Here are a couple more photos. The second photo is of an unidentified saphrophye, or parasitic plant that just cropped up in an imitator tank, and hasn't been seen since. It had no green parts at all, and although on first glance it looks somewhat like an orchid, it is definitely not that. It may one of the saphrophytes or a parasitic species related to the ghost pipes that I've never been able to identify, even with some pretty good help. The blooms were so fragile they virtually melted when I touched them. I keep hoping it will decide to show up again some day. I was unable to collect any seed, as the blooms simply disolved without setting seed capsules.






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Patty
Pahsimeroi, Idaho

D. auratus blue, auratus Ancon Hill, galactonotus orange, galactonotus yellow, fantasticus, reticulatus, imitator, castaneoticus, azureus, pumilio Bastimentos. P. lugubris, vittatus, terribilis mint green, terribilis orange.

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