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Zingiber sp., a small species in the forest close to seashore, Saleman, Seram, Moluccas
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Zingiber sp., a small species in the forest close to seashore, inflorescence, Saleman, Seram, Moluccas
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Zingiber sp., bracts and withered flower at 5 pm, Saleman, Seram, Moluccas
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Patrick Blanc between two inflorescences of Tapeinochilos ananassae in forest understory, Manusela NP, 1000 m asl, Seram, Moluccas, April 2024
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Tapeinochilos ananassae in forest understory, Manusela NP, 1000 m asl, Seram, Moluccas
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Tapeinochilos ananassae, basal inflorescence and 5 m tall branched leafy stems, Manusela NP, Seram, Moluccas
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Tapeinochilos ananassae, aerial tall branched stems with spiral phyllotaxy, Manusela NP, Seram, Moluccas
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Patrick Blanc observing the tall leafless inflorescence of Tapeinochilos ananassae, emerging from the forest floor, Manusela NP, Seram, Moluccas, April 2024
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Tapeinochilos ananassae, leafless inflorescence emrging from the forest floor and bambusiform bases of the leafy shoots, Manusela NP, Seram, Moluccas
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Tapeinochilos ananassae, inflorescence emerging from the forest floor, Manusela NP, Seram, Moluccas
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Tapeinochilos ananassae, inflorescence with some lower three lobed flower calyx withering and turning brown, Manusela NP, Seram, Moluccas
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Tapeinochilos ananassae, one flower with persistent red calyx in the axil of each recurved red bract, Manusela NP, Seram, Moluccas
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Tapeinochilos ananassae, inflorescence with the youngest flowers at the top, the red calyx being still fleshy, Manusela NP, Seram, Moluccas
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Tapeinochilos ananassae, red rigid bracts, red three lobed calyx and yellow corolla, Manusela NP, Seram, Moluccas
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Tapeinochilos ananassae, small yellow corolla emerbing from the red calyx and bract, Manusela NP, Seram, Moluccas
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Tapeinochilos ananassae, each red bract axilling one flower with three lobed calyx and whitish tube, Manusela NP, Seram, Moluccas
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Tapeinochilos ananassae, red calyx turning black when withering and development of the yellowish fruit, Manusela NP, Seram, Moluccas
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Patrick Blanc observing the bright red inflorescence bracts of Hellenia speciosa, Waisia waterfall, Seram, Moluccas, April 2024
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Hellenia speciosa, spirally leaved stem with the terminal inflorescence, Waisia waterfall, Seram, Moluccas
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Hellenia speciosa, inflorescence with one flower at anthesis, Waisia waterfall, Seram, Moluccas
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Hellenia speciosa, Drosophila flies foraging on the flower labellum, Waisia waterfall, Seram, Moluccas
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Hellenia speciosa, ripe infructescence with red fruits and persistent calyx, each fruit opening laterally and contrasting white inside, Waisia waterfall, Seram, Moluccas
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Hellenia speciosa, lateral branches emerging from the main erect stem, each ending in an inflorescence, Saleman, Seram, Moluccas
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Hellenia speciosa, inflorescence, each flower with greenish yellow ovary, red three dentate calyx and white corolla, Saleman, Seram, Moluccas
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Hellenia speciosa, greenish yellow ovary, red three dentate calyx and white corolla, Saleman, Seram, Moluccas
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Hellenia speciosa, greenish yellow three winged ovary and red three dentate calyx, Saleman, Seram, Moluccas
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Hellenia speciosa, mature fruits opening along longitudinal slits and exposing the bright black seeds, Saleman, Seram, Moluccas
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Patrick Blanc in a clump of Elettaria floribunda with tall leafy stems and basal red inflorescences, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka, Nov. 2024
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Elettaria floribunda, young inflorescence, the involucral bracts retaining the water at the top, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka
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Elettaria floribunda, young inflorescence with overlapping involucral bracts creating a waterproof apical tank, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka
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Elettaria floribunda, young inflorescence, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka
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Elettaria floribunda, young inflorescence, each bract collects water and the first flower emerges, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka
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Elettaria floribunda, old infructescences with persistent involucral bracts, Horton Plains, Sri Lanka
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Patrick Blanc observing an old inflorescence of Elettaria floribunda at the fruiting stage but still producing new flowers, Horton Plains, Sri Lanka, Nov. 2024
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Elettaria floribunda, ageing inflorescence with the cincinni in axil of each bract, the new flowers axilled by the cincinni bracteoles, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka
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Elettaria floribunda, old inflorescence with new flowers still emerging from from the central cincinni with congested bracteoles, Horton Plains, Sri Lanka
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Elettaria floribunda, flower at anthesis and old decaying flowers, Horton Plains, Sri Lanka
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Elettaria floribunda, flower at anthesis with bright pink patch on labellum, Horton Plains, Sri Lanka
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Elettaria floribunda, red shiny stigma emerging from anther thecae, Horton Plains, Sri Lanka
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Elettaria floribunda, seedlings emerging from an old infructescence, Horton Plains, Sri Lanka