This extraordinary mode of nutrition, first recognised more than a century ago, is hidden in the initially myco-heterotrophic plants and in the fully achlorophyllous species continues to be misrepresented by many botanists as a form of 'saprophytism'. As a consequence, the parasitic dependence ...
Saprophytic orchids also called fully mycoheterotrophic orchids, without leaves and chlorophyll, losing the photosynthetic ability to create organic matter and depending entirely on mycorrhizal fungi for their supply of nutrition. In recent years, their unconventional mode of life have attracted attention o...