The candy canes of the forest: Candystick! They’re also called sugarstick, candy cane plant, allotropa virgata, and barber’s pole. This absolutely stunning deciduous plant has white and pinky-maroon coloured stripes with white leaves and pink-red flowers that turn black with age. Their flowers are loved by bumblebees which is how the plant is pollinated. Candystick is a myco-heterotroph, which means it obtains its energy and nutrients from fungus in the soil instead of through photosynthesis. It