Sarracenia purpurea

I've posted any number of pictures from this place before, but there is a lake in Skagit County, Washington that has a population of non-native carnivorous plants, including several species of Pitcher Plants and the Venus Fly Trap. These were introduced many years ago, though no one seems to know by whom or why, and many of them have flourished there, especially this species. I suppose that this is a disaster, ecologically speaking, but we are fascinated and go every year to see these plants The are growing on a muskeg or floating bog, a thick, floating mat of vegetation that can be walked on, though one can feel it moving. This is the flower of Sarracenia purpurea, the Purple Pitcher Plant, photographed early in the morning.

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