All the plant photographies are performed by Patrick Blanc and their use must go with the photo caption and the mention "copyright Patrick Blanc"
  • Roots of a liana above a forest stream, Makokou, Gabon

    Roots of a liana above a forest stream, Makokou, Gabon

  • Metrosideros polymorpha, bunches of aerial roots, Hawai'i

    Metrosideros polymorpha, bunches of aerial roots, Hawai'i

  • Metrosideros polymorpha aerial roots, Hawai'i

    Metrosideros polymorpha aerial roots, Hawai'i

  • Metrosideros polymorpha aerial roots close-up, Hawai'i

    Metrosideros polymorpha aerial roots close-up, Hawai'i

  • Mucilaginous fluid protecting the root, Kukenan Tepui, Venezuela

    Mucilaginous fluid protecting the root, Kukenan Tepui, Venezuela

  • Rhodospatha wendlandii, mucus secreting root, La Selva, Costa Rica

    Rhodospatha wendlandii, mucus secreting root, La Selva, Costa Rica

  •  Roots and establishment growth in an Impatiens cardiophylla germinating on a limestone rock, Khao Sam Roi Yot, Thailand

    Roots and establishment growth in an Impatiens cardiophylla germinating on a limestone rock, Khao Sam Roi Yot, Thailand

  • Orchid roots on a trunk, Chiang Mai, Thailand

    Orchid roots on a trunk, Chiang Mai, Thailand

  • Upwards growing roots of an epiphytic Orchid, Thailand

    Upwards growing roots of an epiphytic Orchid, Thailand

  • Anthurium sp., epiphytic with upward roots, Osa, Costa Rica

    Anthurium sp., epiphytic with upward roots, Osa, Costa Rica

  • Hylocereus setaceus, articulated stem fixed by adventitious roots to the trunk bark, Inhotim, Minas Gerais

    Hylocereus setaceus, articulated stem fixed by adventitious roots to the trunk bark, Inhotim, Minas Gerais

  • Rhipsalis epiphytic with roots adhering to the host tree bark, Sierra dos Orgaos, Brazil

    Rhipsalis epiphytic with roots adhering to the host tree bark, Sierra dos Orgaos, Brazil

  • Rhipsalis roots adhering to the host tree bark, Sierra dos Orgaos, Brazil

    Rhipsalis roots adhering to the host tree bark, Sierra dos Orgaos, Brazil

  • Blakea sp., epiphytic with tuberous roots, Osa, Costa Rica

    Blakea sp., epiphytic with tuberous roots, Osa, Costa Rica

  • Philodendron bipinnatifidum, anchoring and feeding roots, Curitiba, Brazil

    Philodendron bipinnatifidum, anchoring and feeding roots, Curitiba, Brazil

  • Philodendron bipinnatifidum roots at the base of a tree trunk, Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Philodendron bipinnatifidum roots at the base of a tree trunk, Sao Paulo, Brazil

  • Schefflera épiphyte, base with adventitious roots embracing the tree trunk, Taroko, Taiwan

    Schefflera épiphyte, base with adventitious roots embracing the tree trunk, Taroko, Taiwan

  • An epiphytic Schefflera fixed by its anchoring roots at the top of a Palm stipe, Joinville, Brazil

    An epiphytic Schefflera fixed by its anchoring roots at the top of a Palm stipe, Joinville, Brazil

  • Pandanus stilt roots, Redang, Malaysia

    Pandanus stilt roots, Redang, Malaysia

  • Uapaca staudtii, huge stilt roots in a freshwater swamp forest, Campo, Cameroon

    Uapaca staudtii, huge stilt roots in a freshwater swamp forest, Campo, Cameroon

  • Xylopia sp. with stilt roots,  Presidente Figueiredo, Manaos, Amazonas, Brazil

    Xylopia sp. with stilt roots, Presidente Figueiredo, Manaos, Amazonas, Brazil

  • Stangling Ficus roots - Malaysia

    Stangling Ficus roots - Malaysia

  • Ficus roots embracing a rock, Chumphon, Thailand

    Ficus roots embracing a rock, Chumphon, Thailand

  • Ficus roots and algae , rocks - Malaysia

    Ficus roots and algae , rocks - Malaysia

  • A Clusia with horizontal embracing roots having killed the host tree, Sierra dos Orgaos, Brazil

    A Clusia with horizontal embracing roots having killed the host tree, Sierra dos Orgaos, Brazil

  • Schefflera sp., horizontal anchoring roots, Penang, Malaysia

    Schefflera sp., horizontal anchoring roots, Penang, Malaysia

  • Freycinetia sumatrana, adventitious anchoring and feeding roots arising from the stem bases, Kanching, Selangor, Malaysia

    Freycinetia sumatrana, adventitious anchoring and feeding roots arising from the stem bases, Kanching, Selangor, Malaysia

  • Ficus microcarpa root system along the PMQ stone wall at night, Hollywood road, Hong Kong

    Ficus microcarpa root system along the PMQ stone wall at night, Hollywood road, Hong Kong

  • Ficus microcarpa roots embracing a brick wall, detail, Hong Kong Peak

    Ficus microcarpa roots embracing a brick wall, detail, Hong Kong Peak

  • Ficus callosa pillar roots, Cape Machado, Malacca, Malaysia

    Ficus callosa pillar roots, Cape Machado, Malacca, Malaysia

  • Ficus callosa pillar roots close up, Cape Machado, Malacca, Malaysia

    Ficus callosa pillar roots close up, Cape Machado, Malacca, Malaysia

  • Ficus altissima, cathedral anastomosing root network around the hole of the dead host tree trunk, Tangkoko, North Sulawesi

    Ficus altissima, cathedral anastomosing root network around the hole of the dead host tree trunk, Tangkoko, North Sulawesi

  • Ficus altissima, cathedral anastomosing root network, host tree trunk dead long time ago, Tangkoko, Noth Sulawesi

    Ficus altissima, cathedral anastomosing root network, host tree trunk dead long time ago, Tangkoko, Noth Sulawesi

  • Ficus altissima, cathedral root network around the hollow place of the dead host tree trunk, Tangkoko, North Sulawesi

    Ficus altissima, cathedral root network around the hollow place of the dead host tree trunk, Tangkoko, North Sulawesi

  • Ficus altissima, central view of the anastomosing root network, host tree trunk dead long time ago, Tangkoko, Noth Sulawesi

    Ficus altissima, central view of the anastomosing root network, host tree trunk dead long time ago, Tangkoko, Noth Sulawesi

  • Ficus altissima, lateral view of the anastomosing root network, central host tree trunk dead long time ago, Tangkoko, Noth Sulawesi

    Ficus altissima, lateral view of the anastomosing root network, central host tree trunk dead long time ago, Tangkoko, Noth Sulawesi

  • Piper sp. climbing on tree trunk with basal stolon axes acting likes stilt nutritious roots, Tangkoko, Sulawesi

    Piper sp. climbing on tree trunk with basal stolon axes acting likes stilt nutritious roots, Tangkoko, Sulawesi

  • Piper sp., a climbing species emitting stolon axes creeping on forest soil, with adventitious roots, and becoming functionnally like roots for main stem, Tangkoko, Sulawesi

    Piper sp., a climbing species emitting stolon axes creeping on forest soil, with adventitious roots, and becoming functionnally like roots for main stem, Tangkoko, Sulawesi

  • Piper sp., a climbing species emitting stolon axes growing downwards on forest soil, and becoming functionnally like nutrition roots for the main climbing stem, Tangkoko, Sulawesi

    Piper sp., a climbing species emitting stolon axes growing downwards on forest soil, and becoming functionnally like nutrition roots for the main climbing stem, Tangkoko, Sulawesi

  • Piper guineense, vigorous male individual producing stolons up to one meter above its base, these stolons acting like stilt nutritious roots, Campo, Cameroon

    Piper guineense, vigorous male individual producing stolons up to one meter above its base, these stolons acting like stilt nutritious roots, Campo, Cameroon

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