenaru Falls, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia pulchra, white tubular flower emerging from red calyx and shiny bright red maturing fruits, Tenaru Falls, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia pulchra, white tubular flower emerging from red calyx and shiny bright red maturing fruits, Tenaru Falls, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia novae-pommeraniae clump with one flowering and two fruiting stems, Tenaru Falls, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia novae-pommeraniae clump with one flowering and two fruiting stems, Tenaru Falls, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia novae-pommeraniae flowering in forest understory, Tenaru Falls, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia novae-pommeraniae flowering in forest understory, Tenaru Falls, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia novae-pommeraniae, inflorescence just after rain, Tenaru Falls, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia novae-pommeraniae, inflorescence just after rain, Tenaru Falls, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

  • Patrick Blanc showing the inflorescence of Alpinia novae-pommeraniae, Tenaru Falls, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Sept. 2019

    Patrick Blanc showing the inflorescence of Alpinia novae-pommeraniae, Tenaru Falls, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Sept. 2019

  • Alpinia novae-pommeraniae, flowers, Tenaru Falls, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia novae-pommeraniae, flowers, Tenaru Falls, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia novae-pommeraniae, infructescence with hairy fleshy capsules, Tenaru Falls, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia novae-pommeraniae, infructescence with hairy fleshy capsules, Tenaru Falls, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

  • Patrick Blanc under Alpinia laxisecunda and Calochlaena straminea, Kolombangara,Solomon Islands, Sept. 2019

    Patrick Blanc under Alpinia laxisecunda and Calochlaena straminea, Kolombangara,Solomon Islands, Sept. 2019

  • Alpinia laxisecunda clump at forest edge, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia laxisecunda clump at forest edge, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia laxisecunda clump in forest edge habitat, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia laxisecunda clump in forest edge habitat, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia laxisecunda, old stem already almost totally leafless but still producing flowers on its inflorescence axis, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia laxisecunda, old stem already almost totally leafless but still producing flowers on its inflorescence axis, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia laxisecunda, flowering stem, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia laxisecunda, flowering stem, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia laxisecunda flowering in forest edge habitat, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia laxisecunda flowering in forest edge habitat, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands

  • Patrick Blanc observing the huge flowering and fruiting axis of Alpinia laxisecunda, Kolombangara,Solomon Islands, Sept. 2019

    Patrick Blanc observing the huge flowering and fruiting axis of Alpinia laxisecunda, Kolombangara,Solomon Islands, Sept. 2019

  • Alpinia laxisecunda, secund inflorescence with flower buds, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia laxisecunda, secund inflorescence with flower buds, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia laxisecunda, secund inflorescence, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia laxisecunda, secund inflorescence, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia laxisecunda, inflorescence with flowers and fruits, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia laxisecunda, inflorescence with flowers and fruits, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia laxisecunda, flower buds, flowers at anthesis and maturing fruits side by side, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia laxisecunda, flower buds, flowers at anthesis and maturing fruits side by side, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia laxisecunda, flower buds, flowers at anthesis and maturing fruits, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia laxisecunda, flower buds, flowers at anthesis and maturing fruits, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia oceanica, population in swampy perturbated forest understory, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia oceanica, population in swampy perturbated forest understory, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia oceanica, leafy stem with old terminal sexual axis still producing flowers at anthesis and maturing white fleshy capsules, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia oceanica, leafy stem with old terminal sexual axis still producing flowers at anthesis and maturing white fleshy capsules, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia oceanica, sexual axis with pinkish bracts, decayed flowers, flowers at anthesis and maturing capsules, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia oceanica, sexual axis with pinkish bracts, decayed flowers, flowers at anthesis and maturing capsules, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia oceanica, pinkish bracts and white flowers, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia oceanica, pinkish bracts and white flowers, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia oceanica, old terminal sexual axis with totally decayed bracts but still producing flower buds, flowers at anthesis and maturing white fleshy capsules, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia oceanica, old terminal sexual axis with totally decayed bracts but still producing flower buds, flowers at anthesis and maturing white fleshy capsules, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia oceanica, decayed bracts of inflorescence but new flowers still produced while fruits are maturing, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia oceanica, decayed bracts of inflorescence but new flowers still produced while fruits are maturing, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia sp., a tall erect species and A. purpurata at secondary forest edge, Tenaru village, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia sp., a tall erect species and A. purpurata at secondary forest edge, Tenaru village, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia sp., pendant inflorescence, secondary forest edge, Tenaru village, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia sp., pendant inflorescence, secondary forest edge, Tenaru village, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia sp., pendant inflorescence with flowers at anthesis and maturing fruits, secondary forest edge, Tenaru village, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia sp., pendant inflorescence with flowers at anthesis and maturing fruits, secondary forest edge, Tenaru village, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

  • Tapeinochilos, maybe the elusive T. salomonensis aerial branched stems just below the terminal inflorescence, Imbu Rano, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands

    Tapeinochilos, maybe the elusive T. salomonensis aerial branched stems just below the terminal inflorescence, Imbu Rano, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands

  • Patrick Blanc observing the ageing but still fiery inflorescence of a Tapeinochilos, maybe the elusive T. salomonensis, Imbu Rano, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands, Sept. 2019

    Patrick Blanc observing the ageing but still fiery inflorescence of a Tapeinochilos, maybe the elusive T. salomonensis, Imbu Rano, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands, Sept. 2019

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