The only ghost pipe I’ve been able to find so far this year. One of my favorite plants due to its ecology. Ghost pipes lack chlorophyll and are unable to photosynthesize. They parasitize a fungus that grows on tree roots to feed itself.
The only ghost pipe I’ve been able to find so far this year. One of my favorite plants due to its ecology. Ghost pipes lack chlorophyll and are unable to photosynthesize. They parasitize a fungus that grows on tree roots to feed itself.
theres even a mix, in the same family there is partial mycoheterotrophy, which means they do both photosynthesis and parasitize the fungus. All orchids do this by the way, and some even lost thier cholrophyll completely, and some are found in north america too, check out coroallhiza orchids.