Ms. Que Banh<p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/IndianGhostPipe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndianGhostPipe</span></a> - <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MonotropaUniflora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MonotropaUniflora</span></a></p><p>Herbaceous, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/perennial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>perennial</span></a> flowering plant.</p><p>It can't generate its own chlorophyll & is <a href="https://beige.party/tags/parasitic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parasitic</span></a> - specifically <a href="https://beige.party/tags/mycoheterotroph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mycoheterotroph</span></a>. Its <a href="https://beige.party/tags/symbiotic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>symbiotic</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/fungi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fungi</span></a> hosts are in the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Russulaceae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russulaceae</span></a> family.</p><p>Through the fungal web of <a href="https://beige.party/tags/mycorrhizae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mycorrhizae</span></a>, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/GhostPipe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GhostPipe</span></a> roots sap food from where the host fungi are connected to the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/photosynthetic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photosynthetic</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trees</span></a>. Clustered node roots of this plant are covered in hairs called <a href="https://beige.party/tags/cystidium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cystidium</span></a>. The <a href="https://beige.party/tags/cystidia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cystidia</span></a> found on these roots allow easy attachment to <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FungiHyphae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FungiHyphae</span></a>. As it's not dependent on sunlight to grow, it can grow in very dark environments, like understories of forests.</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Cherokee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cherokee</span></a> peoples feature the "pipe plant" in some of their <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CreationStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CreationStories</span></a>. The legend states that the plant was named "Indian pipe" due to a group of chiefs quarreling without resolution, while passing a pipe around during the dispute; the Great Spirit then turned the chiefs into the plant, as they should have smoked the sacred pipe after making peace with each other. The plant is said to grow wherever friends have quarreled.</p><p>Native to <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PacificNorthwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PacificNorthwest</span></a> & a few other areas too.</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/NotAFungi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NotAFungi</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PlantIdentification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlantIdentification</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PlantLovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlantLovers</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ParasiticPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ParasiticPlants</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/InterestingPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InterestingPlants</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Wsanec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wsanec</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Saanich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Saanich</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PNW</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIsland</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VanIsle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VanIsle</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/cascadia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cascadia</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/LearnAboutPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearnAboutPlants</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bloomscrolling</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/StrangeFlowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StrangeFlowers</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ForestPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForestPlants</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/YYJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YYJ</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WildPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WildPlants</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NativePlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativePlants</span></a></p>