Patrick Blanc and Pascal Heni in front of a seeping cliff covered by the macrocotyledon of a huge Monophyllaea species, Sarambu Sikore waterfall, Tana Toraja, South Sulawesi, June 2019
Patrick Blanc holding the macrocotyledon of a huge Monophyllaea species, Sarambu Sikore waterfall, Tana Toraja, South Sulawesi, June 2019
Patrick Blanc showing the macrocotyledon of a Monophyllaea species, Sarambu Sikore waterfall, Tana Toraja, South Sulawesi, June 2019
Patrick Blanc and a vertical seeping rock covered by ferns, mostly Adiantum, Sarambu Sikore waterfall, Tana Toraja, South Sulawesi, June 2019
Patrick Blanc, just after climbing on the karst cliff to reach a Begonia sp. nov. individual emerging from a small hole above his head, Buntu Burake, 1050 m asl, Makale, South Sulawesi
Patrick Blanc having climbed along the vertical limestone cliff to observe the new Begonia species, Buntu Burake, Makale, 1050 m asl, South Sulawesi,June 2019
Patrick Blanc at the base of a vertical limestone earth bank, observing the much branched inflorescence of Begonia popenoei, an escaped Central American species, Buntu Burake, Tana Toraja, South Sulawesi, June 2019
Patrick Blanc lying on a limestone boulder totally covered by mosses and rosettes of Boea philippensis, Lemo, Tana Toraja, South Sulawesi, June 2019
Patrick Blanc looking at Drynaria sparsisora covering the vertical karst just above the Toraja sepultures, Lemo, Tana Toraja, South Sulawesi, June 2019
Patrick Blanc sitting on the floor of a Toraja tongkonan traditional rice barn with bamboo roof spontaneously covered by mosses, ferns and orchids, Rantepao, Tana Toraja, South Sulawesi, June 2019