Tenerife Feb 2012
 

Arty motorway

 

Cliffs Teno

 

Irina Cliffs Teno

 

Irina exhaused Teno

 

Lighthouse Teno

 

Opuntia dillenii Prickly Pears

 

Hillside with Euphorbia canariensis Cardón

 

Euphorbia canariensis Cardón

 

Mike photographing Euphorbia canariensis

 

Opuntia dillenii Prickly Pears

 

Kleinia neriifolia or Canary Islands candle plant

 

Plocama pendula Balo

 

Reichardia crystallina

 

Species rich dry valley

 

Lavandula buchii

 



 

Periploca laevigata

 

Irina and Mike species rich dry valley

 

Periploca laevigata

 



 

Xanthoria elegans (?)

 

Irina with Euphorbias

 

monanthes silensis (????)

 

Species rich dry valley

 

Windmills wind turbine and Euphorbia canariensis

 

Pericallis echinata

 

Argyranthemum coronopifolium (?)

 

Lavatera acerifolia

 

Big waves surf Atlantic

 

Big waves surf Atlantic

 

Big waves surf Atlantic

 

Big waves surf Atlantic

 

Irina on bench

 

Las Mercedes (mirador De Jardina)

 



 

From Pico Ingles Englishmans peak

 

From Pico Ingles Englishmans peak

 

Usneas on Laurel forest trees

 

Laurel forest clothing hillsides

 

Irina with Erica scoparia

 

Irina Sonchus congestus

 

Irina with Sonchus acaulis

 

Mike in Laurel forest

 

Andryala pinnatifida

 

Pericallis tussilaginis

 

Semele androgyna

 

Gesnouinia arborea

 

Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala

 

Canarina canariensis Canary bell-flower

 

Sonchus on roadside

 

Aeonium

 

Laurel forest trees with moss

 

Canarina canariensis Canary bell-flower

 

Polycarpaea divaricata

 

Irina with Sonchus congestus

 

Geranium canariense Giant Geranium

 

Davallia canariensis

 

Geranium canariense Giant Geranium

 

Heterodermia (black and white lichen possibly H leucomela) orange lichen Teloschistes

 

Las Mercedes from Mirador de Jardina

 

Farming terraces

 

Roofs and buildings Puerto de la Cruz

 

Arbutus canariensis

 

Rose rock

 

Pinus canariensis Canary Island Pine

 

Pinus canariensis Canary Island Pine

 

Pinus canariensis Canary Island Pine

 

Cloud sea and Canary pine forest

 

Adenocarpus viscosus

 

Mount Teide volcano

 

Balanced rocks

 

La Fontenella walk with pumice desert

 

La Fontenella walk with pumice desert

 

La Fontenella walk with pumice desert

 

Pumice and other volcanic rocks La Fontenella

 

Southern Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis

 

Cinder cone Teide national park

 



 



 

Echium wildpretii Teide bugloss

 

Towards summit of Mount Teide volcano

 



 



 

Green rocks Parque Nacional de las Cañadas del Teide

 

Mount Teide volcano

 



 

Irina with larva

 

Mount Teide volcano

 



 

Canary pine forest in cloud

 

Irina with Statues of native people and Spanish invaders

 

Tenerife Lizard (Gallotia galloti)

 

Volcan de las Arenas

 

Volcan de las Arenas

 

Toilet sign

 

Underground houses in larva tubes

 

Euphorbia balsamifera Tabaiba Dulce

 

French students in larva field

 

Mike in larva field

 

Zygophyllum fontanesii Uvas de Mar

 

Mike photographing Zygophyllum fontanesii

 

Crabs on rocks avoiding huge waves

 

Rough sea and larva field Malpais de Güímar

 

Euphorbias Malpais de Güímar

 

Ceropegia fusca

 

Euphorbias Malpais de Güímar

 

Irina with Ceropegia fusca

 

Euphorbias Malpais de Güímar

 

Rainbow Malpais de Güímar

 

San Juan de la Rambla

 

Charco de la Laja natural pool San Juan de la Rambla

 

Balcony San Juan de la Rambla

 

San Juan de la Rambla

 

Dracaena draco Canary Islands Dragon Tree

 

Dracaena draco Canary Islands Dragon Tree

 

Balcony Icod de Los Vinos

 

Dracaena draco Canary Islands Dragon Tree

 

Door Icod de Los Vinos

 

Courtyard Icod de Los Vinos

 

Dracaena draco Canary Islands Dragon Tree

 

Guanche mummy (replica) Icod de Los Vinos

 

Dracaena draco Canary Islands Dragon Tree

 

Balcony Puerto del la Cruz

 

Sunset with palm trees

 

Sunbeams sunset Puerto del la Cruz

 

Sunbeams sunset Puerto del la Cruz

 

Sunset waves Puerto del la Cruz

 

Cuscuta planiflora (?) Dodder parasitic plant

 

Fossil dune Punta Gotera with fossil soil scorched by larva

 

Reichardia ligulata

 



 

Fossil dune Punta Gotera

 

Banana plantation

 

Lighthouse Punta del Hidalgo

 

Irina paddling

 

Big waves and surf Atlantic

 

Big waves and surf Atlantic

 

Mountains Anaga

 

Mike in Laurel forest

 

Laurel forest track

 

Lobaria pulmonaria Tree Lungwort

 



 

Mike photographing mosses Laurel forest

 

Cut laurel forest tree possibly Erica

 



 



 

Gennaria diphylla

 

Gennaria diphylla

 



 

Sand dunes

 

Sand dunes

 

Bit of sand dune looking like lizard

 



 

Mike photographing rock pool life

 

Physalia physalia Portugese Man-of-War

 

Desert

 

Launaea arborescens Aulaga

 

Mike in desert

 

Irina in desert

 

Tarentola delalandii Tenerife Gecko

 

Tarentola delalandii Tenerife Gecko

 

Tarentola delalandii Tenerife Gecko

 

Tarentola delalandii Tenerife Gecko

 

Mount Teide sunset with cloud sea from plane

 

Coming in to land Luton at night