Dragoness
For the love of Science!
Took me a few tries to track down local bogs. Found many swamps the first few times. Eventually, I found a bog bordering a small lake (more like a pond, in my opinion) and went for a short walk:
It was really too easy - the boardwalk goes straight up to the bog, and Sarracenias were visible from the boardwalk.
Saw some other pretty flowers - I wish now I'd paid more attention to them, but I was wayyyyy too focused on other things. This one looks like some kind of Lobelia to me (gotta look it up to be sure.)
The Sphag was beautiful:
And I was very excited to see these guys:
S. purpurea purpurea - this was one of the redder individuals.
A less-red individual.
Drosera rotundifolia (reasonably positive I got a good ID on it, but if you think that is NOT it, please let me know!)
![8-10-14-145.jpg](/forums/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fnaturecove.files.wordpress.com%2F2014%2F08%2F8-10-14-145.jpg&hash=106a09948dbff28acb43dc40b106aa6a)
It was really too easy - the boardwalk goes straight up to the bog, and Sarracenias were visible from the boardwalk.
![8-10-14-116.jpg](/forums/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fnaturecove.files.wordpress.com%2F2014%2F08%2F8-10-14-116.jpg&hash=a4c3a9b6d97048ce9a5baadee012bdd7)
Saw some other pretty flowers - I wish now I'd paid more attention to them, but I was wayyyyy too focused on other things. This one looks like some kind of Lobelia to me (gotta look it up to be sure.)
The Sphag was beautiful:
![8-10-14-131.jpg](/forums/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fnaturecove.files.wordpress.com%2F2014%2F08%2F8-10-14-131.jpg&hash=dce6b34a89f68e89f599cb1248b45cdc)
![8-10-14-130.jpg](/forums/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fnaturecove.files.wordpress.com%2F2014%2F08%2F8-10-14-130.jpg&hash=8c77f277ab8fa78a490de84213c20c20)
And I was very excited to see these guys:
![8-10-14-118.jpg](/forums/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fnaturecove.files.wordpress.com%2F2014%2F08%2F8-10-14-118.jpg&hash=29faa156e4ff962df5b943bf6df0ab48)
S. purpurea purpurea - this was one of the redder individuals.
![8-10-14-1421.jpg](/forums/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fnaturecove.files.wordpress.com%2F2014%2F08%2F8-10-14-1421.jpg&hash=eff42b40686528f770eb9750ef00db0e)
A less-red individual.
![8-10-14-128.jpg](/forums/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fnaturecove.files.wordpress.com%2F2014%2F08%2F8-10-14-128.jpg&hash=60ae9358bd4799179d64cc947ec3d79d)
Drosera rotundifolia (reasonably positive I got a good ID on it, but if you think that is NOT it, please let me know!)