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13-JUL-2013

Indian Pipes or Ghost Plant or Corpse Plant

Silver Lake Nature Center, Bristol, PA

Unlike most plants, it is white and does not contain chlorophyll.
Instead of generating energy from sunlight, it is parasitic, more specifically a myco-heterotroph.
Its hosts are certain fungi that are mycorrhizal with trees, meaning it ultimately gets its energy from photosynthetic trees.
Since it is not dependent on sunlight to grow, it can grow in very dark environments as in the understory of dense forest.
The complex relationship that allows this plant to grow also makes propagation difficult.
Quoted from Wikipedia Encyclopedia.

Canon EOS 60D ,Canon EF-S 17-55mm f2.8
1/15s f/9.0 at 55.0mm iso100 hide exif
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Date/Time13-Jul-2013 12:18:29
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ModelCanon EOS 60D
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length55 mm
Exposure Time1/15 sec
Aperturef/9
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias-0.67
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joseantonio19-Jul-2013 04:19
Great find and capture.V.
waterfalls man19-Jul-2013 01:13
Great Capture V!1
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