Cyananthus incanus

Cyananthus incanus

Cyananthus incanus is found in Sikkim's temperate to alpine biomes to 5300 meters elevation. Elevation: 3721 meters. Native range is Central Himalaya to China…


Campanula aristata

Campanula aristata

Campanula aristata is found in Sikkim's temperate to alpine biomes to 5000 meters elevation. Elevation: 3721 meters. Native range is Afghanistan to Central…


Codonopsis ovata

Codonopsis ovata

Codonopsis ovata is found in Sikkim's subalpine biome. Elevation: 4831 meters. Native range is Central Asia to West Himalaya.


Codonopsis ovata

Codonopsis ovata

Codonopsis ovata is found in Sikkim's subalpine biome. Elevation: 4831 meters. Native range is Central Asia to West Himalaya.


Codonopsis ovata

Codonopsis ovata

Codonopsis ovata is found in Sikkim's subalpine biome. Elevation: 4483 meters. Native range is Central Asia to West Himalaya.


Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)

Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)

Another hawksbill sea turtle female on the way back to sea after successfully delivering a clutch of eggs in a safe spot in the sand of Bird Island. this…


Laurel Dodder (Cassytha filiformis)

Laurel Dodder (Cassytha filiformis)

A hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) struggling to push through the entangled vines of the laurel dodder. This is a parasitic species getting all it…


Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)

Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)

Such a precious event - a female hawksbill sea turtle, a critically endangered species, covering her precious eggs laid in the sand. She is one of a dwindling…


Corchorus erodioides UV

Corchorus erodioides UV

Another example of a yellow flower in visible light that is very dark in UV. It is endemic to Socotra.


Corchorus erodioides

Corchorus erodioides

On the hills overlooking the Detwah lagoon on the west coast of Socotra I found many interesting flowers, and luckily some not destroyed by goats, like this…