All the plant photographies are performed by Patrick Blanc and their use must go with the photo caption and the mention "copyright Patrick Blanc"
  • Alpinia sp., a clump of tall flowering pseudo stems, probably the original plain green leaved form of Alpinia vittata, surrounded by Alpinia purpurata, Tenaru, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia sp., a clump of tall flowering pseudo stems, probably the original plain green leaved form of Alpinia vittata, surrounded by Alpinia purpurata, Tenaru, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia sp.,, clump with pseudo-stems bearing pendant inflorescence with wide flat beige coloured bracts, probably the original plain green leaved form of Alpinia vittata, Tenaru, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia sp.,, clump with pseudo-stems bearing pendant inflorescence with wide flat beige coloured bracts, probably the original plain green leaved form of Alpinia vittata, Tenaru, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia sp., pendant inflorescence with wide flat beige, pink edged coloured bracts, probably the original plain green leaved form of Alpinia vittata, Tenaru, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia sp., pendant inflorescence with wide flat beige, pink edged coloured bracts, probably the original plain green leaved form of Alpinia vittata, Tenaru, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia sp., pendant inflorescence with greenish white maturing fruits, probably the original plain green leaved form of Alpinia vittata, Tenaru, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia sp., pendant inflorescence with greenish white maturing fruits, probably the original plain green leaved form of Alpinia vittata, Tenaru, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

  • Patrick Blanc near the habitat of Alpinia oceanica, Savusavu, Vanua Levu, Fiji,, Aug. 2016

    Patrick Blanc near the habitat of Alpinia oceanica, Savusavu, Vanua Levu, Fiji,, Aug. 2016

  • Alpinia oceanica, leaves and inflorescence, Savusavu, Vanua Levu, Fiji,

    Alpinia oceanica, leaves and inflorescence, Savusavu, Vanua Levu, Fiji,

  • Alpinia oceanica, limbricate yellowish bracts protecting the young inflorescence, Savusavu, Vanua Levu, Fiji,

    Alpinia oceanica, limbricate yellowish bracts protecting the young inflorescence, Savusavu, Vanua Levu, Fiji,

  • Alpinia oceanica, young inflorescence protected bythe imbricate yellowish bracts, Savusavu, Vanua Levu, Fiji,

    Alpinia oceanica, young inflorescence protected bythe imbricate yellowish bracts, Savusavu, Vanua Levu, Fiji,

  • Alpinia oceanica, leaves, inflorescence, bracts, flowers, Savusavu, Vanua Levu, Fiji,

    Alpinia oceanica, leaves, inflorescence, bracts, flowers, Savusavu, Vanua Levu, Fiji,

  • Alpinia oceanica, inflorescence with flowers at all stages from bud to anthesis and withering, Savusavu, Vanua Levu, Fiji,

    Alpinia oceanica, inflorescence with flowers at all stages from bud to anthesis and withering, Savusavu, Vanua Levu, Fiji,

  • Alpinia oceanica, inflorescence visited by Hymenoptera, Savusavu, Vanua Levu, Fiji,

    Alpinia oceanica, inflorescence visited by Hymenoptera, Savusavu, Vanua Levu, Fiji,

  • Alpinia oceanica, bracts, and two flowers at anthesis, Savusavu, Vanua Levu, Fiji,

    Alpinia oceanica, bracts, and two flowers at anthesis, Savusavu, Vanua Levu, Fiji,

  • Alpinia oceanica,Hymenoptera visiting a flower at anthesis, Savusavu, Vanua Levu, Fiji,

    Alpinia oceanica,Hymenoptera visiting a flower at anthesis, Savusavu, Vanua Levu, Fiji,

  • Patrick Blanc in swampy understory habitat of Alpinia sp. nov. close to A. oceanica, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands, Sept. 2019

    Patrick Blanc in swampy understory habitat of Alpinia sp. nov. close to A. oceanica, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands, Sept. 2019

  • Alpinia sp. nov., population flowering in a swampy forest understory, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia sp. nov., population flowering in a swampy forest understory, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia sp. nov., fertile stems with old spherical inflorescences, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia sp. nov., fertile stems with old spherical inflorescences, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia sp. nov. in a swampy forest understory, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia sp. nov. in a swampy forest understory, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia sp. nov., flowering stem, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia sp. nov., flowering stem, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia sp. nov., two old spherical inflorescences, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia sp. nov., two old spherical inflorescences, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia sp. nov., old inflorescences still producing new flowers, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia sp. nov., old inflorescences still producing new flowers, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia sp. nov., old spherical inflorescences still producing new flowers, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia sp. nov., old spherical inflorescences still producing new flowers, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia sp. nov., inflorescence with congested inward recurved light pink bracts and flower buds, flowers at anthesis and withered flowers, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia sp. nov., inflorescence with congested inward recurved light pink bracts and flower buds, flowers at anthesis and withered flowers, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia sp. nov. close to A. oceanica, two flowers at anthesis, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia sp. nov. close to A. oceanica, two flowers at anthesis, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia sp. nov., flower buds, flower at anthesis and white mature fruit, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia sp. nov., flower buds, flower at anthesis and white mature fruit, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands

  • Alpinia sp. nov., white mature fruit, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands

    Alpinia sp. nov., white mature fruit, Halisi, Vangunu, Solomon Islands

  • Patrick Blanc and a flowering clump of Alpinia domatifera, Kwau, Arfak Mts, 1600 m asl, West Papua, May 2025

    Patrick Blanc and a flowering clump of Alpinia domatifera, Kwau, Arfak Mts, 1600 m asl, West Papua, May 2025

  • Patrick Blanc observing two flowering stems of Alpinia domatifera, Kwau, Arfak Mts, 1600 m asl, West Papua, May 2025

    Patrick Blanc observing two flowering stems of Alpinia domatifera, Kwau, Arfak Mts, 1600 m asl, West Papua, May 2025

  • Alpinia domatifera, flowering climp in forest understory, Kwau, Arfak Mts, 1600 m asl, West Papua

    Alpinia domatifera, flowering climp in forest understory, Kwau, Arfak Mts, 1600 m asl, West Papua

  • Alpinia domatifera, Kwau, leafy stems with long purple brown ligules at the top of leaf sheaths, Arfak Mts, 1600 m asl, West Papua

    Alpinia domatifera, Kwau, leafy stems with long purple brown ligules at the top of leaf sheaths, Arfak Mts, 1600 m asl, West Papua

  • Alpinia domatifera, large purple brown ligular tip of the leaf sheath creating a pouch or domatia possibly inhabited by ants hence the species name domatifera, Kwau, Arfak Mts, 1600 m asl, West Papua

    Alpinia domatifera, large purple brown ligular tip of the leaf sheath creating a pouch or domatia possibly inhabited by ants hence the species name domatifera, Kwau, Arfak Mts, 1600 m asl, West Papua

  • Alpinia domatifera, pink flowered form, Kwau, Arfak Mts, 1600 m asl, West Papua

    Alpinia domatifera, pink flowered form, Kwau, Arfak Mts, 1600 m asl, West Papua

  • Alpinia domatifera, pink flowered form in forest understory, Kwau, Arfak Mts, 1600 m asl, West Papua

    Alpinia domatifera, pink flowered form in forest understory, Kwau, Arfak Mts, 1600 m asl, West Papua

  • Alpinia domatifera, leaves and terminal inflorescence, Kwau, Arfak Mts, 1600 m asl, West Papua

    Alpinia domatifera, leaves and terminal inflorescence, Kwau, Arfak Mts, 1600 m asl, West Papua

  • Alpinia domatifera, involucral brown bracts and pink flowers, Kwau, Arfak Mts, 1600 m asl, West Papua

    Alpinia domatifera, involucral brown bracts and pink flowers, Kwau, Arfak Mts, 1600 m asl, West Papua

  • Alpinia domatifera, ligulate leaves, brown bracts and bracteoles, pink toothed calyx and pink corolla, Kwau, Arfak Mts, 1600 m asl, West Papua

    Alpinia domatifera, ligulate leaves, brown bracts and bracteoles, pink toothed calyx and pink corolla, Kwau, Arfak Mts, 1600 m asl, West Papua

  • Alpinia domatifera, dry brown bracteoles and tubular pink calyx with long narrow teeth, Kwau, Arfak Mts, 1600 m asl, West Papua

    Alpinia domatifera, dry brown bracteoles and tubular pink calyx with long narrow teeth, Kwau, Arfak Mts, 1600 m asl, West Papua

  • Alpinia domatifera, hooded cucullate dorsal lobe of the corolla, Kwau, Arfak Mts, 1600 m asl, West Papua

    Alpinia domatifera, hooded cucullate dorsal lobe of the corolla, Kwau, Arfak Mts, 1600 m asl, West Papua

  • Alpinia domatifera, flower at anthesis with hooded cucullate dorsal lobe of the corolla, Kwau, Arfak Mts, 1600 m asl, West Papua

    Alpinia domatifera, flower at anthesis with hooded cucullate dorsal lobe of the corolla, Kwau, Arfak Mts, 1600 m asl, West Papua

  • Alpinia domatifera, mature orange fruit with three main ridges, Kwau, Arfak Mts, 1600 m asl, West Papua

    Alpinia domatifera, mature orange fruit with three main ridges, Kwau, Arfak Mts, 1600 m asl, West Papua

  • Alpinia domatifera, long lasting inflorescence with one mature fruit and new flower buds, Kwau, Arfak Mts, 1600 m asl, West Papua

    Alpinia domatifera, long lasting inflorescence with one mature fruit and new flower buds, Kwau, Arfak Mts, 1600 m asl, West Papua

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