Socotran Fig (Dorstenia gigas)

Socotran Fig (Dorstenia gigas)

Socotran Fig (Dorstenia gigas) is a species that is quite hard to get up and close with as it is a vertical cliff specialist. This was no exception, except…


Cissus paniculata

Cissus paniculata

My first and only encounter with Cissus paniculata on Socotra. A large and vital specimen, growing in the cracks of a vertical cliff by a creek where it was…


Socotran Fig (Dorstenia gigas)

Socotran Fig (Dorstenia gigas)

Socotran Fig (Dorstenia gigas) is a species that is quite hard to get up and close with as it is a vertical cliff specialist. This was no exception, except…


Socotran Fig (Dorstenia gigas)

Socotran Fig (Dorstenia gigas)

Socotran Fig (Dorstenia gigas) is a species that is quite hard to get up and close with as it is a vertical cliff specialist. This was no exception, except…


Socotran Fig (Dorstenia gigas)

Socotran Fig (Dorstenia gigas)

Socotran Fig (Dorstenia gigas) is a vertical cliff specialist! Getting up close to one of these is for the most part difficult to impossible, as is the case…


Socotran Fig (Dorstenia gigas)

Socotran Fig (Dorstenia gigas)

If you are near a vertical cliff and see lots of Socotra bottle trees (Adenium obesum ssp. socotranum) you should take a closer look, as they could be the…


Socotran Fig (Dorstenia gigas)

Socotran Fig (Dorstenia gigas)

Socotran Fig (Dorstenia gigas) is a vertical cliff specialist! Getting up close to one of these is for the most part difficult to impossible, as is the case…


Socotran Pomegranate (Punica protopunica)

Socotran Pomegranate (Punica protopunica)

A vibrant, healthy and quite tall Socotran Pomegranate (Punica protopunica), found next to the walls of the north east of Socotra. These vertical cliffs…


Dioscorea lanata

Dioscorea lanata

The shape of the leaves provides information that this is a species and an individual with a huge growth potential. Dioscorea lanata is a twining plant that…


Socotran Fig (Dorstenia gigas)

Socotran Fig (Dorstenia gigas)

A very young Socotran Fig (Dorstenia gigas), with very little reserves to lean on as the moisture withdraws. The leaves turn autumn red and wither, leaving an…