Ghost Plant
by Sue Capuano
Title
Ghost Plant
Artist
Sue Capuano
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Photograph - Photography
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During a walk on a misty day I spotted something glowing off the side of the trail, upon closer inspection I realized it was the mysterious Indian Pipe or Ghost Plant. It is a herbaceous perennial that contains no chlorophyll. Instead of generating food using the energy from sunlight, it is parasitic, and more specifically a myco-heterotroph. Its hosts are certain fungi that are mycorrhizal with trees, meaning it ultimately gets its food from photosynthetic trees. Since it is not dependent on sunlight to grow, it can grow in very dark environments as in the understory of dense forest.
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August 11th, 2023
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Alana Ranney
Congratulations on your unique artwork and your feature show cased on our homepage of the Maine Fine Art Photography USA group!!! It is with great pleasure for me to show off the best of the State of Maine and give recognition to our friends and fine artist who are active members of the group. Sharing, Favorited and Pinning to new Pintresst board to help to promote our group and your images. You can find it at https://www.pinterest.com/afinephoto/mfaf-maine-fine-art-photographers-usa/
Doris Potter
Lovely image! The black background and little green "star-bursts" set off the beautiful, translucent Indian Pipes.
Larry Kniskern
Congratulations, Sue – your naturally white object has been featured by the Go Take a Hike Photography Group! Feel free to add it to the 2023 Featured Images thread in the group discussion board for archive.
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