Patrick Blanc looking at the small forest understory Acanthus leucostachyus, Xishuangbanna, China, June 2016
Patrick Blanc on the aerial corridor between the 70 m high Parashorea chinensis, Xishuangbanna, China, June 2016
Patrick Blanc and an erect shrubby Mussaenda, probably Mussaenda mollissima, Wild Elephant Valley, Xishuangbanna, China, June 2016
Patrick Blanc embracing a strangling Ficus concinna, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, China, June 2016
Patrick Blanc observing the bright white calycophylls of an erect shrubby Mussaenda, probably Mussaenda mollissima, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, China, June 2016
Patrick Blanc hidden by the curtain aerial roots of Cissus verticillata (= C. sicyoides), Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, China, June 2016
Patrick Blanc among the red calycophylls of the high climbing Mussaenda erythrophylla, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, China, June 2016
Patrick Blanc wrapped by the huge leaves of the supposedly aphrodisiac tuberous liana, Butea superba, Suan Hin Maharat, Phrae, Thailand, June 2016
Patrick Blanc in a vegetative population of Phyllanthus taxodiifolius with arching stems rooting at their top end like many Rubus, Khon Kaen, Thailand, June 2016
A gift from Nature for Patrick Blanc's birthday, Dendrobium devonianum in full bloom, Phu Rua NP, Thailand, 3rd June 2016