{"id":31009,"date":"2017-09-20T07:51:48","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T12:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/?p=31009"},"modified":"2017-09-19T15:07:23","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T20:07:23","slug":"unusual-flower-at-whitefish-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/2017\/09\/20\/unusual-flower-at-whitefish-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Unusual Flower at Whitefish Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>ValleyBiz Story |<\/p>\n

A camper spotted this unusual flower in their campsite at Whitefish Lake this summer. <\/p>\n

It is called a Monotropa Uniflora and is alson known as known as Indian Pipe or Ghost Flower.<\/p>\n

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\nSubmitted photos. Click for a larger version.<\/em><\/p>\n

Indian Pipe has no chlorophyll and is a parasitic plant living on on nutrients obtained from fungi that have established a symbiotic relationship with nearby trees.<\/p>\n

It is often mistaken for a fungus because of its lack of color and its tendency to grow in dark, moist places, however it is actually a member of the blueberry family. While the plant grows across most of North America, as well as in Russia, Asia and South America, it is not a commonly encountered wildflower as it does not always appear in the same place each year.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>A single flower pointing downward rests on top of each straight, waxy stem. <\/p>\n

The plant flowers for about a week and then dies and turns black. As a result, they are sometimes also referred to as Corpse Plant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ValleyBiz Story | A camper spotted this unusual flower in their campsite at Whitefish Lake this summer. It is called a Monotropa Uniflora and is alson known as known as Indian Pipe or Ghost Flower. Submitted photos. Click for a larger version. Indian Pipe has no chlorophyll and is a parasitic plant living on on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-31009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-coverage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31009\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}