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[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 4 points 6 days ago

did you know all orchids mycohetrotrophs, they all depend on fungus to germinate, because thier seeds are like tiny and have no food source. some orchids. had taken it further and become something similar like this plant, no chorophyll. we can cultivate phalnopolis(and sell them as house plants) because these are one of the few ones we can artificially germinate the plant, and gastrodia elata is one of the species of fully mycohetrophs that can be cultivated, the other species in the same genus, not so much, very difficult(because they need specific fungal specie and conditions).

its unheard for other mycoheterotrops for the same reason.