Socotra Cucumber Tree (Dendrosicyos socotranus) with bark snails

Socotra Cucumber Tree (Dendrosicyos socotranus) with bark snails

You can find these dormant (aestivating) land snails (Achatinelloides) sporadically throughout Socotra, but find them covering an entire Socotra cucumber tree…


Nait coast, Socotra

Nait coast, Socotra

Early morning by the Nait coast, with the largest mangrove population remaining on Socotra seen in the distance. I didn't have time to go there, but hopefully…


Perry's Aloe (Aloe perryi)

Perry’s Aloe (Aloe perryi)

This group of Perry's Aloe (Aloe perryi) grow on Socotra's Nait coast, at the edge of a 400 meter drop to the sea. Elevation: 409 meters. It is endemic to…


Boswellia hesperia

Boswellia hesperia – protected from goats

This might look like an ordinary cairns, but inside it grows a Boswellia hesperia! Elevation: 409 meters.


Nait coast, Socotra

Nait coast, Socotra

The southwestern coast of Socotra has steep cliffs more than 400 meters high and is an incredible landscape shift from the landscape inland. The access to the…


Nait coast, Socotra

Nait coast, Socotra

The southwestern coast of Socotra has steep cliffs 400 meters high and is an incredible landscape shift from the landscape inland. The access to the sea seems…


Dragon Blood Tree (Dracaena cinnabari)

Dragon Blood Tree (Dracaena cinnabari)

Here on Socotra's northeastern limestone plateau you'll find a Dragon Blood Tree (Dracaena cinnabari) here and there, some toppled over by past cyclones, and…


Trollbær (Actaea spicata)

Trollbær (Actaea spicata)

Trollbær (Actaea spicata) har naturlig utbredelse i Europa til Vest-Sibir og Nord-Iran.


Thalictrum elegans

Thalictrum elegans

Thalictrum elegans is found in Sikkim's subalpine to alpine biomes to 4300 meters elevation. Elevation: 3920 meters. Native range is Northeast Pakistan to…


Eriocapitella rupicola

Eriocapitella rupicola

Eriocapitella rupicola is found in Sikkim's temperate to alpine biomes. Elevation: 3874 meters. Native range is Afghanistan to South Central China.