FIELD TRIP WITH PATRICK BLANC IN INDIA - WESTERN GHATS 2 - 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
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

[@simongordeziani3791]

спасибо

[@phocasgarden]

Finally! I've been waiting for so long for another episode in this wonderful series ♡♡♡ Thank you so much Mr. Blanc & Mr. Heni for these amazing documentaries 🌿🌺

[@creaturefree]

Thanks, bravo and continue to work with plants and water

[@phocasgarden]

@@creaturefree Thank you so much! 😊🙏🏼

[@myfishroom1]

🌿🌺🌿😉👌👌👌👌

[@KanemiX3]

I'm so glad I've found your channel! It's not often you get dedicated researcher who take their audience on an adventure with them on their trip to see these amazing plants in situ! thank you very sir and have a great day! 😄

[@creaturefree]

Thanks so much ! Yes, we travel a lot in tropical forests (what is remaining...) and we are happy to share our immediate sensations facing these wonderful shade loving forest understory plants.

[@CapzVerse]

The western ghats are really beautiful

[@bengoeman]

We dutch have seen all your 46 documentaires: thank you a very lot!

[@creaturefree]

Waouh ! Thanks a lot ! We just come back from North Thailand and two months ago from the incredibly biodiverse New Caledonia. Films will be published quite soon but step by step since it is a huge work for Pascal !

[@kishoretadiparthiexplorer2958]

Thanks for visiting India 😊

[@sidneilobovoador]

❤❤❤

[@crystalmoone1]

Patrick I’m so excited to see a new post I love your content my dear friend my life dream is to meet you you day upon your travels

[@AgeOrmstad]

Nice👌new video 👍😎😃🇧🇻

[@e.s.s8641]

partie 2 super merci ❤

[@mathloss8260]

Yes trop top 2eme partie!! Merci merci

[@creaturefree]

La diversité des Impatiens est incroyable dans le sud de l'Inde. Juste quelques espèces montrées car nous étions là pendant la saison sèche (janvier). Il faut revenir pendant la mousson...

[@eliseolopez2790]

where are the trees where are the aquifers, the springs, the lakes , the rivers , the tributaries

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[@helgedonath1524]

maître! pourquoi ne nous parlez-vous pas nous vous suivons avec enthousiasme dans vos voyages botaniques, apprenons de vous, partons et fascinons et serions honorés si vous venez de donner un clin d'œil à l'un de nos commentaires. aie pitié et envoie une salutation. Merci! comme toujours un très beau film. salutations Helge

[@creaturefree]

Merci Helge, je vois bien que vous suivez tous nos films et nous vous en remercions. Habituellement, je réponds surtout à des questions mais c'est vrai que je dois aussi répondre aux personnes qui aiment nos films. Et merci à vous pour votre fidélité et votre enthousiasme.

[@helgedonath1524]

Je suis vos films parce que je reconnais en vous le même enthousiasme qui habite mon cœur. je me laisse inspirer par ta curiosité patrick, ton amour des plantes et te suis sur le fil de tes rêves.@@creaturefree

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[@anoopbalaji]

❤❤❤

[@creaturefree]

Thanks Anoop. Now, I want to come back during monsoon season in order to see all the dry season resting species.