I Love Carnivorous Plants

 These are Some I Have Come Across

They are found all over the world and are sometimes the most colourful plants to be seen, there are enthusiasts' that plant and garden their own. Wikipedia : Carnivorous Plants has an extensively detailed write up on these wonderful oddities in nature. I love to spend my time in wetlands of North America be it lakes, marshes, swamps bogs and fens. And in these locations carnivorous plants can be found, some times in abundance and other times just a few. The thought of these plants catching any type of prey to feed on is just a wonder of nature. I have found the most variety of these plants at my father's cottage in Alleyn-et-Cawood, Québec, Canada, some being a rare find and endangered. Bogs & fens are a most popular location to view these almost animal plants of the Flora kingdom. I am a member of the Carnivorous Plant Society of Canada (CPSC) where I have participated since May 9, 2020.

Spatulate-Leaved Sundews (Drosera intermedia)
Thomson Marsh, Alleyn-et-Cawood, Québec.
July 8, 2011.

Spatulate-Leaved Sundews (Drosera intermedia)
in flower at Thomson Marsh, 
July 23, 2011.

Northern Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea)
in a Peat Bog. Alleyn-et-Cawood, Québec.
August 13, 2011.

Northern Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea)
Thomson Marsh, Alleyn-et-Cawood, Québec.
June 16, 2012.

July 20th, 2012 : Alleyn-et-Cawood, Québec

Spatulate-Leaved Sundews (Drosera intermedia)
Thomson Marsh, 
July 20, 2012.

Flat-leaved Bladderwort (Utricularia intermedia)
Thomson Marsh, 

Horned Bladderwort (Utricularia cornuta)
Thomson Marsh.

Round-Leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)
in flower at Thomson Lake.

Rare & Beautiful

It is sometimes puzzling as to why these plants thrive out in the wild, but I imagine the decrease of insect life due to climate change has a great effect on them. 2012 was an exceptional and banner year to observe these plants in lakes and marshes of Quebec. Some of these plants never to be seen again they require the best conditions of a warm hot summer to thrive. My most prized capture and discovery is this one which is a rare variety to find :

Lavender Bladderwort (Utricularia resupinata)
Neil Lake. Conservation Status: vulnerable (S3) in Québec, CA (NatureServe)
July 20, 2012.

Other Observations : 

Parrot Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia psittacina)
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Charlton, Georgia, United States. Ramsar site no. 350.
Endemic in USA: native and occurs nowhere else. Taken April 11, 2014.

Hooded Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia minor)
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Charlton, Georgia, United States. Ramsar site no. 350.
Endemic in United States: native and occurs nowhere else.

Linear-leaved Sundew (Drosera linearis)
Bruce Peninsula National Park of Canada, Lake Huron, Ontario, Canada.
May 31, 2017.

American Bladderwort (Utricularia vulgaris ssp. macrorhiza)
Mer Bleue Conservation Area, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Ramsar site no. 755.
June 9, 2018.

Northern Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea)
Purdon Conservation Area, Lanark, Ontario, Canada.
June 30, 2019

Common Bladderwort (Utricularia macrorhiza)
Britannia Conservation Area, Mud Lake, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
July 28, 2019.

Round-Leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)
Mer Bleue Conservation Area, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Ramsar site no. 755.
June 15, 2024.

Greater Bladderwort (Utricularia macrorhiza)
at the Lyn Valley Conservation Area, Ontario, Canada.
July 2, 2025.