1 Jun 2024
Blokkebær (Vaccinium uliginosum)
Blokkebær kan kanskje ligne på blåbær i forbifarten, men både blomsten og frukten er veldig forskjellig. En smak på frukten vil gi smaksløkene umiddelbar…
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…
18 Dec 2023
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…
17 Dec 2023
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…
17 Dec 2023
Boswellia hesperia – protected from goats
This might look like an ordinary cairns, but inside it grows a Boswellia hesperia! Elevation: 409 meters.
17 Dec 2023
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…
16 Dec 2023
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…
1 Aug 2023
Vaniljerot (Monotropa hypopitys)
Vaniljerot (Monotropa hypopitys) har naturlig utbredelse i temperert nordlige halvkule til Mellom-Amerika .
