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 considering a young turgescent stilt root of Pandanus dubius with ramentose scaly root cap, Nggatirana, Halisi, Solomon Islands, Sept. 2019

    Patrick Blanc considering a young turgescent stilt root of Pandanus dubius with ramentose scaly root cap, Nggatirana, Halisi, Solomon Islands, Sept. 2019

  • Pandanus dubius,  stilt roots, Nggatirana, Halisi, Solomon Islands

    Pandanus dubius, stilt roots, Nggatirana, Halisi, Solomon Islands

  • Ansellia africana as a low epiphyte, Lupita island, Kipili, Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania

    Ansellia africana as a low epiphyte, Lupita island, Kipili, Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania

  • Ansellia africana, low epiphyte in open forest along the lake shore, Lupita island, Kipili, Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania

    Ansellia africana, low epiphyte in open forest along the lake shore, Lupita island, Kipili, Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania

  • Ansellia africana, accumulation of dead leaf litter in the basket created by the upwards growing roots, Lupita island, Kipili, Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania

    Ansellia africana, accumulation of dead leaf litter in the basket created by the upwards growing roots, Lupita island, Kipili, Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania

  • Ansellia africana, upwards growing roots ending in a sharp needle point transpercing and collecting dead fallen leaves in the central basket, Lupita island, Kipili, Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania

    Ansellia africana, upwards growing roots ending in a sharp needle point transpercing and collecting dead fallen leaves in the central basket, Lupita island, Kipili, Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania

  • Ansellia africana, upwards growing roots ending in a sharp needle point transpercing and collecting dead fallen tree leaves, Lupita island, Kipili, Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania

    Ansellia africana, upwards growing roots ending in a sharp needle point transpercing and collecting dead fallen tree leaves, Lupita island, Kipili, Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania

  • Asplenium serratum, dense spongy mat of root system, crique Voltaire, French Guyana

    Asplenium serratum, dense spongy mat of root system, crique Voltaire, French Guyana

  • Asplundia rigida, horizontally growing anchoring roots and few downward growing feeding roots, Moarolles, Guadeloupe

    Asplundia rigida, horizontally growing anchoring roots and few downward growing feeding roots, Moarolles, Guadeloupe

  • Rhaphidophora cf. sylvestris, fasciculate basal adventive roots, Khao Phra Thaeo NP, Phuket, Thailand

    Rhaphidophora cf. sylvestris, fasciculate basal adventive roots, Khao Phra Thaeo NP, Phuket, Thailand

  • Rhaphidophora korthalsii, characteristic ramentose scaly feeding root, Tenaru Falls, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

    Rhaphidophora korthalsii, characteristic ramentose scaly feeding root, Tenaru Falls, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

  • Rhaphidophora korthalsii, ramentose scaly feeding root, Tenaru Falls, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

    Rhaphidophora korthalsii, ramentose scaly feeding root, Tenaru Falls, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

  • Rhaphidophora korthalsii, three types of adventitioius roots emerging from the climbing stem, the long downward feeding root, the horizontal root at each node and the numerous small roots along the internodes

    Rhaphidophora korthalsii, three types of adventitioius roots emerging from the climbing stem, the long downward feeding root, the horizontal root at each node and the numerous small roots along the internodes

  • Epipremnum pinnatum with successive stems emerging from a pseudo collar base, each stem emitting adventitious roots appressed to tree trunk, Tangkoko, Sulawesi

    Epipremnum pinnatum with successive stems emerging from a pseudo collar base, each stem emitting adventitious roots appressed to tree trunk, Tangkoko, Sulawesi

  • Epipremnum giganteum, numerous long thick vertical feeding roots, Bukit Timah, Singapore

    Epipremnum giganteum, numerous long thick vertical feeding roots, Bukit Timah, Singapore

  • Epipremnum giganteum, stem with horizontal clasping roots and thick vertical feeding roots, Bukit Timah, Singapore

    Epipremnum giganteum, stem with horizontal clasping roots and thick vertical feeding roots, Bukit Timah, Singapore

  • Scindapsus officinalis, first leaves of new shoots silver spotted and following leaves plain green, Phae Muang Phee canyon, Phrae, Thailand

    Scindapsus officinalis, first leaves of new shoots silver spotted and following leaves plain green, Phae Muang Phee canyon, Phrae, Thailand

  • Scindapsus officinalis, vegetative population of offshoots with silver leaves, Phae Muang Phee canyon, Phrae, Thailand

    Scindapsus officinalis, vegetative population of offshoots with silver leaves, Phae Muang Phee canyon, Phrae, Thailand

  • Scindapsus officinalis, offshoot with silver leaves emerging from underground stem, Phae Muang Phee canyon, Phrae, Thailand

    Scindapsus officinalis, offshoot with silver leaves emerging from underground stem, Phae Muang Phee canyon, Phrae, Thailand

  • Scindapsus officinalis, new offshoot climbing along tree trunk, Phae Muang Phee canyon, Phrae, Thailand

    Scindapsus officinalis, new offshoot climbing along tree trunk, Phae Muang Phee canyon, Phrae, Thailand

  • Scindapsus officinalis, articulated corky fire resistant stem emitting horizontal clasping roots, Phae Muang Phee canyon, Phrae, Thailand

    Scindapsus officinalis, articulated corky fire resistant stem emitting horizontal clasping roots, Phae Muang Phee canyon, Phrae, Thailand

  • Scindapsus officinalis, articulated corky fire resistant stem emitting horizontal clasping roots, close up, Phae Muang Phee canyon, Phrae, Thailand

    Scindapsus officinalis, articulated corky fire resistant stem emitting horizontal clasping roots, close up, Phae Muang Phee canyon, Phrae, Thailand

  • Scindapsus officinalis, corky bark of the main stem and horizontal anchoring roots, Phae Muang Phee canyon, Phrae, Thailand

    Scindapsus officinalis, corky bark of the main stem and horizontal anchoring roots, Phae Muang Phee canyon, Phrae, Thailand

  • Scindapsus maclurei, cryptic adventitious nutritious roots producing a thick corky bark, a perfect protection against the dry season fires, Chiang Mai, Thailand

    Scindapsus maclurei, cryptic adventitious nutritious roots producing a thick corky bark, a perfect protection against the dry season fires, Chiang Mai, Thailand

  • Patrick Blanc holding the corky bark of hanging feeding roots of Scindapsus maclurei, a protection against the recurrent dry season fires, Khao Kho, Phetchabun, Thailand, Nov. 2018

    Patrick Blanc holding the corky bark of hanging feeding roots of Scindapsus maclurei, a protection against the recurrent dry season fires, Khao Kho, Phetchabun, Thailand, Nov. 2018

  • Scindapsus maclurei, long detached feeding roots covered by a thick corky rhytidome, Khao Kho, Phetchabun, Thailand

    Scindapsus maclurei, long detached feeding roots covered by a thick corky rhytidome, Khao Kho, Phetchabun, Thailand

  • Scindapsus maclurei, feeding roots covered by a thick corky rhytidome, Khao Kho, Phetchabun, Thailand

    Scindapsus maclurei, feeding roots covered by a thick corky rhytidome, Khao Kho, Phetchabun, Thailand

  • Scindapsus maclurei, detached leafy stem in dry forest canopy, Khao Kho, Phetchabun, Thailand

    Scindapsus maclurei, detached leafy stem in dry forest canopy, Khao Kho, Phetchabun, Thailand

  • Scindapsus maclurei, detached leafy stems in dry forest canopy, Khao Kho, Phetchabun, Thailand

    Scindapsus maclurei, detached leafy stems in dry forest canopy, Khao Kho, Phetchabun, Thailand

  • Scindapsus maclurei, detached leafy stems with long petioled leaves, Khao Kho, Phetchabun, Thailand

    Scindapsus maclurei, detached leafy stems with long petioled leaves, Khao Kho, Phetchabun, Thailand

  • Patrick Blanc observing the twenty meters long freely hanging nutritious roots of Scindapsus maclurei, Kaeng Krachan NP, Thailand, March 2022

    Patrick Blanc observing the twenty meters long freely hanging nutritious roots of Scindapsus maclurei, Kaeng Krachan NP, Thailand, March 2022

  • Scindapsus maclurei, long freely hanging feeding roots covered by thick corky rhytidome, Kaeng Krachan NP, Thailand

    Scindapsus maclurei, long freely hanging feeding roots covered by thick corky rhytidome, Kaeng Krachan NP, Thailand

  • Scindapsus maclurei, freely hanging feeding roots covered by thick corky rhytidome, Kaeng Krachan NP, Thailand

    Scindapsus maclurei, freely hanging feeding roots covered by thick corky rhytidome, Kaeng Krachan NP, Thailand

  • Scindapsus maclurei, branched lower parts of the freely hanging feeding roots, Kaeng Krachan NP, Thailand

    Scindapsus maclurei, branched lower parts of the freely hanging feeding roots, Kaeng Krachan NP, Thailand

  • Scindapsus maclurei, foliaceous expansions of the corky rhytidome of the feeding roots, Kaeng Krachan NP, Thailand

    Scindapsus maclurei, foliaceous expansions of the corky rhytidome of the feeding roots, Kaeng Krachan NP, Thailand

  • Scindapsus maclurei, leafy stems not corky contrary to the freely hanging feeding roots, Kaeng Krachan NP, Thailand

    Scindapsus maclurei, leafy stems not corky contrary to the freely hanging feeding roots, Kaeng Krachan NP, Thailand

  • Scindapsus maclurei, long petioled leaves crowded at the detached ending part of stems, Kaeng Krachan NP, Thailand

    Scindapsus maclurei, long petioled leaves crowded at the detached ending part of stems, Kaeng Krachan NP, Thailand

  • Scindapsus maclurei, long petioled damaged leaves in forest canopy, Kaeng Krachan NP, Thailand

    Scindapsus maclurei, long petioled damaged leaves in forest canopy, Kaeng Krachan NP, Thailand

  • Garcinia subelliptica, anastomosing roots of trees planted along an old street, Bise, Okinawa, Japan

    Garcinia subelliptica, anastomosing roots of trees planted along an old street, Bise, Okinawa, Japan

  • Codonoboea sp., roots clinging on the rock surface, Kenyir lake, Malaysia

    Codonoboea sp., roots clinging on the rock surface, Kenyir lake, Malaysia

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