FIELD TRIP WITH PATRICK BLANC - CRYPTOCORYNES

The botanist Patrick Blanc, inventor of the Vertical Garden (Mur Végétal) takes you to Field Trips in South East Asia during 10 years observing the Cryptocoryne species in their natural habitat.
Filmed & Produced by Pascal Héni
Paspat 2020
Plant list :
Cryptocoryne minima, Cryptocoryne schulzei, Scindapsus lucens, Cryptocoryne nurii , Cryptocoryne crispatula var. balansae, Bauhinia kockiana, Cryptocoryne affinis, Cryptocoryne ciliata, Cryptocoryne x timahensis, Cryptocoryne cordata var. siamensis, Cryptocoryne albida
Salacca rupicola, Cryptocoryne ciliata, Cryptocoryne longicauda, Cryptocoryne cruddasiana, Barclaya mottleyi, Cryptocoryne elliptica, Homonoia riparia, Telectadium dongnaiense, Bauhinia cardinalis, Barclaya longifolia, Cryptocoryne crispatula var. crispatula
With :
Francis Hallé, Gilles Ebersolt, Dany Cleyet-Marrel
Canopy Raft, Radeau des Cimes, Opération Canopée.
Countries & localities :
Malaysia 2010 - Pondok Tanjung Forest Reserve, Perak
Malaysia 2012 - Hutan Lipur Panti, Johore
Singapore 2012 - Mac Ritchie Reservoir
Laos 2012 - Phou Hin Poun NBCA
Malaysia 2013 - Kuala Betis, Kelantan
Borneo, Sarawak 2014 - Kuching Division
Singapore 2014 - Bukit Timah Nature Reserve
Thailand 2015 - Khao Lak - Si Phang Nga National Park
Thailand 2017 - Kra Isthmus - Ranong
Borneo, Sarawak 2018 - Gunung Mulu National Park
Myanmar 2018 - Malikha River, Putao, Kachin
Malaysia 2019 - Bukit Panchor Forest Reserve, Penang
Vietnam 2019 - Cat Tien National Park

[@konasteph]

In 3 years since posting this video you get 23 comments? 150 likes? I see this as a sad state of affairs where peoples' interests are in areas that do not deal with the discovery and the taking stock and the observation of our surroundings. Yes, the amount of detail given in M. Blanc's presentations is specific, it is detailed, and specialized. But it is of plants and habitat, for heavens sake, it is of vital importance, nowadays. Back when I was a lad I did roughly the same things with aquariums etc. as M. Blanc describes, and today, being of ripe old age, my interest in these vitally basic and important matters have not diminished. My implied question, maybe the question I am no longer afraid to ask is: what the heck is wrong with 99% of people? They do not care? But my highest compliment to M. Blanc and his team for producing this series of travels!

[@creaturefree]

Thanks for your comments. I visit tropical forest since 1972 while I was a student in Paris university and afterwards regularly in connection with my scientific research on the adaptations of forest understory species perfectly coping with only 1% of full sunlight reaching the forest canopy. Many trips again in 2023 : South India, Malaysia, Cameroon, Thailand, New Caledonia. Every time new observations and new informations.

[@emiliepulver5015]

Kudos to Pascal for creating this video. And to you. Crypts are my favorite plant and I am fortunate to grow them in my aquariums, especially C. huderoi

[@helgedonath1524]

magnifique vidéo, comme tous vos films. je l'aime, elle et les films. tu ne peux pas t'approcher. Merci beaucoup!

[@myfishroom1]

🌿🌿🌿🌿😍😍😍😉👌

[@ypmpankreator1229]

Bonjour a vous... Merci pour le partage de vos recherches in situ... Et votre mur végétal est toujours aussi sublime... Mille merci.

[@johnverdalle8828]

Magnifique encore plus belles dans leurs milieu merci j en ai beaucoup appris 🙏

[@clementlacroix3666]

Passionnant! Et très inspirant pour améliorer les conditions de culture, merci!

[@ViniciusSilva-nl6oc]

Hello, I'm from Brazil, your videos are very inspiring, a real find. Don't stop posting these beautiful videos! Hugs!

[@meta.aesthetica]

Fantastic video, very informative and very nice to see the beautiful crypts in their natural habitat

[@swamptank7531]

So glad i found this right now when i setup a biotope aquarium with cryptocoryne nurii. Amazing watch , thanks ! keep going

[@khajanazimuddeenabdulhamee4519]

brillant Merci Patrick

[@marier7336]

I have cryptocorynes in all my aquariums ❤

[@helgedonath1524]

Hello Master! a little information about c. cordata var. siamensis. The plant used to be imported from Bangkok under the name: The Brown One. It also tolerates very hard water as an aquarium plant, because in our district with hard water back then, it thrived splendidly in our aquariums, with cichlids from Lake Malawi

[@creaturefree]

Bonjour, yes all the forms or varieties of Cryptocoryne cordiata are easy to grow. In our 25 000 liters Christarium at home, full of Malawi and Tanganyika Cichlids, C. cordata var. cordata from Malaya, C. cordata var. siamensis from southern Thailand as well as C. cordata var siamensis 'Rosanervig' imported from Southern Thailand long time ago and probably disappeared from nature, all of them are perfectly growing in spite of these numerous Cichlids and others, the worst for all the plants being Puntius mahecola because they eat all the green creatures. You can see some photos on my website at House of Patrick Blanc, page 2.

[@floriculturagardenrosa5342]

Good gooooood.❤️

[@buckyrabbits2491]

Hello From Malaysia! 🇲🇾

[@creaturefree]

I hope to come back soon to your country that I love since my first student trip in 1972...

[@Maubotoable]

Nice video about cryptocorine, beautiful acuariums plants . Love this natural habitats. Do you like genus Bucephalandra?

[@ViniciusSilva-nl6oc]

Come to Brazil and make a video here too. It would be fantastic!

[@creaturefree]

Bonsoir, we were again in Brazil few years ago and Pascal has a lot of images ; he will work on soon...

[@ViniciusSilva-nl6oc]

@@creaturefree Okay, this is fantastic, thanks!

[@Purwapada]

. I hope you go to New Caledonia one day or madagascar or new guinea :)

[@creaturefree]

Hopefully, I did already visit West Papua, Papua New Guinea, quite many times Madagascar but not yet New Caledonia....

[@Purwapada]

. @@creaturefree oh one day perhaps. I'll cross my fingers for you :)

[@creaturefree]

We have been in New Caledonia just last August and Pascal has already released the first film. Many interesting rheophytic shrubs but few submerged aquatic species..@@Purwapada

[@Purwapada]

@@creaturefree oh yes, I watched last night. Very exciting I'm glad you managed to go, as well as finding Blechnum francii with the bizarre rheophytic conifers!

[@marioplant4640]

👍👍👍👍🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩

[@christeleribeyrolleroux7749]

OH dommage que c'est en Anglais