12 Feb 2015
Socotra bottle tree (Adenium obesum ssp. socotranum)
This is the iconic and endemic bottle tree, or desert rose of Socotra - Adenium obesum ssp. socotranum. When you find one in bloom like this one you simply…
12 Feb 2015
Socotra bottle tree (Adenium obesum ssp. socotranum) UV
What's interesting with this landscape view of the bottle tree, is that the flowers appear same color in UV as the lichen on the rocks! Endemic.
12 Feb 2015
Socotra bottle tree (Adenium obesum ssp. socotranum)
Many species of plants on Socotra have evolved seed pods like this, and I don't know why this is a design preferable here, as the content is dispersed by wind…
12 Feb 2015
Socotra bottle tree (Adenium obesum ssp. socotranum)
This species is endemic to Socotra, meaning it grows only on this island! They come in so many shapes and sizes and sometimes resembles works of art - with or…