All the plant photographies are performed by Patrick Blanc and their use must go with the photo caption and the mention "copyright Patrick Blanc"
  • Pinnacle Rock, a quartzite tower covered by forest at the top, Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga, South Africa

    Pinnacle Rock, a quartzite tower covered by forest at the top, Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga, South Africa

  • Forest at the top of the quartzite Pinnacle Rock, Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga, South Africa

    Forest at the top of the quartzite Pinnacle Rock, Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga, South Africa

  • Pinnacle Rock, quartzite tower covered by forest at the top, Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga, South Africa

    Pinnacle Rock, quartzite tower covered by forest at the top, Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga, South Africa

  • Cussonia paniculata and other trees thriving only on the vertical cliffs protected from grazing and savanna fires, Royal Natal NP, Drakensberg, South Africa

    Cussonia paniculata and other trees thriving only on the vertical cliffs protected from grazing and savanna fires, Royal Natal NP, Drakensberg, South Africa

  • Cussonia paniculata on cliff, Royal Natal NP, South Africa

    Cussonia paniculata on cliff, Royal Natal NP, South Africa

  • Cussonia paniculata on cliff overhanging a river, Royal Natal NP, South Africa

    Cussonia paniculata on cliff overhanging a river, Royal Natal NP, South Africa

  • Cussonia paniculata, branches, Royal Natal NP, South Africa

    Cussonia paniculata, branches, Royal Natal NP, South Africa

  • Cyathea dregei population along vertical cliff, Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga, South Africa

    Cyathea dregei population along vertical cliff, Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga, South Africa

  • Forest and carpeting mossy patches along the vertical cliff, Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga, South Africa

    Forest and carpeting mossy patches along the vertical cliff, Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga, South Africa

  • Mosses and carpeting plants such as Ferns, Streptocarpus sp. and Begonia sutherlandii covering the vertical shaded seeping cliff, Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga, South Africa

    Mosses and carpeting plants such as Ferns, Streptocarpus sp. and Begonia sutherlandii covering the vertical shaded seeping cliff, Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga, South Africa

  • Relictual native forest persisting only on the vertical cliffs at the edge and bottom of graben canyons, due to protection from overgrazing and savanna fires on horizontal flat areas, Royal Natal NP, South Africa

    Relictual native forest persisting only on the vertical cliffs at the edge and bottom of graben canyons, due to protection from overgrazing and savanna fires on horizontal flat areas, Royal Natal NP, South Africa

  • Relictual forest on vertical cliffs of grabens, thus protected from grazing and savanna fires, Royal Natal NP, South Africa

    Relictual forest on vertical cliffs of grabens, thus protected from grazing and savanna fires, Royal Natal NP, South Africa

  • Relictual forest on the vertical cliffs around grabens, all the forest on horizontal landscape having been destroyed and replaced bu savannas heavily grazed by animals and seasonnally burned, Royal Natal NP, South Africa

    Relictual forest on the vertical cliffs around grabens, all the forest on horizontal landscape having been destroyed and replaced bu savannas heavily grazed by animals and seasonnally burned, Royal Natal NP, South Africa

  • Aloe arborescens and Dicots trees and shrubs as relictual forest patch in savanna due to protection among rock boulders from grazing and fires, Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga, South Africa

    Aloe arborescens and Dicots trees and shrubs as relictual forest patch in savanna due to protection among rock boulders from grazing and fires, Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga, South Africa

  • Forest developing between the big boulders due to protection from grazing by animals and seasonal fires, Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga, South Africa

    Forest developing between the big boulders due to protection from grazing by animals and seasonal fires, Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga, South Africa

  • Aloe arborescens among many other Dicots shrubs on vertical cliff, Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga, South Africa

    Aloe arborescens among many other Dicots shrubs on vertical cliff, Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga, South Africa

  • Aloe arborescens among boulders and thus protected from grazing and fires, Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga, South Africa

    Aloe arborescens among boulders and thus protected from grazing and fires, Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga, South Africa

  • Aloe arborescens on vertical cliff, Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga, South Africa

    Aloe arborescens on vertical cliff, Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga, South Africa

  • Aloe nubigena on vertical cliff, Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga, South Africa

    Aloe nubigena on vertical cliff, Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga, South Africa

  • Aloe arborescens, a form with bluish leaves among shaded rocks, Royal Natal NP, South Africa

    Aloe arborescens, a form with bluish leaves among shaded rocks, Royal Natal NP, South Africa

  • Haemanthus albiflos on vertical cliff, thus protected from savanna fires, Royal Natal NP, South Africa

    Haemanthus albiflos on vertical cliff, thus protected from savanna fires, Royal Natal NP, South Africa

  • Haemanthus albiflos among shaded rocks, Royal Natal NP, South Africa

    Haemanthus albiflos among shaded rocks, Royal Natal NP, South Africa

  • High diversity of flowering plants among the boulders, Hermanus, Western Cape, South Africa

    High diversity of flowering plants among the boulders, Hermanus, Western Cape, South Africa

  • High diversity of flowering plants due to their isolation among the boulders, Hermanus, Western Cape, South Africa

    High diversity of flowering plants due to their isolation among the boulders, Hermanus, Western Cape, South Africa

  • Leucospermum cordifolium and a male Aulax umbellata in full bloom, Fern Kloof, Hermanus, South Africa

    Leucospermum cordifolium and a male Aulax umbellata in full bloom, Fern Kloof, Hermanus, South Africa

  • Leucospermum cordifolium, Fern Kloof, Hermanus, South Africa

    Leucospermum cordifolium, Fern Kloof, Hermanus, South Africa

  • Syncarpha vestita, Fernkloof, Hermanus, South Africa

    Syncarpha vestita, Fernkloof, Hermanus, South Africa

  • A Ficus installed on a sandstone boulder thus protected from grazing, Isandlwana, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

    A Ficus installed on a sandstone boulder thus protected from grazing, Isandlwana, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

  • Base of a Ficus installed on a boulder and protected from grazing, Isandlwana, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

    Base of a Ficus installed on a boulder and protected from grazing, Isandlwana, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

  • Drosanthemum floribundum freely hanging from a cliff, Hermanus, South Africa

    Drosanthemum floribundum freely hanging from a cliff, Hermanus, South Africa

  • Asparagus sp. hanging from a seeping ledge, Royal Natal NP, South Africa

    Asparagus sp. hanging from a seeping ledge, Royal Natal NP, South Africa

  • Clivia caulescens clump with long reclining stems on the flat top of a boulder in forest understory, Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga, South Africa

    Clivia caulescens clump with long reclining stems on the flat top of a boulder in forest understory, Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga, South Africa

  • Clivia caulescens flowering in forest understory and long creeping defoliate stem, Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga, South Africa

    Clivia caulescens flowering in forest understory and long creeping defoliate stem, Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga, South Africa

  • Clivia caulescens, long defoliate creeping stem on the flat top of a boulder in forest understory, Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga, South Africa

    Clivia caulescens, long defoliate creeping stem on the flat top of a boulder in forest understory, Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga, South Africa

  • Begonia sutherlandii, ferns and Xerophyta (syn. Talbotia) elegans on humid rock overhanging a forest fast running stream, Monks Cowl, Drakensberg, South Africa

    Begonia sutherlandii, ferns and Xerophyta (syn. Talbotia) elegans on humid rock overhanging a forest fast running stream, Monks Cowl, Drakensberg, South Africa

  • Xerophyta (syn. Talbotia) elegans vegetatively covering a big boulder emerging from forest stream and Crocosmia pearsei on vertical rock face, Monks Cowl, Drakensberg, South Africa

    Xerophyta (syn. Talbotia) elegans vegetatively covering a big boulder emerging from forest stream and Crocosmia pearsei on vertical rock face, Monks Cowl, Drakensberg, South Africa

  • Xerophyta (syn. Talbotia) elegans vegetatively covering a big boulder emerging from forest stream, Monks Cowl, Drakensberg, South Africa

    Xerophyta (syn. Talbotia) elegans vegetatively covering a big boulder emerging from forest stream, Monks Cowl, Drakensberg, South Africa

  • Xerophyta (syn. Talbotia) elegans, flowering vegetative clump on vertical face of a rock overhanging forest stream, Monks Cowl, Drakensberg, South Africa

    Xerophyta (syn. Talbotia) elegans, flowering vegetative clump on vertical face of a rock overhanging forest stream, Monks Cowl, Drakensberg, South Africa

  • Xerophyta (syn. Talbotia) elegans, flowering population on vertical rock, Monks Cowl, Drakensberg, South Africa

    Xerophyta (syn. Talbotia) elegans, flowering population on vertical rock, Monks Cowl, Drakensberg, South Africa

  • Xerophyta (syn. Talbotia) elegans, flowers Monks Cowl, Drakensberg, South Africa

    Xerophyta (syn. Talbotia) elegans, flowers Monks Cowl, Drakensberg, South Africa

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