Indian Pipe

wow cool1!

This is probably the most beautiful image of Indian Pipe I've ever seen! I have my own spottings of this unique plant, but they were pink. I guess they were the 2nd flowering. :-)

I've never heard of a fungus called Indian Pipe. I believe you may be thinking about the same thing. Indian Pipe are parasitic on fungi. So this plant lives off the fungi which live off trees.

Sorry, we have Indian Pipe fungus here in Pennsylvania. Not paying attention.

This isn't a fungus Carol Snow Milne. It is a true plant. It has a symbiotic relationship with certain fungi though.

Difficult to believe it is fungus. Such a beautiful "flower". Congrats on the feature in the recent blog.

Congratulations, Scott! Your interesting Indian Pipe was featured in my Project Noah blog post, "It's Life - unique abilities for unique organisms" today! http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/44147069639/its-life-unique-abilities-for-unique-organisms

I could not imagine is related to blueberries!

Nice!

"Its beauty is heart capturing!"

Fun Fact: Non-photosynthetic the Indian pipe, is also called corpse plant. But it's really a flowering plant-- in the blueberry family!