Corallorhiza maculata (Spotted Coral Root): Go Orchids
网页Like other members of its genus, this orchid is myco-heterotrophic: it primarily obtains nutrients not from photosynthesis but through mycorrhizal fungi. It produces up to 41 flowers with brown, yellow, or reddish petals and a white labellum spotted with purple (from which it derives its common name).
Corallorhiza maculata - Spotted Coralroot - US Forest Service
网页Corallorhiza maculata (Corallorhiza – corallion – coral and rhiza – root; coralroot; – refers to the underground stems, rhizomes, appearing like an ocean coral and maculata – spotted; refers to its prominently spotted lip (labellum). Corallorhiza maculata var. flavida. Photo by Charles Peirce. Corallorhiza maculata. Photo by Danny Shimmon.
Corallorhiza maculata - Wikipedia
网页Corallorhiza maculata, or spotted coralroot, is a North American coralroot orchid. [2] It has four varieties: C. maculata var. occidentalis (western spotted coralroot), C. maculata var. maculata (eastern spotted coralroot or summer coralroot), C. maculata var. mexicana, and C. maculata var. ozettensis.
About Coralroot Orchids - US Forest Service
网页Coralroots develop intimate relationships with ectomycorrhizal fungi in the soil. One species, the Spotted coralroot (Corallorhiza maculata), is known to have at least six distinct genotypes, each of which is associated with a different fungus.
Corallorhiza Maculata, Spotted Coralroot - American Southwest
网页Brown wildflowers of western USA: Corallorhiza maculata, spotted coralroot: leafless, yellow/brown or red stems, and up to 40 reddish flowers; inhabits shady coniferous woodland, from sea level to 10,000 feet
Coralroot Orchids - US Forest Service
网页In our second installment of exploring the world of mycotrophic wildflowers, we examine the subtle beauty of the coralroot orchids in the genus Corallorhiza. As with most mycotrophic wildflowers, most coralroot orchids do not photosynthesize—except for Corallorhiza trifida— spending most of their existence underground until the time comes ...
Corallorhiza maculata — spotted coral-root - Go Botany
网页Spotted coral-root is a saprophytic orchid, meaning that it obtains its nutrients from decaying organic matter through a parasitic relationship with a fungal mycelium, rather than from photosynthesis. It gets its common name from spots on the labellum, and from the swollen and branched, coral-like form of the rhizome.
Corallorhiza maculata (Large Coral Root, Many-Flowered Coral Root ...
网页10-40 dull, purplish-brown flowers on the leafless stalk; the lobed lip is white, spotted with red. It can self pollinate but is also pollinated by insects. Leaves: Deciduous Leaf Fall Color: Brown/Copper Gold/Yellow Leaf Type: Sheath Hairs Present: No Leaf Description: This plant has no leaves; Bark: Bark Color: Green Light Brown Red/Burgundy ...
Corallorhiza maculata (Raf.) Raf. - Calflora
网页Spotted coralroot, Summer coral root, Summer coralroot. Corallorhiza maculata is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond. Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora. Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public ...
Corallorhiza maculata in Flora of North America @ efloras.org
网页Inflorescences: racemes dense to lax, 10–65 × 1.5–6.5 cm. Flowers 6–41, conspicuous; perianth open; sepals directed forward to somewhat spreading, brown, tan, red, or yellow, often darker distally, lanceolate, 3-veined, 4.7–15 mm; petals frequently curved toward column, nearly adhering to it, tan to yellowish, often red distally ...