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 observing two flowering stems of Tapeinochilos beccarii, Malagufuk, 200 m asl, Sorong, West Papua, May 2025

    Patrick Blanc observing two flowering stems of Tapeinochilos beccarii, Malagufuk, 200 m asl, Sorong, West Papua, May 2025

  • Tapeinochilos beccarii flowering in its swampy forest understory habitat, Malagufuk, 200 m asl, Sorong, West Papua

    Tapeinochilos beccarii flowering in its swampy forest understory habitat, Malagufuk, 200 m asl, Sorong, West Papua

  • Tapeinochilos beccarii, flowering stems with many radiating branched just under the terminal inflorescence, Malagufuk, 200 m asl, Sorong, West Papua

    Tapeinochilos beccarii, flowering stems with many radiating branched just under the terminal inflorescence, Malagufuk, 200 m asl, Sorong, West Papua

  • Tapeinochilos beccarii, bright yellow corolla with pointed lobes emerging from the sharply pointed bright red bracts, Malagufuk, 200 m asl, Sorong, West Papua

    Tapeinochilos beccarii, bright yellow corolla with pointed lobes emerging from the sharply pointed bright red bracts, Malagufuk, 200 m asl, Sorong, West Papua

  • Tapeinochilos beccarii, yellow pointed flower buds emerging from sharply pointed bracts, Malagufuk, 200 m asl, Sorong, West Papua

    Tapeinochilos beccarii, yellow pointed flower buds emerging from sharply pointed bracts, Malagufuk, 200 m asl, Sorong, West Papua

  • Tapeinochilos beccarii, terminal solitary inflorescence, Malagufuk, 200 m asl, Sorong, West Papua

    Tapeinochilos beccarii, terminal solitary inflorescence, Malagufuk, 200 m asl, Sorong, West Papua

  • Tapeinochilos beccarii, inflorescence with spirally distributed flower bracts, Malagufuk, 200 m asl, Sorong, West Papua

    Tapeinochilos beccarii, inflorescence with spirally distributed flower bracts, Malagufuk, 200 m asl, Sorong, West Papua

  • Tapeinochilos beccarii, inflorescence with spirally distributed flowers, Malagufuk, 200 m asl, Sorong, West Papua

    Tapeinochilos beccarii, inflorescence with spirally distributed flowers, Malagufuk, 200 m asl, Sorong, West Papua

  • Tapeinochilos beccarii, sharply pointed bracts and three lobed calyces, Malagufuk, 200 m asl, Sorong, West Papua

    Tapeinochilos beccarii, sharply pointed bracts and three lobed calyces, Malagufuk, 200 m asl, Sorong, West Papua

  • Tapeinochilos beccarii, some brown decaying corollas and persisting red bracts and three lobed calyx, Malagufuk, 200 m asl, Sorong, West Papua

    Tapeinochilos beccarii, some brown decaying corollas and persisting red bracts and three lobed calyx, Malagufuk, 200 m asl, Sorong, West Papua

  • Tapeinochilos beccarii, yellow corollas emerging from red calyx and bract, Malagufuk, 200 m asl, Sorong, West Papua

    Tapeinochilos beccarii, yellow corollas emerging from red calyx and bract, Malagufuk, 200 m asl, Sorong, West Papua

  • Tapeinochilos beccarii, yellow corolla with three recurved tips emerging from red calyx and bract, Malagufuk, 200 m asl, Sorong, West Papua

    Tapeinochilos beccarii, yellow corolla with three recurved tips emerging from red calyx and bract, Malagufuk, 200 m asl, Sorong, West Papua

  • Tapeinochilos beccarii, old decaying flower, Malagufuk, 200 m asl, Sorong, West Papua

    Tapeinochilos beccarii, old decaying flower, Malagufuk, 200 m asl, Sorong, West Papua

  • Tapeinochilos sp. nov., population of erect cane stems branching and flowering at the top, Kwau, 1600 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

    Tapeinochilos sp. nov., population of erect cane stems branching and flowering at the top, Kwau, 1600 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

  • Patrick Blanc showing a population of vertical cane stems of Tapeinochilos sp. nov. Gideon in prep. ending in radiating leafy stems and terminal inflorescences, Kwau, 1600 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua, May 2025

    Patrick Blanc showing a population of vertical cane stems of Tapeinochilos sp. nov. Gideon in prep. ending in radiating leafy stems and terminal inflorescences, Kwau, 1600 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua, May 2025

  • Tapeinochilos beccarii, erect cane brown stems bending down once the top branches increase weight due to permanent production of new leaves, Kwau, 1600 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

    Tapeinochilos beccarii, erect cane brown stems bending down once the top branches increase weight due to permanent production of new leaves, Kwau, 1600 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

  • Tapeinochilos sp. nov., population of erect leafless cane stems ending in numerous radiating branched leafy shoots creating a continuous green canopy 3 meters above the soil, Kwau, 1600 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

    Tapeinochilos sp. nov., population of erect leafless cane stems ending in numerous radiating branched leafy shoots creating a continuous green canopy 3 meters above the soil, Kwau, 1600 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

  • Tapeinochilos sp. nov., spiral phyllotaxy of the top leafy stems, characteristic of most Costaceae, Kwau, 1600 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

    Tapeinochilos sp. nov., spiral phyllotaxy of the top leafy stems, characteristic of most Costaceae, Kwau, 1600 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

  • Patrick Blanc presenting the numerous radiating lateral stems of Tapeinochilos sp. nov. Gideon in prep. and the multiple terminal inflorescences, Kwau, 1600 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua, May 2025

    Patrick Blanc presenting the numerous radiating lateral stems of Tapeinochilos sp. nov. Gideon in prep. and the multiple terminal inflorescences, Kwau, 1600 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua, May 2025

  • Tapeinochilos sp. nov., main cane stem bending down with its terminal group of inflorescences and the radiating leafy stems just below, Kwau, 1600 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

    Tapeinochilos sp. nov., main cane stem bending down with its terminal group of inflorescences and the radiating leafy stems just below, Kwau, 1600 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

  • Tapeinochilos sp. nov., erect cane stems producing only cataphylls soon becoming dry and brown, Kwau, 1600 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

    Tapeinochilos sp. nov., erect cane stems producing only cataphylls soon becoming dry and brown, Kwau, 1600 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

  • Tapeinochilos sp. nov., one erect leafless stem producing only brown cataphylls and fasciculate top lateral branched leafy stems just under terminal inflorescences, Kwau, 1600 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

    Tapeinochilos sp. nov., one erect leafless stem producing only brown cataphylls and fasciculate top lateral branched leafy stems just under terminal inflorescences, Kwau, 1600 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

  • Patrick Blanc showing four successive sequential inflorescences of Tapeinochilos sp. nov. at the top of the cane stem, Kwau, 1600 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua, May 2025

    Patrick Blanc showing four successive sequential inflorescences of Tapeinochilos sp. nov. at the top of the cane stem, Kwau, 1600 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua, May 2025

  • Tapeinochilos sp. nov., two inflorescences at the top of the cane stem, just above the radiating lateral leafy branches, Kwau, 1600 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

    Tapeinochilos sp. nov., two inflorescences at the top of the cane stem, just above the radiating lateral leafy branches, Kwau, 1600 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

  • Tapeinochilos sp. nov., brown papyraceous cataphylls axilling the lateral leafy branches, Kwau, 1600 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

    Tapeinochilos sp. nov., brown papyraceous cataphylls axilling the lateral leafy branches, Kwau, 1600 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

  • Tapeinochilos sp. nov., four successive inflorescences at the top of the leafless cane stem, Kwau, 1600 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

    Tapeinochilos sp. nov., four successive inflorescences at the top of the leafless cane stem, Kwau, 1600 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

  • Tapeinochilos sp. nov., large papyraceous cataphylls axilling the top lateral leafy stems and terminal inflorescence also preceded by brown cataphylls, Kwau, 1600 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

    Tapeinochilos sp. nov., large papyraceous cataphylls axilling the top lateral leafy stems and terminal inflorescence also preceded by brown cataphylls, Kwau, 1600 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

  • Tapeinochilos sp. nov., sharply pointed appressed red bracts and white flower, Kwau, 1600 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

    Tapeinochilos sp. nov., sharply pointed appressed red bracts and white flower, Kwau, 1600 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

  • Tapeinochilos sp. nov., young and old inflorescences, the sharply pointed bracts persisting but turning brown when old, Kwau, 1600 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

    Tapeinochilos sp. nov., young and old inflorescences, the sharply pointed bracts persisting but turning brown when old, Kwau, 1600 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

  • Tapeinochilos sp. nov., long tube of calyx with three apical sharply pointed white lined lobes, Kwau, 1600 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

    Tapeinochilos sp. nov., long tube of calyx with three apical sharply pointed white lined lobes, Kwau, 1600 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

  • Tapeinochilos sp. nov., yellow corolla with pointed lobes, Kwau, 1600 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

    Tapeinochilos sp. nov., yellow corolla with pointed lobes, Kwau, 1600 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

  • Patrick Blanc observing an old inflorescence of Tapeinochilos cf. salomonensis, Tenaru Falls, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Sept. 2019

    Patrick Blanc observing an old inflorescence of Tapeinochilos cf. salomonensis, Tenaru Falls, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Sept. 2019

  • Tapeinochilos cf. salomonensis, decaying inflorescence with reddish brown bracts, some new flowers still attearing at the top, Tenaru Falls, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

    Tapeinochilos cf. salomonensis, decaying inflorescence with reddish brown bracts, some new flowers still attearing at the top, Tenaru Falls, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

  • Tapeinochilos cf. salomonensis on a steep earth bank just above a forest stream, Imbu Rano, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands

    Tapeinochilos cf. salomonensis on a steep earth bank just above a forest stream, Imbu Rano, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands

  • Patrick Blanc looking at the huge inflorescence of Tapeinochilos cf. salomonensis, Imbu Rano, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands, Sept. 2019

    Patrick Blanc looking at the huge inflorescence of Tapeinochilos cf. salomonensis, Imbu Rano, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands, Sept. 2019

  • Tapeinochilos cf. salomonensis, large cylindrical inflorescence, Imbu Rano, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands

    Tapeinochilos cf. salomonensis, large cylindrical inflorescence, Imbu Rano, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands

  • Tapeinochilos cf. salomonensis, inflorescence, Imbu Rano, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands

    Tapeinochilos cf. salomonensis, inflorescence, Imbu Rano, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands

  • Tapeinochilos cf. salomonensis, dark reddish brown spoon shaped bracts with recuved greenish spiny tip and large emerging calyx lobes, Imbu Rano, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands

    Tapeinochilos cf. salomonensis, dark reddish brown spoon shaped bracts with recuved greenish spiny tip and large emerging calyx lobes, Imbu Rano, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands

  • Tapeinochilos cf. salomonensis, dark red brownish bracts with greenisg sharp point and two flowers, Imbu Rano, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands

    Tapeinochilos cf. salomonensis, dark red brownish bracts with greenisg sharp point and two flowers, Imbu Rano, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands

  • Tapeinochilos cf. salomonensis, spoon shaped bracts with slightly backward recurved greenish yellow tip, emerging calyx lobes and yellow flowers, Imbu Rano, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands

    Tapeinochilos cf. salomonensis, spoon shaped bracts with slightly backward recurved greenish yellow tip, emerging calyx lobes and yellow flowers, Imbu Rano, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands

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