Nice pitchers:
A characteristic
of Sarracenia jonesii that makes it different from
Sarracenia rubra is the flaring of the pitchers. Notice how the
top 1/3 of these pitchers expand in diameter, while the pitchers
of Sarracenia rubra are more uniform in diameter.
While I was taking these photographs, two little girls came trotting
along the boardwalk, picking bog
flowers to add to the big bouquets they
had already collected. This irritated me. They kept
hopping off the boardwalk. This irritated me even more. They started
heading towards the Sarracenia jonesii plants. More irritation.
"Hey kids, are you both immune to poison ivy? No? Too bad,
because the plants you are walking through is filled with poison
ivy."
(This was an exaggeration;
while poison ivy was in the area, I hadn't seen any that day.)
Their eyes became as big as goose eggs.
"Do you feel kind of itchy? Maybe kind of scratchy?"
(Of course, ask this of anyone--even a person laying on a
lawn--and they'll suddenly feel itchy or scratchy.)
"Then you better go home, take a really cold shower for about 20
minutes to wash off. It won't be fun, but maybe you'll remember that
next time you think about going
into the woods to pick flowers."
They ran out of the Sarracenia patch, back to their
cabins.
Heh heh heh.
