trefle.io · Taken Jul 25, 2021 by Jessica Sivret (cc-by-sa)
Ericaceae
Indian-pipe
Monotropa uniflora
Also known as Ghost plant, Ice plant, Monotropa morisonii, Monotropa morisoniana
Native Plants · Mycoheterotroph · Ghost Plant · Forest Floor · Shade Plant · Non-Photosynthetic · Parasitic Plant · Woodland · Unusual · Collector · Wildflower
Indian-pipe (Monotropa uniflora) is a fascinating non-photosynthetic, mycoheterotrophic plant that cannot be grown or purchased as a conventional houseplant or garden specimen. It survives entirely by parasitizing soil fungi connected to the roots of nearby trees and will not survive transplantation. It is best appreciated in its natural shaded forest habitat and should never be collected or disturbed.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 1 hours
- Watering
- Cannot be watered or grown conventionally; requires intact forest mycorrhizal network · Not applicable — not cultivatable
- Maintenance
- High
- Soil
- peat
- Soil pH
- 4.5–5.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Alberta, Arkansas, Assam, British Columbia, California, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Connecticut, Delaware, District Of Columbia, East Himalaya, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Japan
Sources: trefle, usda
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