More flytraps:
Finally, my vigilance paid off. I found another cluster of plants in the brush. Isn't it interesting to see these plants
growing in live Sphagnum? That certainly isn't the usual growing arrangement, although you see it
from time to time.
That seedling Sarracenia is probably S. purpurea. That was the most
common species in the area. It looks a little like Sarracenia psittacina, but that is typical for
seedling plants--S. psittacina does not occur much north of the Florida panhandle.
I poked along the margins of the pocosin, and while I found a few more carnivorous plants
here and there, none were worth photographing. At this point, the sweat from my
exertions was salting the many scratches and cuts I had earned, which took some of the vigor out of my explorations.
I headed back to my car. Along the way I found a cool, clear stream and inconspicuously bathed in it to de-salt my
wounds.
I returned to the Wilmington area, triumphant and buoyant.
