18 Dec 2023
Monolluma socotrana
Monolluma socotrana can be found with flowers almost any time of the year on Socotra, but where to find one is the question. This one was just next to the…
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
Bark snails (Achatinelloides)
You can find these dormant (aestivating) land snails sporadically throughout Socotra, but at this location they were in the thousands, and on tree trunks as…
18 Dec 2023
Commiphora planifrons
This stunted, prostrate and gnarly plant would have been a tree were it not for the countless goats that eat at them. Around this specimen there are many just…
18 Dec 2023
Trichocalyx orbiculatus
Similar to Trichocalyx orbiculatus, but with broader, orbicular leaves.
Elevation: 409 meters.
Endemic.
17 Dec 2023
Croton socotranus
Croton socotranus is perhaps the most common plant species on Socotra, and it is very variable in response to the conditions of where it grows. This specimen…
17 Dec 2023
Boswellia hesperia
A new species of Boswellia for Socotra, yet to be confirmed and accepted scientifically. It has a very limited range, and all individuals are heavily browsed…
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
Echidnopsis socotrana
This is the most common of the 5 Echidnopsis species on Socotra, at least the one that when found is growing in very decent numbers. The Dixam plateau is…
16 Dec 2023
Echidnopsis socotrana
This is the most common of the 5 Echidnopsis species on Socotra, at least the one that when found is growing in very decent numbers. The Dixam plateau is…