Miscellaneous Wanderings and Maunderings
Miscellaneous Wanderings and Maunderings
As part of our whirlwind tour of Southeastern Texas, Laurie and I visited the Big Thicket National Preserve on March 29, 2022. We were hoping to see carnivorous plants, so we were hiking on the Preserve’s “Pitcher Plant Trail”. When…
On our recent trip down to the Big Thicket in Texas, Laurie and I saw Sarracenia alata (“Pale Pitcher Plants”). That got me thinking about the Pitcher Plants that I used to see in New Hampshire. Those New Hampshire plants…
On March 29, 2022, we visited the Big Thicket National Preserve in Southeastern Texas. We were hoping to see some insectivorous plants, and the Preserve’s “Pitcher Plant Trail” sounded like a promising place to start. Within a couple of hundred…
In August of 2004, in Tucson, Arizona, our backyard Devil’s Claw plant was in bloom. When I was looking at the plant’s pretty purple/violet blossoms, I saw that there were Dorymyrmex bicolor ants the plant’s leaves and stems. Seeing Dorymyrmex…