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
Patrick Blanc and a dense population of Genista radiata totally green after many winter months under snow cover, Megève, France, March 2025
Patrick Blanc and a clump of Rhuacophila javanica, Malaunay, 1000 m asl, Valencia, Negros Oriental, Philippines, Jan. 2025
Patrick Blanc observing Dischidia platyphylla covering tree branches in city centre, Nagcarlan, Laguna, Luzon, Philippines, Jan. 2025
Patrick Blanc showing the thick succulent leaves of Impatiens acaulis on a permanently seeping rock, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka, Nov. 2024
Patrick Blanc showing the bright silver light reflective main veins of Acrotrema walkeri, Makandawa, Kitulgala, Sri Lanka, Nov. 2024
Patrick Blanc holding a big dry leaf of Dipterocarpus insgnis, Makandawa, Kitulgala, Sri Lanka, Nov. 2024
Patrick Blanc between tussocks of Garnotia exaristata and the erect small bamboo Kuruna densifolia in the patana at Horton Plains, Sri Lanka, Nov. 2024