FIELD TRIP WITH PATRICK BLANC, MOUNT KINABALU, BORNEO

The Botanist Patrick Blanc takes you to a field trip around Mount Kinabalu, the summit of Borneo, in the dense mossy forests around 1500 m as well as in the lower mountain forests around 500 m above sea level. While harboring about 15 000 plant species, Borneo is one of the Biodiversity Hotspots. We thank Michael Sundue for manys Fern names, Ian Turner for Chassalia chewii and Tim Utteridge for the Saurauia. Filmed & produced by Pascal Héni PasPat 2022 Plant list : Aeschynanthus tricolor, Aglaonema simplex, Alocasia princeps, Amorphophallus sp., Anoectochilus monicae, Antrophyum callifolium, Ardisia sp., Arenga brevipes, Argostemma gracile, Argostemma hameliifolium, Arisaema laminatum, Asplenium nidus, Begonia beryllae, Begonia gueritziana, Begonia kinabaluensis, Blechnaceae sp., Bulbophyllum lobbii, Calanthe triplicata, Calymmodon sp., Carex perakensis var. borneensis, Chassalia chewii, Colocasia oresbia, Curculigo latifolia, Curculigo sp., Cyrtandra basiflora, Cyrtandra warburgiana, Dawsonia longifolia, Dendrocnide oblanceolata, Dioscorea sp., Diplazium cordifolium, Dissochaeta sp., Drynaria heraclea, Drynaria quercifolia, Drynaria rigidula, Drynaria sparsisora, Elatostema acuminatum, Elatostema bullatum, Elatostema kabayense, Etlingera elatior, Falcatifolium falciforme, Ficus megaleia, Ficus sp., Ficus stolonifera, Ficus villosa, Freycinetia sp., Gigantochloa levis, Goniothalamus roseus, Goodyera rostellata, Grammatophyllum speciosum, Hanguana major, Hellenia (= Costus) globosa, Heptapleurum (= Schefflera) avene, Heptapleurum (= Schefflera) bipalmatifolia, Hornstedtia gracilis, Joinvillea borneensis, Leptaspis zeylanica, Lindsaea repens, Litsea sp., Mapania latifolia, Medinilla amplectens, Medinilla crassifolia, Medinilla speciosa, Nabalu (= Schismatoglottis) corneri, Nepenthes veitchii, Oleandra pistillaris, Ooia kinabaluensis, Ophiopogon caulescens, Ophiorrhiza sp., Pandanus kinabaluensis, Paraphlomis javanica, Phanera (= Bauhinia) steenisii, Phyllagathis elliptica, Phyllocladus hypophyllus, Pilea pterocaulis, Piper aurilimbum, Piper sp., Plagiostachys parva, Platerodrilus cf. paradoxus, Platycerium coronarium, Podochilus microphyllus, Poikilospermum scabrinervium, Poikilospermum suaveolens, Pothos barberianus, Pothos insignis, Pothos ovatifolius, Rafflesia keithii, Saurauia agamae, Schismatoglottis cf. ahmadii, Schismatoglottis cf. wongii, Scindapsus kinabaluensis, Scindapsus pictus, Selaginella argentea, Sonerila beccariana, Sonerila borneensis var. setulosa, Sonerila pulchella, Sonerila tenuifolia, Sphaerotheriida Giant Pill Millipede, Sticherus hirtus, Sticherus truncatus var. plumiformis, Tacca sp., Tectaria pleiosora, Tristaniopsis bilocularis, Zingiber coloratum Botany - Botanical exploration - Biodiversity - Plant species - Plant architecture - Adaptations - Evolution - Habitat preservation