Invisible Sarracenia psittacina

Prostrated Sarracenia species such as the Parrot Pitcher Plant aka Sarracenia psittacina are species I'm really fond of. I've read quite a few papers on those species and I used to admire some beautiful pictures of these plants in various carnivorous plants books. Still, I was quite surprised when I saw this kind of prostrated species (the other one being Sarracenia purpurea var. venosa or Sarracenia rosea if you prefer) in the wild. Apparently, in some locations, Sarracenia psittacina can be very easily noticed at first sight but in other locations such as the one I checked in the Apalachicola Forest (pictures below), it is absolutely not the case.

A quick glance at the first following picture would make you believe that there is only one Sarracenia species in this meadow : the tall yellowish Sarracenia flava.

But a closer inspection reveals short flower scapes that lead to the rosettes of Sarracenia psittacina.

I wonder how these plants can develop in a satisfying way in such an environment. I mean, they cannot reach the light in the same fashion as the erected Sarracenia species, like Sarracenia flava,  one of the sympatric species in that location.

I guess that the tall grasses which are covering Sarracenia psittacina with their shade are not that high at the start of the growing season giving thus time for the carnivorous plants to develop its own leaves OR the Sarracenia species is not bothered at all by this environment and is nonetheless able to get the required amount of light. This is just surmises. I confess I have not checked the proper literature.

Anyway, it was a real delight to look after those short scapes before I could move away grasses and discover the nice rosettes of this peculiar species. Some leaves were quite colorful, especially those that emerged from plants growing close to Pinguicula planifolia, in exposed spots, while other Sarracenia psittacina leaves were barely coloured (two last pictures).

Below with some Pinguicula planifolia and Drosera (filiformis var.) tracyi:

This species is really interesting to my enthusiast's eyes and I do hope I get the chance to admire it again in the wild hopefully in a different type of habitat such as the Okefenokee Swamp.