Hanging Olshkra

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.