Perry's Aloe (Aloe perryi)

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.


Perry's Aloe (Aloe perryi)

Perry’s Aloe (Aloe perryi)

A common species on Socotra, and you’ll likely see them in all vegetative stages ranging from in severely lack of water to huge, branched inflorescences. Some…


Perry's Aloe (Aloe perryi)

Perry’s Aloe (Aloe perryi)

A common species on Socotra, and you’ll likely see them in all vegetative stages ranging from in severely lack of water to huge, branched inflorescences. Some…


Perry's Aloe (Aloe perryi)

Perry’s Aloe (Aloe perryi)

A common species on Socotra, and you’ll likely see them in all vegetative stages ranging from in severely lack of water to huge, branched inflorescences. Some…


Paraerva microphylla

Paraerva microphylla

Endemic. Elevation: 16 meters.


Mountain Knotgrass (Ouret lanata)

Elevation: 542 meters. Native range is Africa to tropical Asia.


Mountain Knotgrass (Ouret lanata)

Mountain Knotgrass (Ouret lanata)

Native range is Africa to tropical Asia. Elevation: 542 meters.


Perry's Aloe (Aloe perryi)

Perry’s Aloe (Aloe perryi)

A common species on Socotra, and you’ll likely see them in all vegetative stages ranging from in severely lack of water to huge, branched inflorescences. Some…


Paraerva microphylla

Paraerva microphylla

Looks similar to Paraerva revoluta, but stems and leaves are glabrous (without hairs), opposed to P revoluta where stems and leaves have woolly hairs or short…


Arabian Jointed Glasswort (Suaeda vermiculata)

Arabian Jointed Glasswort (Suaeda vermiculata)

Erissel - the east-cape of Socotra, is the only place I have encountered this species. It's a specialist that is able to thrive in the windswept and salty…