Indian-pipe Monotropa uniflora Indian pipe Monotropaceae. Photograph below shows typical cluster of stems, leafy bracts, and flowers.
Flowers become upright as fruit matures.
Because Indian pipe is an indirect parasite of the autotrophic plant, it is sometimes referred to as an epiparasite. Common in moist woods where soil is covered by layer of decaying leaves. Photographed in Georgian Court College's pinelands.