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 Aloe perryis grow on Socotra's Nait coast, at the edge of a 400 meter drop to the sea. Elevation: 409 meters. Endemic.
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…
15 Dec 2023
Cartilage Caper (Capparis cartilaginea)
An evergreen species that thrives in vertical cliffs and can sometimes grow to huge specimens found hanging from vertical cliffs, and sometimes above the…
27 Aug 2023
Ingierstrand bad ødelagt av styrtregn
For 20 dager siden (7. august) traff uværet "Hans" og sørget for oversvømmelser og store skader på Østlandet. Ingierstrand Bad fikk mindre skader av bekken som…
14 Jul 2023
A cow in a field of Sikkim cowslips
The Sikkim cowslip (Primula sikkimensis) is found in Sikkim's temperate to alpine biomes to 5000 meters elevation. Elevation: 3920 meters. Native range is…