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Tree root climbing along an Astrocaryum sciophilum stipe, the sinuous shape of the root reflecting its progressive upwards growth in the top leaf litter of the palm, French Guyana
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Accumulation of cylindrical shaped leaf litter at top of Astrocaryum sciophilum stipe due to basal leaf spines, Kourou, French Guyana
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Zigzaging upward growing root of a tree colonizing the canopy leaf litter accumulated in the apical rosette of Astrocaryum sciophilum, Montsinery, French Guyana
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Tree roots invading upwards an old decaying tree trunk, French Guyana
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Psychotria sadebeckiana, leaf litter accumulated at the top of the rosetted leaves and invaded by the roots of surrounding trees, Campo, Cameroon
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Psychotria sadebeckiana, adventitious thin and highly branched roots growing in leaf litter accumulated at the top of the rosetted leaves, Campo, Cameroon
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Campylospermum duparquetianum, upper part of the monocaulous treelet with terminal leaf rosette accumulating canopy leaf litter and producing numerous much branched coralliform roots, Campo, Cameroon
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Phyllobotryon spathulatum, accumulation of leaf litter at the top of the apical rosette of leaves, Munda forest, Gabon
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Ficus abutilifolia, horizontal roots embracing rocks, Dogon area, Mali
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Ficus abutilifolia roots on cliff, Mali
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Ficus abutilifolia roots on humid mossy canyon cliff, Mali
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Ficus sp, roots embracing a rock in dry climate area, Mali
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Ficus sp., roots covering a rock in intermittent waterfall, Mali
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Ficus sp., roots on intermittent waterfall, Mali
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Ficus trigona as a banyan tree with pillar roots maintening the tree crown above the high water levels, Iquitos, Peru
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Socratea exorrhiza, old individual with many stilt roots arising up to two meters above the forest floor,Lagos de Menegua, Puerto Lopez, Meta, Colombia
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Socratea exorrhiza, spiny stilt roots,Lagos de Menegua, Puerto Lopez, Meta, Colombia
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Socratea exorrhiza, stilt roots,Lagos de Menegua, Puerto Lopez, Meta, Colombia
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Socratea exorrhiza, young, vigorous and promising stilt root,Lagos de Menegua, Puerto Lopez, Meta, Colombia
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Cercestis (syn. Rhektophyllum) camerunense, racines horizontales fixatrices et racine nourricière verticale, Campo, Cameroun
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Cercestis camerunensis, solitary downwards growing flattened feeding root and numerous horizontally growing anchoring roots, Kribi, Cameroun
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Cercestis camerunensis, solitary downwards growing flattened feeding root and numerous horizontally growing anchoring roots, close up, Kribi, Cameroun
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Cercestis camerunensis, downwards growing flattened feeding root and horizontally growing anchoring roots, Kribi, Cameroun
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Cercestis camerunensis, downwards growing flattened feeding roots and horizontally growing anchoring roots, Kribi, Cameroun
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Cercestis camerunensis, insertion on the stem of the downwards growing flattened feeding roots and horizontal anchoring roots, Kribi, Cameroun
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Cercestis mirabilis, downwards growing cylindrical verrucose feeding roots arising fromthe leafy rosette, Kribi, Cameroun
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Cercestis mirabilis, downwards growing cylindrical unarmed feeding roots and horizontally growing anchoring roots, Kribi, Cameroun
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Cercestis mirabilis, insertion of the downwards growing cylindrical unarmed feeding roots and horizontally growing anchoring roots, Kribi, Cameroun
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Cercestis mirabilis, downwards growing cylindrical spinulose feeding roots fixed to the host tree trunk, Kribi, Cameroun
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Cercestis mirabilis, downwards growing feeding roots with short spiny emergences, adhering to the host trunk, Campo, Cameroon
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Cercestis mirabilis, feeding roots with short spiny emergences, adhering to the host trunk, Campo, Cameroon
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Cercestis sp. nov. in habitat, freely hanging blackish barbed feeding root along tree trunk support, Campo, Cameroun
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Cercestis sp. nov. in habitat, Patrick Blanc holding the freely hanging blackish barbed feeding root, Campo, Cameroun
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Cercestis sp. nov., blackish long barbed wire like feeding root, Campo, Cameroun
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Cercestis sp. nov., blackish barbed wire like feeding root, Campo, Cameroun
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Cercestis sp. nov., blackish barbed wire feeding root, Campo, Cameroun
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Anthurium fendleri, two big individuals fixed to the rock due to the dense network of the root system accumulating humus,Tayrona NP, Magdalena, Colombia
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Anthurium fendleri, stem bases with thick downward orientated roots,Tayrona NP, Magdalena, Colombia
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Anthurium fendleri, individual fixed to the rock due to the dense network of the root system trapping leaf litter,Tayrona NP, Magdalena, Colombia
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Anthurium fendleri, young upward growing roots impaling and trapping leaf litter and older roots growing in all directions,Tayrona NP, Magdalena, Colombia