All the plant photographies are performed by Patrick Blanc and their use must go with the photo caption and the mention "copyright Patrick Blanc"
  • Chloranthus elatior, branched terminal inflorescence, Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo

    Chloranthus elatior, branched terminal inflorescence, Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo

  • Chloranthus elatior, terminal inflorescence with opposite branches bearing the perianthless flowers visually reduced to the bright white stamens, Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo

    Chloranthus elatior, terminal inflorescence with opposite branches bearing the perianthless flowers visually reduced to the bright white stamens, Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo

  • Chloranthus elatior, bright white cucullate abaxial surface of the three lobed stamens covering the hidden ovary, each flower being axilled by a greenish bract, Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo

    Chloranthus elatior, bright white cucullate abaxial surface of the three lobed stamens covering the hidden ovary, each flower being axilled by a greenish bract, Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo

  • Thurnia spaerocephala, inflorescence emerging from the base of the leaf rosette, Montsinery, French Guyana

    Thurnia spaerocephala, inflorescence emerging from the base of the leaf rosette, Montsinery, French Guyana

  • Thurnia sphaerocephala inflorescence, Nouragues CNRS field station, French Guyana

    Thurnia sphaerocephala inflorescence, Nouragues CNRS field station, French Guyana

  • Glossoloma medusaeum, laciniate sepals, Omaere, Puyo, Ecuador

    Glossoloma medusaeum, laciniate sepals, Omaere, Puyo, Ecuador

  • Besleria patrisii, Nouragues CNRS Field station, French Guyana

    Besleria patrisii, Nouragues CNRS Field station, French Guyana

  • Dorstenia brasiliensis, way to Mt Galbao, Saul, French Guiana

    Dorstenia brasiliensis, way to Mt Galbao, Saul, French Guiana

  • Dorstenia barteri var. multiradiata on forest floor, Campo, Cameroon

    Dorstenia barteri var. multiradiata on forest floor, Campo, Cameroon

  • Dorstenia barteri var. multiradiata, receptacle with multiple long and short filaments, Campo, Cameroon

    Dorstenia barteri var. multiradiata, receptacle with multiple long and short filaments, Campo, Cameroon

  • Dorstenia barteri var. multiradiata, receptacle with filaments at the periphery and flowers and maturing fruits in the center, Campo, Cameroon

    Dorstenia barteri var. multiradiata, receptacle with filaments at the periphery and flowers and maturing fruits in the center, Campo, Cameroon

  • Dorstenia poinsettiifolia, Campo, Cameroon

    Dorstenia poinsettiifolia, Campo, Cameroon

  • Dorstenia psilurus, Makokou, Gabon

    Dorstenia psilurus, Makokou, Gabon

  • Clerodendrum capitatum, inflorescence like fireworks in forest understory, La Maboke field station, Central African Republic

    Clerodendrum capitatum, inflorescence like fireworks in forest understory, La Maboke field station, Central African Republic

  • Clerodendrum capitatum flowering in forest understory, La Maboke field station, Central African Republic

    Clerodendrum capitatum flowering in forest understory, La Maboke field station, Central African Republic

  • Argostemma diversifolium, star shaped flower with five sepals and five alternating corolla lobes, light purple anthers cone, Khao Sok NP, Thailand

    Argostemma diversifolium, star shaped flower with five sepals and five alternating corolla lobes, light purple anthers cone, Khao Sok NP, Thailand

  • Impatiens kinabaluensis, Mt Kinabalu NP, Sabah, Borneo

    Impatiens kinabaluensis, Mt Kinabalu NP, Sabah, Borneo

  • Impatiens kinabaluensis, flower, Mt Kinabalu NP, Sabah, Borneo

    Impatiens kinabaluensis, flower, Mt Kinabalu NP, Sabah, Borneo

  • Cyrtandra ciliata on a vertical forest bank, cauliflorous inflorescences, Taveuni, Fiji

    Cyrtandra ciliata on a vertical forest bank, cauliflorous inflorescences, Taveuni, Fiji

  • Cyrtandra ciliata, a cauliflorous branched shrub, Des Voeux peak, Taveuni, Fiji

    Cyrtandra ciliata, a cauliflorous branched shrub, Des Voeux peak, Taveuni, Fiji

  • Cyrtandra ciliata, cauliflorous branched inflorescence, Taveuni, Fiji

    Cyrtandra ciliata, cauliflorous branched inflorescence, Taveuni, Fiji

  • Cyrtandra ciliata, Taveuni, Fiji

    Cyrtandra ciliata, Taveuni, Fiji

  • Patrick Blanc observing the hanging inflorescence of Thunbergia mysorensis, a form with few big flowers, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India, Jan. 2023

    Patrick Blanc observing the hanging inflorescence of Thunbergia mysorensis, a form with few big flowers, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India, Jan. 2023

  • Thunbergia mysorensis, freely hanging inflorescences in forest understory, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

    Thunbergia mysorensis, freely hanging inflorescences in forest understory, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

  • Thunbergia mysorensis, hanging inflorescences in forest understory, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

    Thunbergia mysorensis, hanging inflorescences in forest understory, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

  • Thunbergia mysorensis, two hanging inflorescences in forest understory, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

    Thunbergia mysorensis, two hanging inflorescences in forest understory, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

  • Thunbergia mysorensis, one hanging inflorescence in forest understory, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

    Thunbergia mysorensis, one hanging inflorescence in forest understory, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

  • Thunbergia mysorensis, hanging leafy stem with inflorescence, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

    Thunbergia mysorensis, hanging leafy stem with inflorescence, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

  • Thunbergia mysorensis, each flower subtended by a small red bract along the inflorescence axis and a large showy red bract partly enclosing the corolla, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

    Thunbergia mysorensis, each flower subtended by a small red bract along the inflorescence axis and a large showy red bract partly enclosing the corolla, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

  • Thunbergia mysorensis, Brahmagiri, Inde

    Thunbergia mysorensis, Brahmagiri, Inde

  • Thunbergia mysorensis, flower buds and flower at anthesis, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

    Thunbergia mysorensis, flower buds and flower at anthesis, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

  • Thunbergia mysorensis, bracts, corolla and hairy upper part of the stamens, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

    Thunbergia mysorensis, bracts, corolla and hairy upper part of the stamens, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

  • Thunbergia mysorensis, two flowers at anthesis with bending down stigma and glandular hairy anthers, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

    Thunbergia mysorensis, two flowers at anthesis with bending down stigma and glandular hairy anthers, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

  • Thunbergia mysorensis, front view of the corolla with the two stamens and the pistil, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

    Thunbergia mysorensis, front view of the corolla with the two stamens and the pistil, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

  • Thunbergia mysorensis, anthers with glandular trichomes and bending down gynecium with the central stigma lobe and the two lateral ones, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

    Thunbergia mysorensis, anthers with glandular trichomes and bending down gynecium with the central stigma lobe and the two lateral ones, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

  • Mendoncia lindaviana, a cauliflorous liana in forest understory, Ebodje, Campo, Cameroon

    Mendoncia lindaviana, a cauliflorous liana in forest understory, Ebodje, Campo, Cameroon

  • Mendoncia lindaviana, a cauliflorous liana, concave pinkish bracteoles and bright white corolla, Ebodje, Campo, Cameroon

    Mendoncia lindaviana, a cauliflorous liana, concave pinkish bracteoles and bright white corolla, Ebodje, Campo, Cameroon

  • Mendoncia lindaviana, a cauliflorous liana, the flowers appearing periodically on the same old lignified short axes, Ebodje, Campo, Cameroon

    Mendoncia lindaviana, a cauliflorous liana, the flowers appearing periodically on the same old lignified short axes, Ebodje, Campo, Cameroon

  • Mendoncia lindaviana, concave pinki veined bracteoles and bright white corolla, Ebodje, Campo, Cameroon

    Mendoncia lindaviana, concave pinki veined bracteoles and bright white corolla, Ebodje, Campo, Cameroon

  • Mendoncia lindaviana, concave pink veined bracteoles and bright white corolla, Ebodje, Campo, Cameroon

    Mendoncia lindaviana, concave pink veined bracteoles and bright white corolla, Ebodje, Campo, Cameroon

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