18 Dec 2023
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…
15 Dec 2023
Socotra Cucumber Tree (Dendrosicyos socotranus)
A very young Socotra Cucumber Tree (Dendrosicyos socotranus) that has survived the insatiable appetite of the goats - only because it growing where they cannot…
14 Dec 2023
Mountain Knotgrass (Ouret lanata)
Elevation: 542 meters.
Native range of Mountain Knotgrass (Ouret lanata) is Africa to tropical Asia.
14 Dec 2023
Mountain Knotgrass (Ouret lanata)
Native range of Mountain Knotgrass (Ouret lanata) is Africa to tropical Asia.
Elevation: 542 meters.
5 Feb 2023
Paraerva microphylla
Paraerva microphylla looks similar to Paraerva revoluta, but stems and leaves are glabrous (without hairs), opposed to P revoluta where stems and leaves have…
4 Feb 2023
Arabian Jointed Glasswort (Suaeda vermiculata)
Erissel - the east-cape of Socotra, is the only place I have encountered Arabian Jointed Glasswort (Suaeda vermiculata). It's a specialist that is able to…