Phoenix Vine

The phoenix vine is a hybrid of the phoenix vase and phoenix tubes. Due to the long winters without sunlight its ancestors struggled to survive. It developed a new way to survive in the winter by becoming parasitic. It now grows in long wrapping vines that take over the outsides of the ladyM korystal and segmented pyamus. It can now produce special acidic sap which melts though the hard chitin covering of the crystal flora it feeds on. By feeding on the filter-feeding crystal flora it can keep growing all year. Once the sun returns in the summer it can use its small photosynthetic bells and produce spores from them. Like its ancestor the phoenix vase, the bell opening can close off until its ready to squirt out its spores. But like its other ancestor the phoenix tubes, it grows more than one bell in order to increase its chances of reproduction. Each bell is much smaller than either ancestor since it must focus more energy on growing its vine-like roots. It has replaced both of its ancestors. They reproduce a cloud of irritating spores every six months, tainting the surrounding water a slight orange. Once the spores have found a safe spot to grow, they eventually reach maturity within three months. They tend to grow in thick clusters with each main stalk possessing three or four secondary side "heads". It retracts and extends it leaves via pumping water either out or in, based on the circumstances.