Patrick Blanc observing Isonandra montana with young bright red anthocyanic leaves, Horton Plains, Sri Lanka, Nov. 2024
Patrick Blanc in front of clumps of the small dense erect bamboo Kuruna densifolia, with Garnotia aristata in foreground and Rhododendron arboreum trees in background, Horton Plains, Sri Lanka, Nov. 2024
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