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…


Nait coast, Socotra

Nait coast, Socotra

Early morning by the Nait coast, with the largest mangrove population remaining on Socotra seen in the distance. I…


Perry's Aloe (Aloe perryi)

Perry’s Aloe (Aloe perryi)

This group of Perry's Aloe (Aloe perryi) grow on Socotra's Nait coast, at the edge of a 400 meter drop to the sea.…


Boswellia hesperia

Boswellia hesperia – protected from goats

This might look like an ordinary cairns, but inside it grows a Boswellia hesperia! Elevation: 409 meters.


Nait coast, Socotra

Nait coast, Socotra

The southwestern coast of Socotra has steep cliffs more than 400 meters high and is an incredible landscape shift from…


Nait coast, Socotra

Nait coast, Socotra

The southwestern coast of Socotra has steep cliffs 400 meters high and is an incredible landscape shift from the…


Blepharis spiculifolia

Blepharis spiculifolia

Blepharis spiculifolia looks similar to Leucas spiculifolia, but is a cliff dwelling species. Blepharis spiculifolia is…


Cartilage Caper (Capparis cartilaginea)

Cartilage Caper (Capparis cartilaginea)

Cartilage Caper (Capparis cartilaginea) is an evergreen species that thrives in vertical cliffs and can sometimes grow…


A cow in a field of Sikkim cowslips

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.…


Rhododendron setosum

Rhododendron setosum

Rhododendron setosum is found in Sikkim's temperate to alpine biomes to 5600 meters elevation. Elevation: 4831 meters.…


Sikkim Rhubarb (Rheum nobile)

Sikkim Rhubarb (Rheum nobile)

Sikkim Rhubarb (Rheum nobile) is found in Sikkim's alpine biome to 5000 meters elevation. Elevation: 4831 meters.…


Sikkim Rhubarb (Rheum nobile)

Sikkim Rhubarb (Rheum nobile)

Sikkim Rhubarb (Rheum nobile) is found in Sikkim's alpine biome to 5000 meters elevation. Elevation: 4831 meters.…