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Pine Forest. 10,000ft
Hello Donn. Thanks for this wonderful shot of a really stunning mycoheterotrophic (fungal parasite) orchid! Gordon's right on Corallorhiza, my money would be on a form of C.maculata.
This is one of the coralroot orchids in the genus Corallorhiza. To narrow your ID search, you might want to start at http://plants.usda.gov/java/Classificati.... I'd be curious as to what you might find.
Spotted on Jul 16, 2011
Submitted on Feb 3, 2012
