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• MML@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I was so disappointed when I learned how hard (I mean I haven’t actually tried it) to culture them, but it makes sense given how they occur.

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  • sneekee_snek_17@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah I wouldn’t try that in a million years, you need, like, an actual functioning ecosystem for them to flourish

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• Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  partial and fully mycoheterotrophic orchids are fascinating. at least 1 kind is native to North america with many species, gastrodia seems to be the most species rich MH. they keep finding new thismia species(1 supposedly existed in america a century ago, but became extinct. the rest lives in South east asia, china, india, and australia area.

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