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"Rupert \(W.Yorkshire\)" writes:
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| I grow reasonable clumps of ivy broomrape (orobanche hederae) on the
| ivy growing on some of my trees. Its a root parasite of ivy.
| You don't actually see anything until it flowers - when it looks like
| some kind of orchid. Seed from Chiltern.
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| John that's going to cost me money Chiltern here I come. I've had a look
| at the description and it sounds like it grows in the ground as tubers?
| I assume from what you say that it can be treated as an epiphytic type
| thing way up in the branches of an ivy clad tree.

No, it's a root parasite. It builds tubers from what it takes from the
roots, and the flowers arise from those - according to CTW.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.