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I managed to successfully transplant this. We removed a bundle from the middle of a walking path, so it would have a chance to survive. K...Read More
This plant was growing in a pile of moist, decaying leaves in a shady spot of our small wooded area in Lebanon, Oregon. I had never s...Read More
No one has mentioned one of the most bizarre characteristics of this plant -- in SW Michigan woods, at least, it glows in the dark. One ...Read More
I'm hoping to collect seed and try my luck underneath a young Beech growing in my woodland garden. I will try in late summer when the pl...Read More
I don't believe that this species has been cultivated---it does not grow in gardens, and certainly not in pots. It cannot be successfully...Read More
Yikes! My house was built on a piece of ground that had been heavily wooded. I have seen these little plants come up around the trees tha...Read More
I found this odd plant in the margin between the lawn and forest just last summer- in 2010. I live in zone 3! I had never seen it in th...Read More
I saw this neat plant many years ago in northern Minnesota.
I had just seen an information plaque on a hike in Vermont about this plant, but there were none growing at the time. Lo and behold, I g...Read More
Beautiful plant growing along the edges of our pine plantation in East Texas this fall after a very wet September. Like many, we first th...Read More
According to "National Audobon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers", this plant IS saprophytic. Regardless, it is a wonder...Read More
Nitpicky details:
No one has this quite right. The plant isn't saprophytic. It can't break down organic material like a fungus. ...Read More
I've found a small amount of Indian Pipe growing in Washington State, on the coast, in 60 or 70 year old forest. It doesn't thrive but t...Read More
It was great to come across this plant while hiking near Toccoa, GA. There is some Cherokee folk lore about the origin of the Indian Pip...Read More
These only co-grow with Milk Mushrooms.
Genera: Lactarius and Russula
When cut these mushrooms ooze white latex.
Neatest little plants. I just love finding them. I think this is a plant I'd like to add to my property some day. They lack chlorophyll a...Read More
Indian Pipe grows all over my property, emerging in mid-summer and lasting for several weeks. They flourish in woodland soil, rich with ...Read More
Info found on the Internet regarding propagation.
Propagation:
This is going to be an exceedingly difficult plant t...Read More
This plant grows in the woods back of our house. I seldom see it growing in the same place from year to year. It is a very interesting pl...Read More
I have always loved this unique 'plant' and finally captured a shot of it this past summer. My husband and I always have a 'contest' each...Read More
I saw one of these just this week, on the edge of the woods that border our property. I was really fascinated by it -- had never seen an...Read More
From my references, M.uniflora and the other Monotropas ( 12 genera & 30 species) are now classified as belonging to the Monotropaceae f...Read More
Indian-Pipe
Monotropa uniflora
Family Pyrolaceae
Characteristics:
* Plant translucent, waxy, pipe-lik...Read More
I first seen this last year,at the edge of my neighbors woods.I tried to transplant it into my moist,most shade garden of cobra lilys,gin...Read More
Indian pipes are very common in the Catskill Mountains of NY. They grow wild in the woods all over, but I have never seen them in a garden.
This unusual plant is found quite often in the Ocala National Forest in north central Florida.
The Monotropa uniflora contains no chlorophyll and can't carry on photosynthesis, they must derive their metabolic energy in other ways. ...Read More
I have not grown this plant but found some while playing in the woods as a child. They were fasinating to me and dug some up and brought...Read More
This is a perennial herbaceous plant,which can reach 8inches in height.The the entire plant is white or in some cases pinkish turning bla...Read More