Found along the Perry Creek trail off the Mountain Loop Hwy, WA.
Corallorhiza maculata, or spotted coralroot, is a North American coralroot orchid flower. Varieties are also known as western coralroot and summer coralroot. It is found from Mexico to Canada, mostly in woodlands. This orchid is a myco-heterotroph; it lacks chlorophyll and gets food by parasitizing the mycelium of fungi in the family Russulaceae.
Source en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corallorhiza_maculata accessed 25 April 2010
Myco-heterotrophy is a symbiotic relationship between certain kinds of plants and fungi, in which the plant gets all or part of its food from parasitism upon fungi rather than from photosynthesis.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myco-heterotrophy accessed 26 April 2010
Washington Park, Anacortes, Skagit County,Washington, USA
Washington Park 030
Corallorhiza maculata, or spotted coralroot, is a North American coralroot orchid flower. Varieties are also known as western coralroot and summer coralroot. It is found from Mexico to Canada, mostly in woodlands. This orchid is a myco-heterotroph; it lacks chlorophyll and gets food by parasitizing the mycelium of fungi in the family Russulaceae.
Source en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corallorhiza_maculata accessed 25 April 2010
Myco-heterotrophy is a symbiotic relationship between certain kinds of plants and fungi, in which the plant gets all or part of its food from parasitism upon fungi rather than from photosynthesis.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myco-heterotrophy accessed 26 April 2010
Washington Park, Anacortes, Skagit County,Washington, USA
Washington Park 017
Maybe Corallorhiza maculata. I'm not sure.
Corallorhiza maculata, or spotted coralroot, is a North American coralroot orchid flower. Varieties are also known as western coralroot and summer coralroot. It is found from Mexico to Canada, mostly in woodlands. This orchid is a myco-heterotroph; it lacks chlorophyll and gets food by parasitizing the mycelium of fungi in the family Russulaceae. The rhizome and lower stem are often knotted into branched coral shapes. The stem is usually red or brown in color, but occasionally...
