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Thismia
Thismia, the fairy lanterns, is a genus of small, leafless, fungus-dependent plants in the Burmanniaceae family, found across East and Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand and the Americas. They get their energy from fungi in forest soil rather than sunlight, so they are wild woodland plants and are not realistically grown in gardens or as houseplants.
Thismia is a genus of myco-heterotrophic plants in family Burmanniaceae, known as "fairy lanterns". They are native to East and Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and the Americas.
The flowers of Thismia tentaculata are pollinated by fungus gnats. The flowers of Thismia hongkongensis are visited by fungus gnats and scuttle flies.
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