July 2, 1964
Some of our oddest, prettiest, and most interesting wildplants are to found among the saprophytes (that get their nourishment from decayed or decaying plant matter) and parasites (those that pilfer their food, or most of it, from living plants).
One of the most interesting and attractive of the saprophytes is the Ghost pipe, or ghost flower. After several years of searching I found a number of these plants down among the redwoods…
