These were some interesting flowers we came across while hiking this weekend. I thought they were mushrooms at first, because of the color and texture. But inside the bell were stamens and pollen. My wife did a quick google search and came to the conclusion it was called ghost pipe. Anyone familiar with or recognize this plant? Metta-Morpheus attached the following image(s):  IMG_1022.JPG (160kb) downloaded 49 time(s).“You think that’s air you’re breathing?” -Morpheus
“Whoa fellas, I’m feeling kinda bowling ball-ish.” -Leopold Butters Stoch
It’s got what plants crave. -Brawndo
Magic is here for us all to feel. Naming it isn’t what makes it real.
Running around for us all to know, noticing isn’t what makes it so... -Avett Brothers
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I've encountered similar chlorophyll-lacking plants before. They are quite bizarre. In order to obtain nutrition, some are assisted by fungi. Whether this relationship operates as symbiosis or more in the direction of parasitism depends on the plant species, but I don't know any more than that! One of them - known as "Dutchman's pipe" - has been mentioned in a thread here before. I think they are closely related if not the same species as Ghost pipe. It seems to be another of those plants with purported "cannabis-like" properties, IIRC. Did you take any pictures? “There is a way of manipulating matter and energy so as to produce what modern scientists call 'a field of force'. The field acts on the observer and puts him in a privileged position vis-à-vis the universe. From this position he has access to the realities which are ordinarily hidden from us by time and space, matter and energy. This is what we call the Great Work." ― Jacques Bergier, quoting Fulcanelli
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There’s the pic. I spaced out and forgot to attach it when I posted. I did some reading on ghost pipe, and it said they come out after the rain following a dry spell, which happened. Wikipedia said it’s used as a nervine (anxiolytics). Either way, it was quite an interesting find. “You think that’s air you’re breathing?” -Morpheus
“Whoa fellas, I’m feeling kinda bowling ball-ish.” -Leopold Butters Stoch
It’s got what plants crave. -Brawndo
Magic is here for us all to feel. Naming it isn’t what makes it real.
Running around for us all to know, noticing isn’t what makes it so... -Avett Brothers
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Metta-Morpheus wrote:There’s the pic. I spaced out and forgot to attach it I had a feeling you would say that  Nice picture. It's great to be part of such an innocent botanical photography forum  “There is a way of manipulating matter and energy so as to produce what modern scientists call 'a field of force'. The field acts on the observer and puts him in a privileged position vis-à-vis the universe. From this position he has access to the realities which are ordinarily hidden from us by time and space, matter and energy. This is what we call the Great Work." ― Jacques Bergier, quoting Fulcanelli
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Awesome read kerelsk! Tanks for that. Knowing what it is now, if I come across it again I will harvest some and try this tincture. My wife gets quite a bit of anxiety, and I am interested to see how this might work. “You think that’s air you’re breathing?” -Morpheus
“Whoa fellas, I’m feeling kinda bowling ball-ish.” -Leopold Butters Stoch
It’s got what plants crave. -Brawndo
Magic is here for us all to feel. Naming it isn’t what makes it real.
Running around for us all to know, noticing isn’t what makes it so... -Avett Brothers
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Metta-Morpheus wrote:There’s the pic. I spaced out and forgot to attach it when I posted. I did some reading on ghost pipe, and it said they come out after the rain following a dry spell, which happened. Wikipedia said it’s used as a nervine (anxiolytics).
Either way, it was quite an interesting find. Wow. Quite an appropriate name.
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