Ozette Coralroot (Corallorhiza maculata var. ozettensis)

In Explore June 8, 2009, #290.

Published in an article on the website of the American Orchid Society: www.aos.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&CONTENTID=78...

Saturday, June 6, 2009, the Washington Native Orchid Society had a field trip to Whidbey Island in the San Juans. Under the guidance of Chelsea Kieffer from Maryland we examined a new location for this very rare orchid, found only in two locations in western Washington and first described as a new species in 2001. We not only saw this rare species but two other more common Coralroots, a Listera, a Goodyera and some Calypsos (these had gone to seed as had the Listera).