Red plant:
Here, of course, is
the normal form of Sarracenia purpurea subsp. purpurea.
Very pretty, very red. Lots of venation, too.
Something for the photography geeks...this trip was the maiden
voyage for a device I created to help my field photography. As
photographers know, a problem
about photographing bog plants is that the full sun produces extremely
contrasty shadows. So you must either take photos in the early morning,
or hope for light cloud cover, or use lots of reflectors.
(Just try getting
four or so reflectors positioned correctly in an open bog!)
This photograph was taken near the beginning of the day, with a light
cloud covering the sun, so the contrast was not so bad. Even so, the
shadows are a little dark.
