@nisemikol Your comments reminded me of this shot - this is one of my favorite plant photos, and required me to lie down full-frontal on wet forest floor to get the shot. 110% worth it.

Monotropa unifloria - also known as Indian Pipe or Ghost Pipe - a rare parasitic plant that only occasionally shows itself as purple-trimmed white flowers, sometimes pink, very rarely reddish.

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And nowww....found in the back yard!

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A side view of the first cluster and the view of both of them from a distance
(See 2 photos above)

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Another clump in the front yard!

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