Near Wilmington:
The next morning I rose before
dawn. I had been unable to contact my guide the night before, so I
was on my own. Instead of visiting places I
had been to before, I decided to focus on visiting new sites. The first
Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) site I intended to visit
was north of Wilmington. The instructions were straightforward
enough, but once at the site I could find no Venus Flytraps. Oh, there
were a few small Sarracenia flava, Pinguicula caerulea
(see photograph, above), and a few common Utricularia. So
I am not complaining, but I had hoped to see Dionaea. I
also found Utricularia radiata--a pleasure to see, since I had
only seen this once before--in the Fakahatchee Strand, Florida.
Supposedly, this was a good site for Pinguicula pumila
(which I have
not seen in the wild). Unfortunately, it was too late in the season
and all the rosettes of this annual species had already disintegrated.
