{"id":19673,"date":"2024-08-13T07:13:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T11:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=19673"},"modified":"2024-08-13T07:13:02","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T11:13:02","slug":"maine-ghost-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=19673","title":{"rendered":"Maine! Ghost Plant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-attachment-id=\"19672\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?attachment_id=19672\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/dsc06595-1.jpg?fit=1963%2C2000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1963,2000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-6700&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1723459406&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dsc06595-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/dsc06595-1.jpg?fit=294%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/dsc06595-1.jpg?fit=904%2C921&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"904\" height=\"921\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/dsc06595-1.jpg?resize=904%2C921&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-19672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/dsc06595-1.jpg?resize=1005%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1005w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/dsc06595-1.jpg?resize=294%2C300&amp;ssl=1 294w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/dsc06595-1.jpg?resize=768%2C782&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/dsc06595-1.jpg?resize=1508%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1508w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/dsc06595-1.jpg?resize=887%2C904&amp;ssl=1 887w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/dsc06595-1.jpg?w=1963&amp;ssl=1 1963w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/dsc06595-1.jpg?w=1808&amp;ssl=1 1808w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Indian Pipe (or Ghost Plant), Rachel Carson Headland Trail (at the headquarters), Wells, Maine, USA, August 2024 \u2014 Growing up in up-state New York, we called this Indian Pipe, but I see that many internet resources are using the name Ghost Plant. I can see why\u2026it does have a definite ghostly appearance. It is a flowering plant, each stem producing one flower, but it has no chlorophyll and cannot use sunlight to generate nourishment. Instead it is parasitic on Russula type mushrooms, which are themselves parasitic on the roots of host trees. Ultimately the Ghost Plant gets its nutrients third hand. Talk about complicated living arrangements. This arrangement does mean that it can grow in deep undergrowth under dense canopy where little sunlight penetrates. Sony a6700 with the Tamron 50-400 Di iii VC VXD zoom at 75mm equivalent. Program mode with my macro modifications. ISO 2000 @ f4.5 @ 1\/250th. 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