These flowers' white blossoms transform into crystal clear windows.

Ghost plant, monotropa uniflora, in Mt. Talbert Park, Clackamas, Oregon.

For this month's Field Notes, Susan Knight explores the ecology of Indian Pipe, spooky looking white plants that skip photosynthesis and steal sugar from…

Name: Ghost Orchid (Dendrophylax lindenii); Range: S. Florida, Bahamas, & Cuba

This week I had the rare privelege of visiting the habitat of Florida's legendary "Ghost Orchid", Dendrophylax lindenii. You may know of this orchid from Susan Orleans' book, The Orchid Thief. The movie Adaptation, which starred Meryl Streep and Nicholas Cage. was based on the book. Dendrophylax lindenii. is a rare leafless orchid that grows in the swamps of Southwest Florida. You have to wade through waist-deep water to get to it. It has been artificially propagated and some have succeeded…

monotropa uniflora (ghost plant)

Monotropa uniflora. PNW native, zones 4-8. Shade 'ice plant'