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>>/4398/ Host took all those pics with the Pixel. He took a lot of the choughs to catch a few in flight. The carnivorous plant is Pinguicula alpina. It catches tiny insects on its sticky leaves https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinguicula_alpina The parasitic orchid is Neottia nidus-avis. It has no green parts and gets all energy from mycorrhizal fungi that live in symbiosis with trees. The orchid pretends to be a symbiotic plant and attracts fungal hyphae into its roots, then digests them without giving them anything. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neottia_nidus-avis >>/4395/ Grape roots easily go 5-6 m deep into the soil, old plants can reach more than 20m. We have a grape in the garden that's about 20 yeas old but it doesn't do too well due to lack of sun. It has a few handful of fruit every year. Our Epiphyllum cactus is flowering, th flowers are the size of a child's head and smell like soap. Unfortunately they only last a few days. Pic related, we missed the flowers in full bloom. The Pithaya and Queen of the Night refuse to flower like almost every year.