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 in a karst canyon observing some patches of Begonia stilpnophylla growing without resting period in the heart of the dry season thanks to the spray of a small waterfall, Liawaeoli, Ossu, Timor-Leste, Aug. 2026

    Patrick Blanc in a karst canyon observing some patches of Begonia stilpnophylla growing without resting period in the heart of the dry season thanks to the spray of a small waterfall, Liawaeoli, Ossu, Timor-Leste, Aug. 2026

  • Begonia stilpnophylla growing in karst fissure without resting period in the heart of the dry season thanks to the spray of a small waterfall, Liawaeoli, Ossu, Timor-Leste

    Begonia stilpnophylla growing in karst fissure without resting period in the heart of the dry season thanks to the spray of a small waterfall, Liawaeoli, Ossu, Timor-Leste

  • Begonia stilpnophylla on alterated karst boulder, the leaves drying and turning reddish before shedding during the dry season, Bodohoo, Baucau, Timor-Leste

    Begonia stilpnophylla on alterated karst boulder, the leaves drying and turning reddish before shedding during the dry season, Bodohoo, Baucau, Timor-Leste

  • Begonia stilpnophylla, a population with light green main veins, the leaves turning reddish in the dry season, Bodohoo, Baucau, Timor-Leste

    Begonia stilpnophylla, a population with light green main veins, the leaves turning reddish in the dry season, Bodohoo, Baucau, Timor-Leste

  • Begonia stilpnophylla, tuberous fully exposed stem at the surface of the karst boulder, the only living part of the plant persisting in the dry season, Bodohoo, Baucau, Timor-Leste

    Begonia stilpnophylla, tuberous fully exposed stem at the surface of the karst boulder, the only living part of the plant persisting in the dry season, Bodohoo, Baucau, Timor-Leste

  • Begonia stilpnophylla, light brown leaves with pale green main veins, Bodohoo, Baucau, Timor-Leste

    Begonia stilpnophylla, light brown leaves with pale green main veins, Bodohoo, Baucau, Timor-Leste

  • Begonia stilpnophylla on vertical karst, partly protected from direct sunlight by Heptapleurum ellipticum, Puno, Lautem, Timor-Leste

    Begonia stilpnophylla on vertical karst, partly protected from direct sunlight by Heptapleurum ellipticum, Puno, Lautem, Timor-Leste

  • Begonia stilpnophylla among algae and lichens on vertical face of limestone, Puno, Lautem, Timor-Leste

    Begonia stilpnophylla among algae and lichens on vertical face of limestone, Puno, Lautem, Timor-Leste

  • Begonia stilpnophylla, long pedunculate male inflorescence, Puno, Lautem, Timor-Leste

    Begonia stilpnophylla, long pedunculate male inflorescence, Puno, Lautem, Timor-Leste

  • Begonia stilpnophylla, a form with pink flowers, Puno, Lautem, Timor-Leste

    Begonia stilpnophylla, a form with pink flowers, Puno, Lautem, Timor-Leste

  • Begonia stilpnophylla, male flower with very unequal tepals and stipitate anthers, Puno, Lautem, Timor-Leste

    Begonia stilpnophylla, male flower with very unequal tepals and stipitate anthers, Puno, Lautem, Timor-Leste

  • Begonia stilpnophylla, maturing fruit, Puno, Lautem, Timor-Leste

    Begonia stilpnophylla, maturing fruit, Puno, Lautem, Timor-Leste

  • Pascal Héni in front of a karst cliff covered with Begonia stilpnophylla and Proiphys amboinensis at the bottom, Lekiraka cave, Ossu, Timor-Leste, Aug. 2026

    Pascal Héni in front of a karst cliff covered with Begonia stilpnophylla and Proiphys amboinensis at the bottom, Lekiraka cave, Ossu, Timor-Leste, Aug. 2026

  • Begonia stilpnophylla on rough karst cliff, Lekiraka cave, Ossu, Timor-Leste

    Begonia stilpnophylla on rough karst cliff, Lekiraka cave, Ossu, Timor-Leste

  • Patrick Blanc observing the brown and the green leaves forms of Begonia stilpnophylla, Lekiraka cave, Ossu, Timor-Leste, Aug. 2026

    Patrick Blanc observing the brown and the green leaves forms of Begonia stilpnophylla, Lekiraka cave, Ossu, Timor-Leste, Aug. 2026

  • Begonia stilpnophylla, mixed population of green and brown cryptic individuals, Lekiraka cave, Ossu, Timor-Leste

    Begonia stilpnophylla, mixed population of green and brown cryptic individuals, Lekiraka cave, Ossu, Timor-Leste

  • Begonia stilpnophylla, brown anthocyanic and green leaved invididuals on mossy karst, Lekiraka cave, Ossu, Timor-Leste

    Begonia stilpnophylla, brown anthocyanic and green leaved invididuals on mossy karst, Lekiraka cave, Ossu, Timor-Leste

  • Patrick Blanc observing a scalloped leaf form of Begonia stilpnophylla, Lekiraka cave, Ossu, Timor-Leste, Aug. 2026

    Patrick Blanc observing a scalloped leaf form of Begonia stilpnophylla, Lekiraka cave, Ossu, Timor-Leste, Aug. 2026

  • Begonia stilpnophylla, a form with irregularly dentate leaf margin, Lekiraka cave, Ossu, Timor-Leste

    Begonia stilpnophylla, a form with irregularly dentate leaf margin, Lekiraka cave, Ossu, Timor-Leste

  • Begonia stilpnophylla, an individual with light green main veins,  Lekiraka cave, Ossu, Timor-Leste

    Begonia stilpnophylla, an individual with light green main veins, Lekiraka cave, Ossu, Timor-Leste

  • Begonia stilpnophylla, flowering green and a brown individuals on karst ledge, Lekiraka cave, Ossu, Timor-Leste

    Begonia stilpnophylla, flowering green and a brown individuals on karst ledge, Lekiraka cave, Ossu, Timor-Leste

  • Begonia stilpnophylla, female flowers at anthesis, Ossu, Timor-Leste

    Begonia stilpnophylla, female flowers at anthesis, Ossu, Timor-Leste

  • Begonia stilpnophylla, female flowers at anthesis and maturing fruits, Ossu, Timor-Leste

    Begonia stilpnophylla, female flowers at anthesis and maturing fruits, Ossu, Timor-Leste

  • Begonia stilpnophylla, brown leaf form, young inflorescence at male stage and older inflorescence at female stage with bright pink ovary wings, Lekiraka cave, Ossu, Timor-Leste

    Begonia stilpnophylla, brown leaf form, young inflorescence at male stage and older inflorescence at female stage with bright pink ovary wings, Lekiraka cave, Ossu, Timor-Leste

  • Begonia stilpnophylla, mature dry fruits with one wing lately enlarging and downward oriented thus creating a rain splash cup with the two other wings horizontally spreading, Lekiraka cave, Ossu, Timor-Leste

    Begonia stilpnophylla, mature dry fruits with one wing lately enlarging and downward oriented thus creating a rain splash cup with the two other wings horizontally spreading, Lekiraka cave, Ossu, Timor-Leste

  • Begonia stilpnophylla, seedlings persisting during the dry season in the most humid karst fissures covered with algae and mosses, Lekiraka cave, Ossu, Timor-Leste

    Begonia stilpnophylla, seedlings persisting during the dry season in the most humid karst fissures covered with algae and mosses, Lekiraka cave, Ossu, Timor-Leste

  • Begonia stilpnophylla desiccating on a fully exposed karst cliff during the dry season, only the rhizome persisting, Lekiraka cave, Ossu, Timor-Leste

    Begonia stilpnophylla desiccating on a fully exposed karst cliff during the dry season, only the rhizome persisting, Lekiraka cave, Ossu, Timor-Leste

  • Begonia stilpnophylla, rhizomes creeping at the surface of a karst cliff, Lekiraka cave, Ossu, Timor-Leste

    Begonia stilpnophylla, rhizomes creeping at the surface of a karst cliff, Lekiraka cave, Ossu, Timor-Leste

  • Begonia stilpnophylla, rhizome creeping and rooting along the coarse surface of karst, Lekiraka cave, Ossu, Timor-Leste

    Begonia stilpnophylla, rhizome creeping and rooting along the coarse surface of karst, Lekiraka cave, Ossu, Timor-Leste

  • Begonia sp., probably related to Begonia stilpnophylla from Timor in their vertical limestone cliffs habitat, Cunca Wulang canyon, Flores, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

    Begonia sp., probably related to Begonia stilpnophylla from Timor in their vertical limestone cliffs habitat, Cunca Wulang canyon, Flores, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

  • Begonia sp., probably related to Begonia stilpnophylla from Timor, two adult flowering individuals and seedlings just around on vertical mossy limestone rock faces, Cunca Wulang canyon, Flores, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

    Begonia sp., probably related to Begonia stilpnophylla from Timor, two adult flowering individuals and seedlings just around on vertical mossy limestone rock faces, Cunca Wulang canyon, Flores, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

  • Begonia sp., probably related to Begonia stilpnophylla from Timor, a flowering individual of the green leaf form, Cunca Wulang canyon, Flores, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

    Begonia sp., probably related to Begonia stilpnophylla from Timor, a flowering individual of the green leaf form, Cunca Wulang canyon, Flores, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

  • Pascal Héni showing the abaxial leaf surface and creeping rhizomatic stem of Begonia sp., probably related to Begonia stilpnophylla from Timor, Cunca Wulang canyon, Flores, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, April 2013

    Pascal Héni showing the abaxial leaf surface and creeping rhizomatic stem of Begonia sp., probably related to Begonia stilpnophylla from Timor, Cunca Wulang canyon, Flores, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, April 2013

  • Begonia sp., probably related to Begonia stilpnophylla from Timor, rhizome creeping at the surface of the rock, Cunca Wulang canyon, Flores, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, April 2013

    Begonia sp., probably related to Begonia stilpnophylla from Timor, rhizome creeping at the surface of the rock, Cunca Wulang canyon, Flores, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, April 2013

  • Begonia sp., probably related to Begonia stilpnophylla from Timor, young inflorescence with male flowers and an old one with maturing fruits, Cunca Wulang canyon, Flores, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

    Begonia sp., probably related to Begonia stilpnophylla from Timor, young inflorescence with male flowers and an old one with maturing fruits, Cunca Wulang canyon, Flores, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

  • Begonia sp., probably related to Begonia stilpnophylla, slightly bullate velvety brown leaves, young inflorescence with male flowers and older ones with maturing fruits, Cunca Wulang canyon, Flores, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

    Begonia sp., probably related to Begonia stilpnophylla, slightly bullate velvety brown leaves, young inflorescence with male flowers and older ones with maturing fruits, Cunca Wulang canyon, Flores, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

  • Begonia sp., probably related to Begonia stilpnophylla from Timor, inflorescence with male flowers, Cunca Wulang canyon, Flores, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

    Begonia sp., probably related to Begonia stilpnophylla from Timor, inflorescence with male flowers, Cunca Wulang canyon, Flores, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

  • Begonia sp., probably related to Begonia stilpnophylla from Timor, male flower, Cunca Wulang canyon, Flores, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

    Begonia sp., probably related to Begonia stilpnophylla from Timor, male flower, Cunca Wulang canyon, Flores, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

  • Begonia sp., probably related to Begonia stilpnophylla from Timor, female flowers with larger upper wing of the ovary, Cunca Wulang canyon, Flores, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

    Begonia sp., probably related to Begonia stilpnophylla from Timor, female flowers with larger upper wing of the ovary, Cunca Wulang canyon, Flores, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

  • Begonia sp., probably related to Begonia stilpnophylla from Timor, female flowers with precociously dangling down ovary, Cunca Wulang canyon, Flores, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

    Begonia sp., probably related to Begonia stilpnophylla from Timor, female flowers with precociously dangling down ovary, Cunca Wulang canyon, Flores, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

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