How Does the Indian Pipe Plant Make Its Own Food?
The Indian Pipe plant doesn't make its own food! It's actually a parasite that steals nutrients from fungi. Yep, it's a sneaky plant!
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Hot take: Indian Pipe is the lazy roommate of the plant world, mooching off fungi for all its nutrients instead of making its own food.
I've seen Indian Pipe in the wild, and it's true鈥攖his plant relies on mycorrhizal fungi for nutrients. No sunlight needed!
Indian Pipe, aka the 'ghost plant,' doesn't photosynthesize like most plants. It taps into fungal networks connected to trees to get its grub.
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