Hanging Olshkra

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Hanging Olshkra
(Hyalokremanthes ornamentus)
Artwork of Hanging Olshkra
Species is extant.
Creator Hydromancerx Other
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Kyanozoa
Hyalophyta
Vitricaulopsida
Hyalopthalmales
Hyalokremanthaceae
Hyalokremanthes
Hyalokremanthes ornamentus
Week/Generation 25/155
Habitat Dixon Tropical Rainforest , Dixon Temperate Rainforest , Dixon Tropical Woodland, Dixon Temperate Woodland
Size 40 cm Long
Primary Mobility Sessile
Support Unknown
Diet Parasite (Obsidiroot, Obsidian Shrub), Photosynthesis
Respiration Unknown
Thermoregulation Ectotherm
Reproduction Asexual, Airborne Spores
Descendant of Ancestor of

The hanging olshkra replaced its ancestor the dixon olshkra. With so much competition for space in the rainforest and woodlands they took up a new niche, a parasitic niche on black flora like the obsidiroot. There it hangs down from the leaves of its host. Its roots excrete a special chemical that allows its roots to burrow into the leaves and access their veins of the leaf. While they can still photosynthesize they get most of their energy from their host.

Due to its hanging location it has developed airborne spores in which are expelled from the "bottom" of it during the "dry" season. These spores float though the air until they hit hit the leaves of other black flora trees. Some host trees can have hundreds of hanging olshkra making them look like they were decorated with Christmas ornaments. While herbivores like the Tileobsidian eat the leaves they grow on they typically do not get eaten. Mainly because of their glass-like nature which most fauna do not like to eat.