http://www.appalachianfeet.com/2010/07/01/how-to-identify-indian-pipes/ Are you a sustainahillbilly? Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:55:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.appalachianfeet.com/2010/07/01/how-to-identify-indian-pipes/comment-page-1/#comment-3444 Curbstone Valley Farm Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:25:18 +0000 http://www.appalachianfeet.com/?p=1377#comment-3444 Fascinating, I've never seen this plant before, and they really do look very ghostly. Its life cycle seems similar to one of our native orchids, Corallorhiza maculata, which is also parasitic, and lacks chlorophyll, although it is dependent on the mycelia of a specific fungus for its survival. I find these sorts of parasitic plants most interesting! .-= Curbstone Valley Farm´s last blog ..<a href="http://curbstonevalley.com/blog/?p=2553" rel="nofollow">June Garden Update</a> =-. Fascinating, I’ve never seen this plant before, and they really do look very ghostly. Its life cycle seems similar to one of our native orchids, Corallorhiza maculata, which is also parasitic, and lacks chlorophyll, although it is dependent on the mycelia of a specific fungus for its survival. I find these sorts of parasitic plants most interesting!
.-= Curbstone Valley Farm´s last blog ..June Garden Update =-.

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