The Mysterious world of Forest Ghost Flower

Jan6,2024

Credit: Google

The Forest Ghost Flower is native to India and is found under the dark, shaded forest flower

Credit: Wiki

Root Parasite

This flower usually grows during Monsoon season

Credit: Twitter

Monsoon Flower

The flowers have a curious shape. The sepal tube is 2-4 cm long and is split from which emerges a rosy pink flowers tube.

Credit: Twitter

Curious Sepal Tube

The flowers look like rose buds in brownish holders, which literally is what the Marathi name, Gulabdani means.

Credit: Twitter

Rose buds

The Forest Ghost Flower is found in Tropical and Subtropical Asia. In India it is found in the Western Ghats and East Himalaya

Credit: Twitter

PlaceĀ 

Known as Mohavea confertiflora flowers March to April, and what is unique to the species is that it does not produce nectar

Credit: Twitter

No nectar

Ghost flower attracts the same pollinators to its flowers through floral mimicry

Credit: Wikipedia

Floral mimicry