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OmilenWhen I saw this striking flower on the hillside, I thought it was a special flower, and I couldn't get close enough to take a picture. Climbing the hill was prohibited due to the risk of rolling rocks, and it was also windy. I don't have a powerful zoom lens, but I managed to capture this image. And, indeed, it was a special plant. Unlike plants that possess chlorophyll and are capable of photosynthesis for food, this plant lacks chlorophyll and depends entirely on its host for sustenance. In other words, they are parasitic. The seeds attach their roots to those of nearby host plants to extract water and nutrients (carbohydrates). Nature never ceases to amaze me. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/NaturePhotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NaturePhotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Plants?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Plants</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Flowers?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Flowers</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ParasiticPlants?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ParasiticPlants</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Nature?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nature</a>

Jon Sullivan<a href="https://mastodon.social/@tippitiwichet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@tippitiwichet</a> I can't top this pollinator photo taken by Chris Ecroyd. It's of a New Zealand Pekapeka-Tou-Poto (lesser short-tailed bat) pollinating a Pua-o-te Reinga (Dactylanthus taylorii), one of NZ's few parasitic plants. Chris helped to figure out that this weird plant was reliant on this weird bat for its pollination.Pua-o-te Reinga is a threatened "nationally vulnerable" plant as it's dependent on the roots of old growth forest trees, its flowers are now eaten by introduced rats and possums, and it's now only pollinated by Pekapeka-Tou-Poto bats, which are themselves now rare and nationally vulnerable.<a href="https://inaturalist.nz/observations/102521672" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://inaturalist.nz/observations/102521672</a><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/pollination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollination</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/bats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bats</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/ParasiticPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ParasiticPlants</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/iNaturalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#iNaturalist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nz</a>

Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Rare <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ParasiticPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ParasiticPlants</a> rediscovered near Wellington <a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/561451/rare-parasitic-plant-rediscovered-near-wellington" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/561451/rare-parasitic-plant-rediscovered-near-wellington</a>"<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Aotearoa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Aotearoa</a>'s only <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ParasiticPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ParasiticPlant</a> has been rediscovered in <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Wainuiomata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wainuiomata</a>, after wild populations of the species were thought to be <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/extinct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extinct</a> from the region for more than a century... Te pua o te Rēinga, also known as wood rose or Dactylanthus taylorii, is endemic and critically threatened... the last documented observation of a wild population was in <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Kaitoke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kaitoke</a> in 1914."

GinaYellow Clustered Broomrape (Aphyllon franciscanum) is a root parasite that doesn’t photosynthesize. It survives by tapping into the roots of host plants like wild buckwheats and stealing their nutrients.<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/wildflowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildflowers</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/california" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#california</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/californianativeplants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#californianativeplants</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/parasiticplants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#parasiticplants</a>

KelsieI am not entirely sure, but believe the yellowish brown plants pictured are the non-photosynthetic parasitic plants known as bear corn (Conopholis americana). <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/parasiticplants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#parasiticplants</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spring</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Springtime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Springtime</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/forestplants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#forestplants</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mosstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mosstodon</a>

LizSome pretty Ghost Pipes (monotropa uniflora) from last summer 👻🌲☀️ They are a parasitic flower because have no chlorophyll of their own, and they are one of my favorite native flowers in my area. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nature?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pnw?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pnw</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ghostpipe?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ghostpipe</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/monotropauniflora?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#monotropauniflora</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/parasiticplants?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#parasiticplants</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nativeflora?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nativeflora</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/washington?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#washington</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/forest?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#forest</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/woodland?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#woodland</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/flowers?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flowers</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/coolplants?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coolplants</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/gooutside?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gooutside</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/wildflowers?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildflowers</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/summersunshine?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#summersunshine</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/sunshine?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sunshine</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/forestfloor?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#forestfloor</a>

Lukas VFN 🇪🇺The dual role of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insects</a> in parasitic plant reproduction solves a long-standing botanical mystery <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-12-dual-role-insects-parasitic-reproduction.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://phys.org/news/2024-12-dual-role-insects-parasitic-reproduction.html</a>Beyond <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/pollination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollination</a>: <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Ants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ants</a> and camel <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/crickets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crickets</a> as double mutualists in a non-photosynthetic plant <a href="https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.4465" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.4465</a> "In the dark and moist understories of the subtropical <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/forests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#forests</a> of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Shimoshima" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Shimoshima</a> Island grow <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ParasiticPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ParasiticPlants</a> that feed on the roots of other <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plants</a>... for over a century, the mechanism of their seed dispersal has remained a mystery."

Joe Wynne 🌻 🚗 ⛰️"Squawroot", an unusual parasitic plant that lacks chlorophyl, so gets all its nutrients by tapping into the roots of, typically, oaks and beeches. Grows out of the ground near the tree. Not a fungus, just weird.Could use a better common name, though. What would be better?Conopholis americana Toxaway Game Land <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/TransylvaniaCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TransylvaniaCounty</a> NC<a href="https://mindly.social/tags/ParasiticPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ParasiticPlants</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Plants</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nature</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/NaturePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NaturePhotography</a>

Sigrid NeuhauserGuten Morgen! Was war gestern schön was hat euch gefreut? Es sind die kleinen Dinge die zählen. Hier: Die Schuppenwurz ist eine parasitische Pflanze auf Laubbäumen. Die Pflanze lebt fast das ganze Jahr unterirdisch. Im Frühjahr wenn die Bäume austreiben sieht man die Blüten. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/diekleinendinge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#diekleinendinge</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/lathraea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lathraea</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/parasite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#parasite</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/parasiticplants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#parasiticplants</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Orobranche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Orobranche</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/schuppenwurz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#schuppenwurz</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/naturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#naturephotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Naturfoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Naturfoto</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NatureFact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NatureFact</a>

Sigrid NeuhauserGuten Morgen! Was war gestern schön was hat euch gefreut? Es sind die kleinen Dinge die zählen. Wenn ihr mögt, lasst eure <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/diekleinendinge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#diekleinendinge</a> hier.Hier: ist mir eine verspätete Sommerwurz vor die Kamera gelaufen. Sommerwurzen sind, wie aufmerksame Leserinnen wissen Schmarotzerpflanzen. Hier sind die Wirte Schmetterlingsblütler. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/biodiversitat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biodiversitat</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biodiversity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Orobranche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Orobranche</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/parasiticplants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#parasiticplants</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/alpine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#alpine</a>

dandelionYes, these are flowers! Dodders are parasitic relatives of Bindweed with rudimentary leaves and no chlorophyll. They look like strings winding and twining around their hosts.This twining rope of tiny white flowers coiling around a stem of Goldenrod is the inflorescence of Rope Dodder (Cuscuta glomerata).<a href="https://dresden.network/tags/FloweringFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FloweringFriday</a> <a href="https://dresden.network/tags/Florespondence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Florespondence</a> <a href="https://dresden.network/tags/ParasiticPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ParasiticPlants</a>

Sigrid NeuhauserGuten Morgen! Was war gestern schön was hat euch gefreut. Es sind die kleinen Dinge die zählen. Wenn ihr mögt, lasst eure <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/diekleinendinge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#diekleinendinge</a> hier.Hier: <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Sommerwurzen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sommerwurzen</a> sind parasitische Pflanzen, die kein Chlorophyll besitzen und voll auf die Energie von der Wirtspflanze angewiesen sind. Diese Art parasitiert vermutlich auf Klee, ist aufgrund von Standort und der roten Farbe vermutl. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Orobranche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Orobranche</a> gracilis, bin aber nicht zu 100% sicher. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Biodiversit%C3%A4t" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biodiversität</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bloomscrolling</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/parasiticplants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#parasiticplants</a>

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