Yellow:
We saw more than just
Utricularia purpurea. The
yellow-flowering bladderworts we saw were U. striata (shown above),
U. gibba, U. inflata,
and U. subulata. Very nice! We also found
U. olivacea (not flowering)--you can imagine how studly I felt
when I managed to detect that tiny species. (Beth displayed a suitable
show of admiration.)
We only saw one sundew
species while in the swamp: Drosera intermedia.
These were very similar to the stemmy plants I have seen in the New Jersey
Pine Barrens (see my description of that trip
here.) We saw
Drosera capillaris in the dry lands surrounding Okefenokee, but
never during our canoe trip. (The Drosera capillaris
we saw in Georgia were the confoundingly weird plants that drive you
crazy. They mimic D. brevifolia, D. intermedia, and hybrids.
What is going on with this plastic species??! Crazed speciation?)
Having noted and appreciated these other species, of course I was really
looking forward to seeing one thing...
