Various plants growing in the wetland

 I visited the wetland located in the neighboring town recently, although it was small scale. This is a small transitional wetland with a circumference of approximately 500 meters and an area of about 1.5 hectares; it is believed to have formed about 25,000 years ago.

What interested me most was the carnivorous plant, the sundew. Actually, I had never seen one before.　These plants belonging to the genus Drosera have the leaves covered with sticky hairs that trap and digest insects.

I think this leaf is holding some kind of small insect prey.

An insect like a fly is trapped in the leaf on the left.

That's kind of creepy, isn't it?

In reality, actual plants are small.

This pink small flower is called Toki-sou, its scientific name is Pogonia japonica. It exists only in Japan and nearby countries. It is a perennial herb belonging to the family Orchidaceae. 

Here is a close-up of the flower.  It looks like some animal opening its mouth wide.

This looks like some kind of flower, but it's actually a seed pod that remains after the seeds have been dispersed.

This is the original flower.

On June 8th, 2026, at Maibara City, Japan