Pinedrops (Pterospora andromedea)
Pinedrops may look like a Seussian Christmas tree, but it's actually a sort of cannibal zombie monster inhabiting the nether world between plants and mushrooms, oblivious to the sun and gathering its nutrition from fungi that break down the rotting remnants of more conventional flowers. Take soylent green and kick it up a notch, and you've got Pinedrops.
Blooms: June - August
This Photo: Along the Wawona Meadow trail, early July
More Pinedrops
 The Plant |
 Last Year's Model |