FIELD TRIP WITH PATRICK BLANC, DANUM VALLEY, BORNEO SABAH

The Botanist Patrick Blanc takes you to a field trip in the Danum Valley Conservation Area where the shade loving herbaceous and shrubby forest understory species are highly diversified, just like the climbers and epiphytes in this protected lowland Dipterocarp forest.
We thank Tim Utteridge for the identification of this so strange Semecarpus lineatus and André Schuiteman for the orchid names.
Filmed and Produced by Pascal Héni
PasPat 2023
Plant & animal list :
Acranthera frutescens, Acranthera sp., Acriopsis liliifolia, Agrostophyllum cf. longifolium, Agrostophyllum stipulatum, Alocasia robusta, Alocasia sarawakensis, Alocasia wongii, Anadendrum sp., Antrophyum callifolium, Arisaema cf. filiforme, Begonia danumensis, Begonia dimorpha, Begonia gomantongensis, Begonia postarii, Begonia prasinimarginata, Begonia rotundibracteata, Begonia ruthiae, Benstonea inquilina, Boesenbergia pulchella, Burbidgea cf. stenantha, Callicarpa longifolia, Chloranthus elatior, Clerodendrum adenophysum, Cyanoneuron pubescens, Cylindrolobus sp., Cyrtandra keithii, Dinomyrmex gigas, Dipterocarpus cf. applanatus, Drynaria sparsisora, Etlingera brevilabrum, Ficus punctata (Adult form), Ficus punctata (Juvenile form), Ficus sp., Ficus villosa, Freycinetia ciliaris, Hedychium muluense, Hedychium sp., Heteroblemma alternifolium, Koompassia excelsa, Macaranga winkleri, Mapania cuspidata, Medinilla cf. radicans, Medinilla macrophylla, Musa beccarii, Neuwiedia zollingeri, Ophiorrhiza sp., Pandanus discostigma, Phlegmariurus phlegmaria, Piper cf. langlassei, Piper cf. quinqueangulatum, Piper cf. ribesioides, Piper cf. vestitum, Piper sp. or Gnetum sp., Plagiostachys strobilifera, Polyalthia insignis, Pothos ovatifolius, Pothos sp. sect. Eupothos, Pyrrosia christii, Pyrrosia nummularifolia, Rhaphidophora cf. latevaginata, Rhaphidophora korthalsii, Rhynchoglossum borneense, Rinorea sp., Scindapsus coriaceus, Scindapsus pictus (Adult fertile), Scindapsus pictus (Juvenile form), Selaginella sp., Semecarpus lineatus, Strobilanthes reptans, Themeda villosa, Zingiber vinosum

[@MyLoganTreks]

Fantastic Education learning for anyone wanting to study Botany or Natural sciences for their career. Your journeys through the forest are what Jacques Cousteau was for exploration of our oceans. Thank you for leaving an incredible legacy to the next generations.

[@thequeenofsporks]

Please never stop making these, they bring immense joy and are greatly appreciated 🥲

[@EliezaBaby]

Yes I second that 🙏

[@lupuandrei1646]

I third that

[@creaturefree]

Thanks to all of you. Yes, Danum Valley is very rich and well preserved, especially the forest around the lodge where many new Begonia species have been discovered in the past few years. The tallest Angiosperm tree, the Dipterocarp Shorea faguetiana, more than 100 m high, is from this area and we had the opportunity to meet the guy who did climb to the top to measure this giant tree.

[@etampetualang]

Anda adalah salahsatu pecinta alam dan isinya saya kagum dengan anda dan akan tetus menvikuti video anda.

[@eliseolopez2790]

the best of the best discoveries will be for jerusalem

[@aurasomandru5266]

Amazing journey among world's plant!👏👏👏Pura vida!🌴🌱🌿

[@MyLoganTreks]

If you ever do a Field trip to the Fl Keys it would be an honor to show you around and document many Endangered species that will be lost to habitat loss and climate change within this century.

[@CarlosRuiz-en9iy]

Love these videos will share

[@ungescape8414]

What a beautiful video with so many spectacular plants! I hope that wasn't the last video from your Borneo field trips. Thank you so much for your videos!

[@creaturefree]

Thanks. Yes there could be so many videos about Borneo. We have already published some others on this channel concerning Sarawak and Brunei.

[@robinindam6983]

I like watching you video

[@MyLoganTreks]

All Patrick's videos are amazing, I hope students that are studying ethnobotany or evolutionary botany follow in his footsteps for making discoveries that will impact future generations influence to better protect our nature conservancy

[@eliseolopez2790]

What beautiful elegant fragile plants this is the reason they are extinct where humans dwell

[@creaturefree]

Yes, 8 billion human creatures is obviously a lot !

[@MyLoganTreks]

Mycology is also a very interesting science now estimated to have over 1 million species in this classification, understanding how their coevolution with chemical signaling with plants is fascinating.

[@Maubotoable]

Guau! THANKS!

[@datulkumar1081]

Begonia 🎉

[@creaturefree]

Yes, so many Begonia in Danum Valley and it is quite unusual to find so many species in lowlands.

[@eliseolopez2790]

For humans, beautiful means destroy

[@helgedonath1524]

a wonderful trip master! it is a great pleasure for me to follow you through borneo, to which i have a special connection through my love for the Cryptocoryne. her films show very clearly her great love for botany, her research spirit and youthful enthusiasm. simply wonderful! Greetings also to heni for his grandiose film work, feeling for detail and special atmosphere. Thank you very much!

[@marcelorodriguesbiol]

Uma viagem botânica sem sair de casa. Imagens incríveis!

[@EliezaBaby]

Happy New Year 2023 🍻 Your adventures and education vlogs are my escape from our chaotic world . Merci. Never stop .

[@datulkumar1081]

Ginger and peacock fern😊

[@creaturefree]

Gingers are an incredibly diversified family but so taxonomically so difficult.

[@AgeOrmstad]

Keep up with this jungle videos, very cool man😎👍

[@creaturefree]

Thanks. Yes we travel a lot for exploring new areas (for us) but a lot of work for Pascal when creating the films.

[@mawastika2292]

maybe someday you can explore the island of Borneo from the Indonesian side too. Maybe you guys can collaborate with Chanee Kalaweit.

[@atabegpirsidimujtaba7622]

33:08 Ficus punctata

[@creaturefree]

Yes, the name is written in the film at ust after I name it...

[@sdqsdq6274]

was there a vietnam trip ? seem like weird begonia sp from vietnam are popping out of it

[@creaturefree]

Yes, quite many trips to Vietnam, North, Central and South. Films are still waiting...

[@nihao3193]

It is such a shame you are not focusing on hoyas. I am seeing some but you chose to ignore it.

[@creaturefree]

Just as you can see on most of our films, I mostly make comments about the understory plants which is my research subject since 40 years. Of course, every time I have something to say about epiphytes, I try to do it like for Medinilla, Phlegmariurus, and many Araceae for instance. So many other people are interested by Orchids, Hoyas, Bromeliads etc, I leave the space for them to try to show these plants in primary forests.

[@MyLoganTreks]

Are there any species, hybrids or ornaments that are named after Patrick Blanc if we were wanting to add to our plant collections? Any suggestions to any favorites we might want to keep in our tropical gardens?