The Alien Beauty of Socotra

The Beauty of the Island of Socotra
Tomas van Houtryve / VII Network

Desert Rose Tree
The cliff-dwelling Adenium obesum has shiny, rubbery bark, which thins gradually and splits into skeletal branches, from whose tips fragile pink flowers erupt.

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