Patrick Blanc observing the bright red follicles of Tabernaemontana pandacaqui, Siquijor, Philippines, Jan. 2025
Patrick Blanc among fronds of Thelypteris unita, the bright silver leaves of Scindapsus pictus and the bright red berries of Tacca palmata, Siquijor, Philippines, Jan. 2025
Patrick Blanc observing the long free hanging flagelliflorous shoots Ficus minahassae producing dense groups of tiny figs, Malaunay, 1000 m asl, Valencia, Negros Oriental, Philippines, Jan. 2025
Patrick Blanc among the long flagelliflorous stems covered with tiny figs of Ficus minahassae, Malaunay, 1000 m asl, Valencia, Negros Oriental, Philippines, Jan. 2025
Patrick Blanc showing the congested tiny figs of Ficus minahassae, Malaunay, 1000 m asl, Valencia, Negros Oriental, Philippines, Jan. 2025
Patrick Blanc showing the small red mature figs of Ficus minahassae, each of them reaching the size of a globular bunch of tiny green immature congested figs, Malaunay, 1000 m asl, Valencia, Negros Oriental, Philippines, Jan. 2025
Patrick Blanc, Marc Jeanson and Simon Mayo holding the type specimen of the new Cercestis species discovered by Patrick in Cameroon in 1991, Herbarium of the Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, March 2025
Patrick Blanc at night under the strange plane trees with branches guided along bamboo sticks to create a bower, Sion, Switzerland, March 2025