All the plant photographies are performed by Patrick Blanc and their use must go with the photo caption and the mention "copyright Patrick Blanc"
  • Gymnostachyum febrifugum,  Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary, Periya, Kerala, India

    Gymnostachyum febrifugum, Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary, Periya, Kerala, India

  • Neurocalyx calycinus, population on vertical earth bank, Pon Mudi, Kerala, India

    Neurocalyx calycinus, population on vertical earth bank, Pon Mudi, Kerala, India

  • Neurocalyx calycinus, flowering individual, Pon Mudi, Kerala, India

    Neurocalyx calycinus, flowering individual, Pon Mudi, Kerala, India

  • Neurocalyx calycinus, individual on vertical earth bank, Pon Mudi, Kerala, India

    Neurocalyx calycinus, individual on vertical earth bank, Pon Mudi, Kerala, India

  • Neurocalyx calycinus, old inflorescence with persistent calyx, Pon Mudi, Kerala, India

    Neurocalyx calycinus, old inflorescence with persistent calyx, Pon Mudi, Kerala, India

  • Neurocalyx calycinus,  inflorescence with flower at anthesis, Pon Mudi, Kerala, India

    Neurocalyx calycinus, inflorescence with flower at anthesis, Pon Mudi, Kerala, India

  • Pascal Héni filming Neurocalyx calycinus, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India, Jan. 2023

    Pascal Héni filming Neurocalyx calycinus, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India, Jan. 2023

  • Neurocalyx calycina and Jerdonia indica populations on vertical mossy rocks in forest understory, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

    Neurocalyx calycina and Jerdonia indica populations on vertical mossy rocks in forest understory, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

  • Neurocalyx calycinus and Jerdonia indica on vertical mossy rocks, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

    Neurocalyx calycinus and Jerdonia indica on vertical mossy rocks, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

  • Neurocalyx calycinus and Jerdonia indica on vertical mossy rocks in forest understory, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

    Neurocalyx calycinus and Jerdonia indica on vertical mossy rocks in forest understory, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

  • Neurocalyx calycinus, small population on a steep rocky slope in forest understory, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

    Neurocalyx calycinus, small population on a steep rocky slope in forest understory, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

  • Neurocalyx calycinus, individuals on a steep rocky slope in forest understory, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

    Neurocalyx calycinus, individuals on a steep rocky slope in forest understory, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

  • Neurocalyx calycinus, population on rocky habitat, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

    Neurocalyx calycinus, population on rocky habitat, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

  • Neurocalyx calycinus, a monocaulous subshrub with a woody erect single stem, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

    Neurocalyx calycinus, a monocaulous subshrub with a woody erect single stem, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

  • Neurocalyx calycinus, flowering individual on a steep rocky bank in forest understory, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

    Neurocalyx calycinus, flowering individual on a steep rocky bank in forest understory, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

  • Neurocalyx calycinus, flowering  individual in forest understory, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

    Neurocalyx calycinus, flowering individual in forest understory, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

  • Neurocalyx calycinus, opposite rosetted leaves and reclining inflorescence, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

    Neurocalyx calycinus, opposite rosetted leaves and reclining inflorescence, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

  • Neurocalyx calycinus, inflorescence, leaves and stipules, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

    Neurocalyx calycinus, inflorescence, leaves and stipules, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

  • Neurocalyx calycinus, inflorescence, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

    Neurocalyx calycinus, inflorescence, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

  • Neurocalyx calycinus, flowers with yellow staminal beak, narrow thick corolla lobes, wide calyx lobes, ovary and hairy peduncle, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

    Neurocalyx calycinus, flowers with yellow staminal beak, narrow thick corolla lobes, wide calyx lobes, ovary and hairy peduncle, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

  • Patrick Blanc observing two rosetted species belonging to two different families on the same vertical rock face, Neurocalyx calycinus (Rubiaceae) and Jerdonia indica (Gesneriaceae), Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India, Jan. 2023

    Patrick Blanc observing two rosetted species belonging to two different families on the same vertical rock face, Neurocalyx calycinus (Rubiaceae) and Jerdonia indica (Gesneriaceae), Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India, Jan. 2023

  • Patrick Blanc observing two rosetted species belonging to two different families on a vertical rock face, Neurocalyx calycinus (Rubiaceae) and Jerdonia indica (Gesneriaceae), Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India, Jan. 2023

    Patrick Blanc observing two rosetted species belonging to two different families on a vertical rock face, Neurocalyx calycinus (Rubiaceae) and Jerdonia indica (Gesneriaceae), Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India, Jan. 2023

  • Jerdonia indica on vertical mossy rock wall, Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary, Periya, Kerala, India

    Jerdonia indica on vertical mossy rock wall, Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary, Periya, Kerala, India

  • Jerdonia indica population on vertical mossy rocks in forest understory, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

    Jerdonia indica population on vertical mossy rocks in forest understory, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

  • Jerdonia indica on vertical limestone mossy rock, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

    Jerdonia indica on vertical limestone mossy rock, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

  • Jerdonia indica appressed on a vertical rock face, the petiole length increasing during all the leaf life span thus avoiding self overshading, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

    Jerdonia indica appressed on a vertical rock face, the petiole length increasing during all the leaf life span thus avoiding self overshading, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

  • Jerdonia indica, bullate leaf surface increasing the photosynthetic activity in these extreme shaded habitats, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

    Jerdonia indica, bullate leaf surface increasing the photosynthetic activity in these extreme shaded habitats, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

  • Jerdonia indica, saxophone shaped tube of the corolla and hairy sepals, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

    Jerdonia indica, saxophone shaped tube of the corolla and hairy sepals, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

  • Jerdonia indica, corolla lobes and stamens, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

    Jerdonia indica, corolla lobes and stamens, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

  • Jerdonia indica seedlings just under the mother plant on vertical litter free limestone substrate, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

    Jerdonia indica seedlings just under the mother plant on vertical litter free limestone substrate, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

  • Jerdonia indica, seedlings just under the mother plant on vertical litter free limestone rocky substrate, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

    Jerdonia indica, seedlings just under the mother plant on vertical litter free limestone rocky substrate, Brahmagiri WS, Karnataka, India

  • Crossandra infundibuliformis straggling and reaching three meters in height among shrubs and small trees in dry forest understory, Anamalai FR, Tamil Nadu, India

    Crossandra infundibuliformis straggling and reaching three meters in height among shrubs and small trees in dry forest understory, Anamalai FR, Tamil Nadu, India

  • Crossandra infundibuliformis flowering in dry forest understory, Anamalai FR, Tamil Nadu, India

    Crossandra infundibuliformis flowering in dry forest understory, Anamalai FR, Tamil Nadu, India

  • Patrick Blanc showing Crossandra infundibuliformis with leaves pseudoverticillate by four and long exserted inflorescence peduncle exposing the flowers out of the foliage, Anamalai FR, Tamil Nadu, India, Jan. 2023

    Patrick Blanc showing Crossandra infundibuliformis with leaves pseudoverticillate by four and long exserted inflorescence peduncle exposing the flowers out of the foliage, Anamalai FR, Tamil Nadu, India, Jan. 2023

  • Crossandra infundibuliformis flowering on a rock slab in dry forest understory, Anamalai FR, Tamil Nadu, India

    Crossandra infundibuliformis flowering on a rock slab in dry forest understory, Anamalai FR, Tamil Nadu, India

  • Crossandra infundibuliformis, inflorescence with hairy bracts, Anamalai FR, Tamil Nadu, India

    Crossandra infundibuliformis, inflorescence with hairy bracts, Anamalai FR, Tamil Nadu, India

  • Crossandra infundibuliformis, flower at anthesis, Anamalai FR, Tamil Nadu, India

    Crossandra infundibuliformis, flower at anthesis, Anamalai FR, Tamil Nadu, India

  • Rhaphidophora pertusa climbing at the base of a tree trunk, Elanji, Kerala, India

    Rhaphidophora pertusa climbing at the base of a tree trunk, Elanji, Kerala, India

  • Rhaphidophora pertusa climbing along a tree trunk, Elanji, Kerala, India

    Rhaphidophora pertusa climbing along a tree trunk, Elanji, Kerala, India

  • Rhaphidophora pertusa, leaves and thick stem, Elanji, Kerala, India

    Rhaphidophora pertusa, leaves and thick stem, Elanji, Kerala, India

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