Patrick Blanc looking at Mona Lisa by Fernando Botero at the Botero Museum, Bogota, Colombia, Oct. 2016
Patrick Blanc explaining the growth habits of forest understory species like this Schizaea elegans during his conference at the Botanical Garden, Bogota , Colombia, Oct. 2016
Patrick Blanc with the guides among frailejones, under the tree like Escallonia myrtilloides, Chingaza paramo, Bogota, Colombia, Oct. 2016
Patrick Blanc toasting the monocarpic Puya goudotiana in vegetative stage, Chingaza paramo, Bogota, Colombia, Oct. 2016
Patrick Blanc looking at Lupinus bogotensis on vertical earth slope, under frailejones, Espeletia grandiflora, Chingaza paramo, Bogota, Colombia, Oct. 2016
Patrick Blanc in front of Blechnum schomburgkii and among the flowering Macleania rupestris, Chingaza paramo, Bogota, Colombia, Oct. 2016
Patrick Blanc and the monocarpic Puya goudotiana, almost dead after flowering and fruiting, Chingaza paramo, Bogota, Colombia, Oct. 2016
Patrick Blanc and the monocarpic Puya goudotiana in vegetative stage, Chingaza paramo, Bogota, Colombia, Oct. 2016