Colin Purrington<p>Dodder bursting out of a host stem to flower. They don't usually reside inside other plants so this was worth a pic. Normally they just wrap around another plant and send in root-like haustoria to suck the juices out, like the situation you can see on the left. <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/cuscuta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cuscuta</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/dodder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dodder</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/convolvulaceae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>convolvulaceae</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/parasitic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parasitic</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/parasite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parasite</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plants</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/botany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>botany</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a></p>