Toutes les photographies ont été prises par Patrick Blanc et leur usage doit être accompagné de leur légende et de la mention "copyright Patrick Blanc"
  • Elatostematoides australis, much branched male inflorescences, Biausevu, Viti Levu, Fiji

    Elatostematoides australis, much branched male inflorescences, Biausevu, Viti Levu, Fiji

  • Elatostematoides australis, branched coralliform male inflorescences, Biausevu, Viti Levu, Fiji

    Elatostematoides australis, branched coralliform male inflorescences, Biausevu, Viti Levu, Fiji

  • Gravesia laxiflora, stems creeping on vertical earth bank, Mandraka, Madagascar

    Gravesia laxiflora, stems creeping on vertical earth bank, Mandraka, Madagascar

  • Gravesia laxiflora, stems creeping on vertical earth bank, very similar to Kendrickia walkeri from Sri Lanka, Mandraka, Madagascar

    Gravesia laxiflora, stems creeping on vertical earth bank, very similar to Kendrickia walkeri from Sri Lanka, Mandraka, Madagascar

  • Gravesia laxiflora, stems creeping downward on vertical earth bank, Mandraka, Madagascar

    Gravesia laxiflora, stems creeping downward on vertical earth bank, Mandraka, Madagascar

  • Gravesia laxiflora, all the leaves distributed along a global blade surface thanks to the 90° torsion of the internodes, Mandraka, Madagascar

    Gravesia laxiflora, all the leaves distributed along a global blade surface thanks to the 90° torsion of the internodes, Mandraka, Madagascar

  • Gravesia laxiflora, upward oriented stem apex showing the initial equal opposite decussate leaf arrangement, Mandraka, Madagascar

    Gravesia laxiflora, upward oriented stem apex showing the initial equal opposite decussate leaf arrangement, Mandraka, Madagascar

  • Gravesia laxiflora, abaxial leaf surfaces, Mandraka, Madagascar

    Gravesia laxiflora, abaxial leaf surfaces, Mandraka, Madagascar

  • Gravesia laxiflora, white hydatherous teeth on abaxial leaf margin, Mandraka, Madagascar

    Gravesia laxiflora, white hydatherous teeth on abaxial leaf margin, Mandraka, Madagascar

  • Gravesia laxiflora, dry rain splash seed dispersal capsules, Mandraka, Madagascar

    Gravesia laxiflora, dry rain splash seed dispersal capsules, Mandraka, Madagascar

  • Gravesia laxiflora, dry capsular fruits, Mandraka, Madagascar

    Gravesia laxiflora, dry capsular fruits, Mandraka, Madagascar

  • Gravesia laxiflora, two rainsplash seed dispersal capsules, Mandraka, Madagascar

    Gravesia laxiflora, two rainsplash seed dispersal capsules, Mandraka, Madagascar

  • Patrick Blanc observing Kendrickia walkeri stems creeping appressed to a mossy rock in forest understory, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka, Nov. 2024

    Patrick Blanc observing Kendrickia walkeri stems creeping appressed to a mossy rock in forest understory, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka, Nov. 2024

  • Patrick Blanc observing Kendrickia walkeri stems creeping with appressed leaves on a mossy rock, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka, Nov. 2024

    Patrick Blanc observing Kendrickia walkeri stems creeping with appressed leaves on a mossy rock, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka, Nov. 2024

  • Kendrickia walkeri creeping on a mossy rock, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

    Kendrickia walkeri creeping on a mossy rock, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

  • Kendrickia walkeri, stems creeping on a mossy rock, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

    Kendrickia walkeri, stems creeping on a mossy rock, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

  • Kendrickia walkeri, stems creeping horizontally fixed to substrate by adventitious roots but stem apex turned upwards, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

    Kendrickia walkeri, stems creeping horizontally fixed to substrate by adventitious roots but stem apex turned upwards, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

  • Kendrickia walkeri, dark green opposite leaves with bright white dots, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

    Kendrickia walkeri, dark green opposite leaves with bright white dots, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

  • Kendrickia walkeri, opposite leaves with the characteristic acrodromous venation of the Melastomataceae, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

    Kendrickia walkeri, opposite leaves with the characteristic acrodromous venation of the Melastomataceae, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

  • Kendrickia walkeri, opposite leaves with tiny bright white reflective dots, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

    Kendrickia walkeri, opposite leaves with tiny bright white reflective dots, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

  • Kendrickia walkeri, stems creeping along tree trunk with appressed bathyphylls, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

    Kendrickia walkeri, stems creeping along tree trunk with appressed bathyphylls, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

  • Kendrickia walkeri, stems creeping along tree trunk and lateral much branched detached stems which will be flowering, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

    Kendrickia walkeri, stems creeping along tree trunk and lateral much branched detached stems which will be flowering, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

  • Kendrickia walkeri, stems creeping along tree trunk and main branches, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

    Kendrickia walkeri, stems creeping along tree trunk and main branches, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

  • Kendrickia walkeri, stems climbing along tree trunk and main branches, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

    Kendrickia walkeri, stems climbing along tree trunk and main branches, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

  • Kendrickia walkeri, main stem climbing vertically along a tree trunk and much brached lateral stems, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

    Kendrickia walkeri, main stem climbing vertically along a tree trunk and much brached lateral stems, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

  • Kendrickia walkeri, top of the main stem reclining downward along thr tree trunk and and producing much branched lateral stems, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

    Kendrickia walkeri, top of the main stem reclining downward along thr tree trunk and and producing much branched lateral stems, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

  • Kendrickia walkeri, an hemiepiphytic climber along tree trunk with much branched detached lateral stems, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

    Kendrickia walkeri, an hemiepiphytic climber along tree trunk with much branched detached lateral stems, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

  • Kendrickia walkeri in full bloom, photo from the Rainforest Ecolodge booklet, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

    Kendrickia walkeri in full bloom, photo from the Rainforest Ecolodge booklet, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka

  • Patrick Blanc and Pascal Héni in a clump of Elettaria floribunda with tall leafy stems and basal red inflorescence, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka, Nov. 2024

    Patrick Blanc and Pascal Héni in a clump of Elettaria floribunda with tall leafy stems and basal red inflorescence, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka, Nov. 2024

  • Patrick Blanc in a clump of Elettaria floribunda with tall leafy stems and basal red inflorescences, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka, Nov. 2024

    Patrick Blanc in a clump of Elettaria floribunda with tall leafy stems and basal red inflorescences, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka, Nov. 2024

  • Elettaria floribunda, young inflorescence, the lower sterile bracts clasping the peduncle and the upper involucral fertile bracts retaining the water, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

    Elettaria floribunda, young inflorescence, the lower sterile bracts clasping the peduncle and the upper involucral fertile bracts retaining the water, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

  • Elettaria floribunda, young inflorescence with overlapping involucral bracts creating a waterproof apical tank, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

    Elettaria floribunda, young inflorescence with overlapping involucral bracts creating a waterproof apical tank, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

  • Elettaria floribunda, young inflorescence, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

    Elettaria floribunda, young inflorescence, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

  • Elettaria floribunda, young inflorescence, each bract collects water and the first flower emerges, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

    Elettaria floribunda, young inflorescence, each bract collects water and the first flower emerges, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka

  • Patrick Blanc showing the small flower emerging from the fertile bracts filled with water of Elettaria floribunda, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka, Nov. 2024

    Patrick Blanc showing the small flower emerging from the fertile bracts filled with water of Elettaria floribunda, Fishing Hut, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka, Nov. 2024

  • Elettaria floribunda, flower at anthesis and old decaying flowers, Horton Plains, Sri Lanka

    Elettaria floribunda, flower at anthesis and old decaying flowers, Horton Plains, Sri Lanka

  • Elettaria floribunda, flower at anthesis with bright pink patch on labellum, Horton Plains, Sri Lanka

    Elettaria floribunda, flower at anthesis with bright pink patch on labellum, Horton Plains, Sri Lanka

  • Elettaria floribunda, old inflorescence with new flowers still emerging from from the central partial inflorescences with congested bracts, Horton Plains, Sri Lanka

    Elettaria floribunda, old inflorescence with new flowers still emerging from from the central partial inflorescences with congested bracts, Horton Plains, Sri Lanka

  • Elettaria floribunda, old infructescences with persistent involucral bracts, Horton Plains, Sri Lanka

    Elettaria floribunda, old infructescences with persistent involucral bracts, Horton Plains, Sri Lanka

  • Elettaria floribunda, seedlings emerging from an old infructescence, Horton Plains, Sri Lanka

    Elettaria floribunda, seedlings emerging from an old infructescence, Horton Plains, Sri Lanka

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