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  • Patrick Blanc climbing on a vertical rock face to observe a population of Loxocarpus incanus, Penang Hill, Malaysia, Aug. 1984

    Patrick Blanc climbing on a vertical rock face to observe a population of Loxocarpus incanus, Penang Hill, Malaysia, Aug. 1984

  • Patrick Blanc observing a population of Loxocarpus incanus on a vertical mossy rock face just 41 years after his first observation in 1984 in the same area, Penang Hill, Malaysia, Sept. 2025

    Patrick Blanc observing a population of Loxocarpus incanus on a vertical mossy rock face just 41 years after his first observation in 1984 in the same area, Penang Hill, Malaysia, Sept. 2025

  • Loxocarpus incanus covering the bare rock faces of big boulders in a rocky chaos in forest understory, Penang Hill, Malaysia.

    Loxocarpus incanus covering the bare rock faces of big boulders in a rocky chaos in forest understory, Penang Hill, Malaysia.

  • Loxocarpus incanus, dense population on bare rocks, Penang Hill, Malaysia.

    Loxocarpus incanus, dense population on bare rocks, Penang Hill, Malaysia.

  • Loxocarpus incanus mixed with Begonia sinuata and a Rhaphidophora, Penang Hill, Malaysia.

    Loxocarpus incanus mixed with Begonia sinuata and a Rhaphidophora, Penang Hill, Malaysia.

  • Loxocarpus incanus on bare rocks, population exhibiting a perfect regeneration since there are individuals at all stages from seedlings to adult flowering plants, Penang Hill, Malaysia.

    Loxocarpus incanus on bare rocks, population exhibiting a perfect regeneration since there are individuals at all stages from seedlings to adult flowering plants, Penang Hill, Malaysia.

  • Loxocarpus incanus and the green iridescent Begonia sinuata, Penang Hill, Malaysia.

    Loxocarpus incanus and the green iridescent Begonia sinuata, Penang Hill, Malaysia.

  • Loxocarpus incanus with a dense population of the tiny Argostemma pictum and some young Begonia sinuata, Penang Hill, Malaysia.

    Loxocarpus incanus with a dense population of the tiny Argostemma pictum and some young Begonia sinuata, Penang Hill, Malaysia.

  • Loxocarpus incanus, flowering individuals mixed with some Begonia sinuata, Penang Hill, Malaysia.

    Loxocarpus incanus, flowering individuals mixed with some Begonia sinuata, Penang Hill, Malaysia.

  • Loxocarpus incanus, dense appressed hairs giving the ash grey colour to the leaves, Penang Hill, Malaysia.

    Loxocarpus incanus, dense appressed hairs giving the ash grey colour to the leaves, Penang Hill, Malaysia.

  • Loxocarpus incanus, very long appressed hairs giving a silky reflective appearence, this dense tomentum being a protection against dehydratation for these plants growing on vertical bare rocks, Penang Hill, Malaysia

    Loxocarpus incanus, very long appressed hairs giving a silky reflective appearence, this dense tomentum being a protection against dehydratation for these plants growing on vertical bare rocks, Penang Hill, Malaysia

  • Loxocarpus incanus, inflorescence, Penang Hill, Malaysia.

    Loxocarpus incanus, inflorescence, Penang Hill, Malaysia.

  • Loxocarpus incanus, flowers with glandular hairy calyx and peduncle and purple corolla, Penang Hill, Malaysia

    Loxocarpus incanus, flowers with glandular hairy calyx and peduncle and purple corolla, Penang Hill, Malaysia

  • Loxocarpus incanus, after corolla withering, the flower peduncle turns upward and the fruit will become a horizontally circular dehiscent rain splash capsule, Penang Hill, Malaysia

    Loxocarpus incanus, after corolla withering, the flower peduncle turns upward and the fruit will become a horizontally circular dehiscent rain splash capsule, Penang Hill, Malaysia

  • Loxocarpus incanus, mature erect rain splash capsules exposing the tiny seeds, Penang Hill, Malaysia, from P. Blanc Etre Plante à l'ombre des forêts tropicales, Nathan, 2002

    Loxocarpus incanus, mature erect rain splash capsules exposing the tiny seeds, Penang Hill, Malaysia, from P. Blanc Etre Plante à l'ombre des forêts tropicales, Nathan, 2002

  • Loxocarpus incanus, adult flowering individuals and seedlings on bare vertical rock surface mixed with some Argostemma pictum, Penang Hill, Malaysia.

    Loxocarpus incanus, adult flowering individuals and seedlings on bare vertical rock surface mixed with some Argostemma pictum, Penang Hill, Malaysia.

  • Patrick Blanc and a population of Ramonda myconi on vertical mossy shale rock faces, Pyrenees at 1200 m asl, Andorra, July 2025

    Patrick Blanc and a population of Ramonda myconi on vertical mossy shale rock faces, Pyrenees at 1200 m asl, Andorra, July 2025

  • Ramonda myconi, dense population on shale layered rock substratum, Andorra

    Ramonda myconi, dense population on shale layered rock substratum, Andorra

  • Ramonda myconi, population on mossy shale rock face, Andorra

    Ramonda myconi, population on mossy shale rock face, Andorra

  • Ramonda myconi, population on vertical shale rock, Andorra

    Ramonda myconi, population on vertical shale rock, Andorra

  • Ramonda myconi on vertical shale rocky face, Andorra

    Ramonda myconi on vertical shale rocky face, Andorra

  • Ramonda myconi and Asplenium fontanum on a mossy shale rock substratum,  Andorra

    Ramonda myconi and Asplenium fontanum on a mossy shale rock substratum, Andorra

  • Ramonda myconi, the faintly straightened upper leaves of the rosette are fixing some plant fragments falling from canopy thus creating some basal humus, Andorra

    Ramonda myconi, the faintly straightened upper leaves of the rosette are fixing some plant fragments falling from canopy thus creating some basal humus, Andorra

  • Ramonda myconi, an individual exhibiting its global shape in rosetted disc appressed to the vertical shale rocky substratum, Andorra

    Ramonda myconi, an individual exhibiting its global shape in rosetted disc appressed to the vertical shale rocky substratum, Andorra

  • Ramonda myconi, bullate leaf structure, this three dimensional pattern increasing the photosynthetic leaf surface in this low light situation, Andorra

    Ramonda myconi, bullate leaf structure, this three dimensional pattern increasing the photosynthetic leaf surface in this low light situation, Andorra

  • Ramonda myconi, a partially dehydrated plant on exposed bare rock, this poikilohydry leading to resurrection plant situation also observed in other Gesneriaceae species in Asian tropics, Andorra

    Ramonda myconi, a partially dehydrated plant on exposed bare rock, this poikilohydry leading to resurrection plant situation also observed in other Gesneriaceae species in Asian tropics, Andorra

  • Patrick Blanc observing an individual of Ramonda myconi with maturing capsular fruits, Pyrenees, Andorra, July 2025

    Patrick Blanc observing an individual of Ramonda myconi with maturing capsular fruits, Pyrenees, Andorra, July 2025

  • Ramonda myconi, a plant with ripening capsular fruits, Andorra

    Ramonda myconi, a plant with ripening capsular fruits, Andorra

  • Ramonda myconi, ripening capsular fruit, Andorra

    Ramonda myconi, ripening capsular fruit, Andorra

  • Patrick Blanc showing the tiny seeds emerging from the bivalved capsule of Ramonda myconi, Pyrenees, Andorra, July 2025

    Patrick Blanc showing the tiny seeds emerging from the bivalved capsule of Ramonda myconi, Pyrenees, Andorra, July 2025

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