Nighttime Flowers?

Hello. I would like to know what kind of flowers would be able to survive in a world without any sun. I'm an author and would like to know. The environment would have no sun, moderate rain, and temperature ranging from forty degrees to seventy-five degrees. If there are any types of flowers that actually exist that would survive in such an environment, I would like to know. If not, I would like to know what the flowers in such an environment would be like.

Nighttime Flowers?
Indian pipes are a non-chlorophytic plant that parasitize certain fungi. The only problem is, those fungi are the kind that have symbiotic relations with living trees. So it still comes back to sunlight.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_pipe...





You could probably take some literal license and have some indian pipes that feed on non-tree dependant fungi.





Then there's these guys, which are not plants, but aso survive independant of chlorophyll


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_tube_...





but aside from them and some bacteria that live deep underground and around volcanic vents, all other life ultimately derive their energy from chlorophyll/sunlight.
Reply:Dodder (Cuscuta species) and Boomrape (Orobanch species) have no chlorophyll so they dont need sun but there is another problem here!... they are parasites of other plants... so if there is no sunshine, there would be no green plants OR parasite plants!!!... You are an author... use your imagination and create a new plant (for example Orobanche vampirica!) that sucks blood!!!...
Reply:Some flowers open at night, but the rest of the plant requires sun. Night blooming jasmine, evening primrose and others open at night to be pollinated by moths and bats.
Reply:Some slimes and molds can grow with the conditions you describe.


But to have flowers


(by that i guess you mean flowering plants)


you need sunlight in our world.


Are you writing fiction?


If so, you have free range


to invent a flowering plant to fit your need.



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