FIELD TRIP WITH PATRICK BLANC IN INDIA - WESTERN GHATS - MUNNAR TO KOCHI BACKWATERS

You follow the Botanist Patrick Blanc filmed by Pascal Héni in India during their field trip in the South Western Ghats, mostly in the state of Kerala, both in lowlands and mountain forests. This biodiversity hotspot is mostly illustrated through the forests around Munnar and in Mathikettan Shola National Park as well as in the aquatic environments around Kochi. Many rare or endangered species are illustrated in this film as well as some aspects of vegetation in the cities of Kochi and finally Bombay.

Filmed & Produced by Pascal Héni
Credits Songs : Rajavin Paarvai, Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana by Pascal Héni
PasPat 2023

Périple botanique au sud de l'Inde filmé par Pascal Héni

Plant list :
Acampe praemorsa , Actinodaphne bourdillonii, Aeschynanthus perrottetii, Alsophila nilgirensis, Anoectochilus elatus, Aplocheilus lineatus, Balanophora fungosa subsp. indica (Female), Balanophora fungosa subsp. indica (Male), Biophytum sensitivum, Bougainvillea hybrid (from tropical America), Cabomba furcata (from tropical America), Cajanus rugosus, Camonea (syn. Merremia) vitifolia, Canavalia cathartica, Coleus strobilifer, Couroupita guianensis (from tropical America), Crotalaria retusa, Curculigo orchioides, Cyanotis arachnoidea, Cymbidium aloifolium, Dendrobium crumenatum, Desmodium repandum, Diplocentrum congestum, Drynaria quaercifolia, Elettaria cardamomum, Erythrina subumbrans, Ficus benghalensis, Ficus racemosa, Ficus religiosa, Ficus sp., Gordonia obtusa, Heptaphyllum (syn. Schefflera) sp., Heptapleurum (syn. Schefflera) racemosum, Hoya wightii, Impatiens cordata, Impatiens maculata, Impatiens parasitica, Impatiens verticillata, Lagenandra ovata, Lasiosiphon (syn. Gnidia) glaucus, Lobelia nicotianifolia, Medinilla beddomei, Monoon (syn. Polyalthia) longifolium, Nephrolepis cordifolia, Nymphaea pubescens, Nymphoides hydrophylla, Nymphoides indica, Nymphoides indica, Oberonia brunoniana, Oberonia sp., Ottelia alismoides, Peperomia tetraphylla, Phlegmariurus phyllanthus, Phlegmariurus squarrosus, Phoenix loureiroi var. pedunculata, Piper nigrum, Piper sp., Pogostemon benghalensis, Polyscias acuminata, Procris crenata, Pteris argyraea, Remusatia vivipara, Rhaphidophora pertusa, Rhododendron arboreum subsp. nilagiricum, Rhynchoglossum notonianum, Samanea saman (from tropical America), Sarcandra glabra subsp. brachystachys, Selaginella involvens, Strobilanthes gracilis, Strobilanthes sp., Strobocalyx (syn. Vernonia) arborea, Turnera ulmifolia, Viola pilosa

Botany - Botanical exploration - Biodiversity - Plant species - Plant architecture - Adaptations - Evolution - Habitat preservation