hello all,
i have been noticing a lot of these little plants in some of the caves in the Organ Plateau. they are not very big plants by any means maybe about 3-4 inches high with two little leaves at the very top. If these plants have the time to grow large enough they will produce a tiny yellow flower in the middle of the two leaves. The most remarkable thing about these plants is that the two leaves at the top are green. I have spoken to a Biologist about these plants and he says that the high nitrogen level in the soil ,of this particular cave that i found them in first, was the cause of the green leaves. I figured he was right until monday when i went into a tiny little cave in the bottom of a sinkhole. this cave was on average two feet high for the whole 500ft long. at about 300ft in i found the same plant growing in this cave. I do not believe it is the nitrogen causing these plants to be green because there was no evidence of nitrogen in this tiny cave. The other cave i found these plants in was full of nitrogen because it was a huge cave and full of salt peatier.
Basically I am wondering if anyone out there has the answer to my mysterious plants. If you do i would love the help. I am going into the first cave this Monday to test the soil and see if it is indeed high enough in nitrogen to produce green plants.
p.s. these plants i am finding are up to a half a mile deep in the cave so i know for a fact there is zero light getting to them.