More pygmies:
Laying on my belly, photographing pygmy sundews was quite comfortable, so I took my time and got this
cute little plant, too. Ooh! There's a baby plant in the picture, too! The sand grains and filaments of lichen give you an
idea of how tiny these things were.
I know I've been whining about the wet and cold on this trip, but here, laying down on the ground and out of the wind, was
delicious. My core temperature was rising in the sun. I noticed Beth was similarly laying down nearby, photographing some
noncarnivorous wildflowers, and it was nice just spending a little quiet time together, warming up.
What the hell, the setting was nice and I was comfortable, so I took some more photographs; this time of
older Drosera roseana plants that
had formed little pedestals of leaves about 2.5 cm tall, and a
close look at the tentacles. One thing that came out of this trip is
the conclusion that to my eyes, at least, this erect little sundew is different enough from
Drosera paleacea in both form and habitat type that I stopped treating it as
Drosera paleacea subsp. roseana.
