Editor's note: The ghost pipe is rare in California, and the National Park Service discourages visitors from touching or picking the plant for any reason. “Is that it?” my friend Jonah asks, pointing ...

Internet is a great tool of discovery. Many things which have been forgotten before are now resurfacing on the internet, and on this list is an ancient ghost flower. Deep within cool, shaded forests, ...

Deep in Japan’s ancient forests, where sunlight struggles to pierce the dense canopy, grows a cluster of translucent white blossoms that seem almost otherworldly. Known as ghost flowers, these ...

Japanese botanist Kenji Suetsugu's childhood fascination with ghost flowers led to a career uncovering their secrets. These unique mycoheterotrophic plants survive without photosynthesis by ...