continent-of-wild-endeavor:

The fly traps were easy enough to spot, despite the lush growth and their relatively small size (littler than I’d realized!) because they were also in bloom! They grow a long flower stalk to keep their pollinators (primarily beetles & sweat bees) away from the digestion zone. This is post to appreciate their loveliness.

And they are lovely, in an almost…I don’t want to say in a ‘pedestrian’ way, because it’s insulting, and they really are nice. It’s just that the action on the ground, with the modified leaves that can count and stand like gaping maws, ready to trap unsuspecting insects, are so alien, so different from most plants I see, that the flowers seem almost common. But they really are beautiful, and I thank the actual camera (vs my usual cell phone) for helping me capture that about them, little drops of dew and all.