All the plant photographies are performed by Patrick Blanc and their use must go with the photo caption and the mention "copyright Patrick Blanc"
  • Chamaecostus curcumoides, vegetative population issued from stolons in a forest understory swampy lowground, Nouragues CNRS field station, French Guyana

    Chamaecostus curcumoides, vegetative population issued from stolons in a forest understory swampy lowground, Nouragues CNRS field station, French Guyana

  • Chamaecostus curcumoides, mostly vegetative population at Nouragues, French Guyana, from the book by Patrick Blanc Etre Plante à l'ombre des forêts tropicales, Nathan Ed., Paris, 2002, Pages 374 and 375

    Chamaecostus curcumoides, mostly vegetative population at Nouragues, French Guyana, from the book by Patrick Blanc Etre Plante à l'ombre des forêts tropicales, Nathan Ed., Paris, 2002, Pages 374 and 375

  • Chamaecostus curcumoides, stolons with one bulbil in rach cataphyll axil and two dormant swollen roots on each side, Nouragues CNRS field station, French Guyana

    Chamaecostus curcumoides, stolons with one bulbil in rach cataphyll axil and two dormant swollen roots on each side, Nouragues CNRS field station, French Guyana

  • Chamaecostus curcumoides, stoloniferous axis producing axillary erect buds each with two swollen resting tuberous roots, Nouragues CNRS field station, French Guyana

    Chamaecostus curcumoides, stoloniferous axis producing axillary erect buds each with two swollen resting tuberous roots, Nouragues CNRS field station, French Guyana

  • Chamaecostus curcumoides, part of stoloniferous axis producing an axillary erect bud with two swollen resting tuberous roots, Nouragues CNRS field station, French Guyana

    Chamaecostus curcumoides, part of stoloniferous axis producing an axillary erect bud with two swollen resting tuberous roots, Nouragues CNRS field station, French Guyana

  • Chamaecostus curcumoides, in the same vegetative population, some stems produce stolons with resting buds and tuberous roots while some others produce sympodial stolons growing immediatly, Nouragues, French Guyana

    Chamaecostus curcumoides, in the same vegetative population, some stems produce stolons with resting buds and tuberous roots while some others produce sympodial stolons growing immediatly, Nouragues, French Guyana

  • Chamaecostus curcumoides, sympodial stolon producing some cataphylls under leaf litter then growing vertically with foliage leaves while a new axillary stolon grows in prolongation of the first one, Nouragues, French Guyana

    Chamaecostus curcumoides, sympodial stolon producing some cataphylls under leaf litter then growing vertically with foliage leaves while a new axillary stolon grows in prolongation of the first one, Nouragues, French Guyana

  • Francis Hallé and Aline Santos excavating the stoloniferous system with dense adventitious roots of Montrichardia arborescens, Kaw, French Guyana, photo by Patrick Blanc, Feb. 1978

    Francis Hallé and Aline Santos excavating the stoloniferous system with dense adventitious roots of Montrichardia arborescens, Kaw, French Guyana, photo by Patrick Blanc, Feb. 1978

  • Anthurium jenmanii, upward growing roots fixing the tree leaves falling from the forest canopy, Nouragues CNRS field station, French Guyana

    Anthurium jenmanii, upward growing roots fixing the tree leaves falling from the forest canopy, Nouragues CNRS field station, French Guyana

  • Argostemma unifolium, dense population on vertical seeping rock, each plant producing a single leaf, whatever its age and size, Penang Hill, Malaysia

    Argostemma unifolium, dense population on vertical seeping rock, each plant producing a single leaf, whatever its age and size, Penang Hill, Malaysia

  • Argostemma unifolium, part of the unique leaf and tuberous root system anchored on vertical rock face, the only structure persisting during the dry season, Penang Hill, Malaysia

    Argostemma unifolium, part of the unique leaf and tuberous root system anchored on vertical rock face, the only structure persisting during the dry season, Penang Hill, Malaysia

  • Argostemma unifolium, tuberous base of each stem producing a single foliage leaf, the tuber being probably a branched root system, Penang Hill, Malaysia

    Argostemma unifolium, tuberous base of each stem producing a single foliage leaf, the tuber being probably a branched root system, Penang Hill, Malaysia

  • Pascal Héni and Patrick Blanc holding the stilt roots of the Palm Eugeissona minor, Lambir Hills NP, Sarawak, Borneo, Aug. 2005

    Pascal Héni and Patrick Blanc holding the stilt roots of the Palm Eugeissona minor, Lambir Hills NP, Sarawak, Borneo, Aug. 2005

  • Eugeissona minor, the leafy stem above the forest floor, at the top of the long stilt roots, Lambir Hills, Sarawak, Borneo

    Eugeissona minor, the leafy stem above the forest floor, at the top of the long stilt roots, Lambir Hills, Sarawak, Borneo

  • Pandanus macrocarpus, population close to seashore, Port Boise, New Caledonia

    Pandanus macrocarpus, population close to seashore, Port Boise, New Caledonia

  • Pandanus macrocarpus, unbranched young individual, Port Boise, New Caledonia

    Pandanus macrocarpus, unbranched young individual, Port Boise, New Caledonia

  • Patrick Blanc showing the accumulation of leaf litter at the top of the leaf rosette of Pandanus macrocarpus,  upward invaded by the roots of the surrounding trees, Port Boise, new Caledonia, Aug. 2023

    Patrick Blanc showing the accumulation of leaf litter at the top of the leaf rosette of Pandanus macrocarpus, upward invaded by the roots of the surrounding trees, Port Boise, new Caledonia, Aug. 2023

  • Pandanus macrocarpus, humus cap around the upper part of the stipe due to tree leaves accumulation in the pandan leaf bases, the roots of trees around spirally squatting upward the humus , Port Boise, New Caledonia

    Pandanus macrocarpus, humus cap around the upper part of the stipe due to tree leaves accumulation in the pandan leaf bases, the roots of trees around spirally squatting upward the humus , Port Boise, New Caledonia

  • Patrick Blanc showing the roots of surrounding trees invading in a spiral ascending growth the humus accumulated in the top leaf rosette of Pandanus macrocarpus, Port Boise, New Caledonia, Aug. 2023

    Patrick Blanc showing the roots of surrounding trees invading in a spiral ascending growth the humus accumulated in the top leaf rosette of Pandanus macrocarpus, Port Boise, New Caledonia, Aug. 2023

  • Pandanus macrocarpus, stipe invaded by squatteri roots of neighboring trees climbing spirally upward in the center of accumulated humus at the top, Port Boise, New Caledonia

    Pandanus macrocarpus, stipe invaded by squatteri roots of neighboring trees climbing spirally upward in the center of accumulated humus at the top, Port Boise, New Caledonia

  • Patrick Blanc showing the roots of a neighboring tree squattering in upward spiral the humus accumulated by the Pandan leafy rosette, Port Boise, New Caledonia

    Patrick Blanc showing the roots of a neighboring tree squattering in upward spiral the humus accumulated by the Pandan leafy rosette, Port Boise, New Caledonia

  • Pandanus macrocarpus, the roots of a neighboring tree spirally climbs to the top accumulated humus, maybe the evolutive trend leading to so many monocaulous small trees on this island, Port Boise, New Caledonia

    Pandanus macrocarpus, the roots of a neighboring tree spirally climbs to the top accumulated humus, maybe the evolutive trend leading to so many monocaulous small trees on this island, Port Boise, New Caledonia

  • Epipremnum giganteum, freely hanging feeding roots reaching the soil, issued from the detached lateral stems, Bukit Timah NR, Singapore

    Epipremnum giganteum, freely hanging feeding roots reaching the soil, issued from the detached lateral stems, Bukit Timah NR, Singapore

  • Epipremnum giganteum reaching the top of a tree bole and becoming an hemiepiphyte connected to the soil with the adventitious feeding roots, Bukit Timah, Singapore

    Epipremnum giganteum reaching the top of a tree bole and becoming an hemiepiphyte connected to the soil with the adventitious feeding roots, Bukit Timah, Singapore

  • Epipremnum giganteum, freely hanging feeding roots issued from the detached lateral stems, Bukit Timah NR, Singapore

    Epipremnum giganteum, freely hanging feeding roots issued from the detached lateral stems, Bukit Timah NR, Singapore

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