Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Bring out your pinks, 1 by tombaak

tombaak wrote:
Now this one might not win a traditional "beauty" contest, but is so cool i had to post it.

It is snow plant (Sarcodes sanguinea), one of the truly magnificent (and rare) wildflowers of the Sierra Nevada Mountain. Like a fungus, it lacks chlorophyll and is nonphotosynthetic, no leaves, no green, nothing but wow. I took this picture last weekend on a drive up to Lake Tahoe (less than 45 min, I'm so lucky).