tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468214789548353856.post4042806842609814030..comments2023-08-01T09:47:41.787-07:00Comments on Serendipity and Orchids: The Little Bog of HorrorsRonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02396895652310296971noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468214789548353856.post-53531089317768860872010-10-28T18:08:25.869-07:002010-10-28T18:08:25.869-07:00Tanks for commenting Marti and grice.Tanks for commenting Marti and grice.Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396895652310296971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468214789548353856.post-91848653734105448062010-10-28T14:44:09.119-07:002010-10-28T14:44:09.119-07:00super!!!super!!!gricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13039125742992372967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468214789548353856.post-53230818980275584772010-10-20T17:17:53.564-07:002010-10-20T17:17:53.564-07:00I like the concept of a "quite reserved"...I like the concept of a "quite reserved" plant, but you are right, "aggressive invasive" is the opposite term.<br /><br />I visited the bog with Ron and it is a wondrous and unique placeUpupaepopshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05840292738185134371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468214789548353856.post-9118432320983469212010-10-17T21:40:17.757-07:002010-10-17T21:40:17.757-07:00Thanks for the comments, Ryan. It's good to k...Thanks for the comments, Ryan. It's good to know that there's nothing to worry about with therse plants. We were down there again yesterday - took a friend there, so I'll be doing yet another post about the place in the next few days.Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396895652310296971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468214789548353856.post-33818380210766247492010-10-14T16:55:49.532-07:002010-10-14T16:55:49.532-07:00Interesting post. I lived in Olympia for a time an...Interesting post. I lived in Olympia for a time and had no idea these introduced plants were up there. As far as I know, only a handful of carnivorous plant species have ever shown any tendency toward invasiveness or altering their environment significantly. <i>Utricularia inflata</i>, for example, is invasive in several lakes in Washington State, New York, and elsewhere in New England; it has been shown to dramatically alter the water quality and become quite weedy. Most of the other carnivorous plant species, though, are quite reserved and require such unique growing conditions that invasiveness is out of the question.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10881935503810093862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468214789548353856.post-10359862355653297082010-06-27T17:28:30.037-07:002010-06-27T17:28:30.037-07:00yes I will always have a concern when it comes to ...yes I will always have a concern when it comes to the environment and frogs and toads. But then again, some of these plants can support a tadpole.Upupaepopshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05840292738185134371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468214789548353856.post-18497202941056617672010-06-23T07:24:37.142-07:002010-06-23T07:24:37.142-07:00The good thing about this place, Marti, is that th...The good thing about this place, Marti, is that the Lake is very isolated with no evidence that these plants are spreading elsewhere, and they do not seem to have had a huge impact on the ecology of the place, though of course, that is not always so easy to tell.Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396895652310296971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468214789548353856.post-41401339474794355612010-06-22T19:33:31.924-07:002010-06-22T19:33:31.924-07:00First of all, thank you as always for the lovely p...First of all, thank you as always for the lovely photos.<br /><br />It is hard to know what to think. On one hand the ecology of these plants is interesting and exciting to see first hand.<br /><br />On the other hand they are abnormal predators, for lack of a better term, and are out of place. They impact the ecology of this pond. <br /><br />Are they displacing a native plant. Are they robbing the prey from native animals or plants that would use them. If they were pulled what would move in. <br /><br />If they were threatening escape I would want them to get aggressive, but if they are confined to this environment there is a tip in their favor. <br /><br />The pond and bog sound unique, however. From that standpoint I would hope they do what they can to preserve and protect a fragile place<br /><br />No one answer. Pulling/ controlling invasives can be done but it can take years of replication , year round , to get a successUpupaepopshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05840292738185134371noreply@blogger.com