This parasitic plant consists of just flashy flowers and creepy suckers
With only four known species, Langsdorffia are thieves stripped down to their essentials
![Langsdorffia hypogaea male and female](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/072420_sm_alive-parasitic_feat.jpg?fit=1028%2C579&ssl=1)
Supreme grifters of the plant kingdom send up showy flowers (Langsdorffia hypogaea male, left; female, right) but don’t bother with even a single green leaf. Instead they just sneak around underground and steal all their food.
Jean Carlos Santos