The Darlingtonia Bog
( Part 3 )
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| For some strange reason, this clump of Darlingtonia makes me think of penguins... The pitchers all look like they're meandering around each other. |
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| One of my favorite photos of the whole day. You can clearly see here why they're commonly called "The California Cobra Lily." |
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| This is another picture that I'm just stunned it turned out so well... |
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| If you look closely, you'll see these Darlingtonia are missing something. This one clump was growing without the forked "tongues." They're still there, but heavily stunted. It's not known if this is a specific variant or if they are growing like this for environmental reasons. |
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| Here you can see the difference between the Drosera rotundifolia growing on land and in the water. These water-bound plants were easily twice the size on the average as their land-based siblings! They also just kind of ... floated there. They aren't growing on the bottom of the puddle, just floating near the surface, anchored by a thread-like root! |
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| All the reddish coloration along the bottom half of the picture is Drosera capensis. Where there was one, there were thousands. Typically, they weren't as prevalent in the wetter areas as they are in this shot. You can see two Venus Flytraps at the top of the photo. |
( Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 )