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…


Gymnocarpos kuriensis

Gymnocarpos kuriensis

Elevation: 409 meters. Endemic.


Socotra Cucumber Tree (Dendrosicyos socotranus)

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…


Iphigenia socotrana

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…


Kransmynte (Clinopodium vulgare)

Kransmynte (Clinopodium vulgare)

Kransmynte (Clinopodium vulgare) har naturlig utbredelse i Makaronesia, Middelhavslandene, Europa til Sibir og Vest-Himalaya.


Acanthophyllum cerastioides

Acanthophyllum cerastioides

Acanthophyllum cerastioides is found in Sikkim's subalpine biome. Elevation: 4029 meters. Native range is Pakistan to South Tibet and Himalaya.