Patrick Blanc between tussocks of Garnotia exaristata in foreground and the erect small bamboo Kuruna densifolia in the patana at Horton Plains, Sri Lanka, Nov. 2024
Patrick Blanc in patana, the water logged savanna, among flowering tussocks of Garnotia exaristata, Horton Plains, Sri Lanka, Nov. 2024
Patrick Blanc at forest edge, behind tussocks of Garnotia exaristata with old dry inflorescences, Horton Plains, Sri Lanka, Nov. 2024
Patrick Blanc showing the tiny Sonerila affinis on a light exposed seeping rock, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka, Nov. 2024
Patrick Blanc holding a specimen of the recently described Cercestis camerunensis, Makokou, Gabon, Dec. 1983
Madame Blanc, Patrick's Mother, 87 years old at the garden festival, Chaumont-sur-Loire, France, Oct. 2001
Patrick Blanc observing Begonia cf. acuminatissima on vertical karst boulder, Lazi, Siquijor, Philippines, Jan. 2025