Indian pipe plant

Definitely not a colorful resident of the forest floor, Indian Pipe nevertheless has a graceful appearance. It lacks chlorophyll and receives its nutrition via fungi attached to the roots of coniferous trees. 7-22-2012 update: This year, possibly due to the wet Spring we had, the Indian Pipe population really exploded.

I have a Flora Bucket List of plants and fungi that I want to meet and not so much to gather while I am studying in the PNW, I recently checked off my list Monotropa uniflora commonly known as Ghost Pipe a strikingly beautiful ghostly, otherworldly looking plant that has been gaining a lot of popularity on social media and getting a lot of "INSTAlove".GHOST PIPE, A NO PICK Many folks wildcrafting this plant will speak of this plant as being "sacred" and attribute its medicinal uses as being…

The very first Indian pipes are starting to poke up through the forest floor. Lacking chlorophyll, this flowering plant cannot make its own food, but instead is parasitic and relies on getting en…

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For this month's Field Notes, Susan Knight explores the ecology of Indian Pipe, spooky looking white plants that skip photosynthesis and steal sugar from…

Ghost plant, monotropa uniflora, in Mt. Talbert Park, Clackamas, Oregon.

Indian Pipe holds pain killing abilities. Indian Pipe is a crazy strange plant that has absolutely no chlorophyll.

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