12 Jul 2023

Twoflower Violet (Viola biflora)

Twoflower Violet is found in Sikkim's temperate to alpine biomes to 4900 meters elevation. Elevation: 4831 meters. Native range is temperate & subalpine…

by morten

8 Jul 2023

Viola biflora

Elevation: 3161 meters. Native range is temperate & subalpine Northern Hemisphere to Northern Sumatra.

by morten

28 May 2023

Myrfiol (Viola palustris)

Myrfiolen vokser i store og tette bestander langs elven som renner ut i Sjølitjernet i Skogbygda. Faktisk kan jeg ikke huske å ha sett så store bestander av…

by morten

2 Feb 2023

Spade Flower (Pigea enneasperma)

I encountered this species in bloom in a few places in Firhmin Forest. It is a very variable species, and is found with spatulate (spoon-shaped) leaves, like…

by morten

2 Feb 2023

Spade Flower (Pigea enneasperma)

by morten

2 Feb 2015

African migrant (Catopsilia florella)

This was the first of many species of butterflies I encountered on Socotra, and here I found at least 6 males of Catopsilia florella. I find the male rather…

by morten

2 Feb 2015

African migrant (Catopsilia florella)

The female of the species I encountered around the mangrove forest on Shuab beach of west Socotra.

by morten

13 Dec 2014

Leonia crassa

This is a very peculiar tree - full of fruits growing from the trunk, not the tip of the branches.

by morten

1 Dec 2014

Eurema agave

Sitting on an inflorescense on a sandbank of the river Cuiaba upriver from Porto Jofre.

by morten

21 Aug 2014

Stemorsblomst (Viola tricolor)

Mørk i UV lys - ingen av de lyse områdene i synlig lys er det i UV.

by morten