Patrick Blanc observing Mapania sp. in forest understory with infructescence lying on forest floor due to its long thin axis, Imbu Rano, 350 m asl, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands
Patrick Blanc observing the huge flowering and fruiting axis of Alpinia laxisecunda, Kolombangara,Solomon Islands, Sept. 2019
Patrick Blanc under Alpinia laxisecunda and Calochlaena straminea, Kolombangara,Solomon Islands, Sept. 2019
Patrick Blanc looking at a Myrmecodia and the densely branched small leaved Medinilla erpetina, Imbu Rano, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands, Sept. 2019
Patrick Blanc and the climbing Medinilla cf. anisophylla carpeting the soil and trunk bases, Imbu Rano, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands, Sept. 2019
Patrick Blanc observing Medinilla cf. anisophylla carpeting the tree logs, quite similar in leaf shape and growth habits to Streptolirion volubile, Imbu Rano, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands, Sept. 2019
Patrick Blanc much intrigued by the Streptolirion looking heart shaped leaves of the much branched climbing Medinilla cf. anisophylla, Imbu Rano, Kolombangara, Solomon Islands, Sept. 2019