5 Feb 2023
Socotran Pomegranate (Punica protopunica)
A vibrant, healthy and quite tall Punica protopunica, found next to the walls of the north east of Socotra. These vertical cliffs provide shade and moisture…
5 Feb 2023
Dioscorea lanata
The shape of the leaves provides information that this is a species and an individual with a huge growth potential. This is a twining plant that can grow to…
3 Feb 2023
Boswellia elongata
This is Homhil at its most beautiful – green and vibrant after the winter rains. Unfortunately this is but a faint echo of past glory, when the land was in…
2 Feb 2023
Echidnopsis socotrana
The smaller plant species of Socotra are somewhat easier to find during flowering. But even then they can be tricky to find as they often grow in the shadow of…
1 Feb 2023
Heliotropium nigricans
I was here in 2015 and then I struggled hard to find a single plant with a flower! That is how heavily browsed these plants were then. This time the winter…