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Published 6 years ago by kxh with 1 Comments
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The mysterious Pilostyles is a plant within a plant

Only when flowering is Pilostyles visible externally, the flowers erupting from the stems of its host like a weird botanical Alien.

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  • Gozzin
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    Now that's an interesting relationship.

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