Discover ghosts, flowers of the underworld

Unlike other plants, the underworld flowers are white, without chlorophyll. Instead of creating photosynthesis, it lives parasites. The trunk is sometimes completely white, but often has many dark spots, light pink.

When patrolling in the jungle, Que Dong district forest rangers, Hunan province unknowingly discovered strange plants. It is a very rare plant, called a glass spread . Within the whole province of Hunan, this is the first time to discover this type of orchid. It is very valuable for scientific research.

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Lan Lan also has another name, quartz spread.

Lan Lan also has another name, quartz orchid, devil orchid or ghost spread , the scientific name is Monotropa uniflora , the flowering plant in Thach nam family.

Possessing such a fragile and beautiful beauty, due to not photosynthesis, parasitic life, absorbing nutrients from decomposing plants and animals on the wet and dark forest, this flower "has a bad reputation".

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Just touch, the delicate petals will fall.

In Chinese folklore, this plant is considered to be the flower of the underworld, the flower of hell, symbolizing evil. In the martial arts story, they are described as the grass or the grass of the soul, with mysterious powers, to help the completed death.

This rare orchid species lives mainly under the roots of ancient pine and cypress trees, growing on high slopes ranging from 800 to 3,200 meters and cannot be cultivated artificially. They grow into bunches, only about 10-15cm tall, covered with a transparent layer of silk, just touch lightly, fragile petals will fall.

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Only predestined people meet quartz spread.

If picked up from the ground, the whole tree changed color to death. Even with a small scratch, the glass spread will rust and the entire stem will turn dark. Therefore, only predestined people meet the quartz spread. And only meet directly to enjoy the beauty of exotic plants.