23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
Blooming Bottle Tree

The bottle tree is endemic in Socotra, Yemen. It grows in a rocky arid landscape and stores water in its trunk and has the strangest shapes! It also blooms wiht a beaitful pink flower in late March/early April providing some color in an arid landscape.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 03.2025
Date Uploaded: 11.2025
Photo Location: Socotra, Yemen
Camera: Canon EOS R5m2
Copyright: © Greg Metro