Ghost Orchids
Ghost Orchid is one of weirdest plant species. Most of the year, this plant grows and lives under ground stealing sugar and nutrients from fungus. If year has been good for fungus, this plant can get enough energy for flowering. Sometimes it can stay under ground for years.
We visited one location for this species. We searched for an hour and in this time we managed to find seven stems. This year was not good for this species since in good year it could be possible to find ten times more flowering stems. Plants were also pretty small.
Photographing was not easy since this plant grows in deepest spruce forest.
H.A.