12 Dec 2023
Iphigenia socotrana
My first encounter of Iphigenia socotrana, and what a perfect specimen! 22 October 2023 cyclone Tej hit Socotra, and with it extreme amounts of rain inundated…
9 Feb 2015
Socotra Crotalaria Moth (Utetheisa lotrix ssp. socotrensis)
At around 800 meter elevation and up the Euryops arabicus were in bloom and thus a lot of insects gathered to eat from the huge number of flowers. This was one…
2 Aug 2013
Tjønnaks (Potamogeton natans)
Tjønnaks (Potamogeton natans) har en uanselig frukt som spres med vannet først og fremst, men fugler er også involvert - jeg vet dog ikke hvilke arter som…
2 Aug 2013
Tjønnaks (Potamogeton natans)
Nydammen nord for Gjersjøen har enkelte steder en ugjenomtrengelig hinne av tjønnaksblader. Spesielt på vestsiden der landskapet er brattest.
27 Nov 2010
Roraima thunderstorms
The view from the camp site, or "hotel", atop Roraima was awesome. I was well protected from the elements in the cave, and could watch nature in all it's ways…
26 Nov 2010
Orectanthe sceptrum
A most peculiar flower that both looks and feels like plastic! In any case, flowering and producing fruit in particular is the very last of the plant, as it…
26 Nov 2010
Orectanthe sceptrum
One of the most common plant species on Roraima. It resembles pineapple, and like pineapple it dies after blooming and setting fruit.