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Posted: 25 Apr 2016


Taken: 23 Apr 2016

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Keywords

washington
wildflower
corallorhiza
coralroot
western coralroot
mertensiana
merten's coralroot
heteromycotrophic


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Western Coralroot

Western Coralroot
Also known as Merten's Coralroot, this species is found only in the Pacific Northwest but often found in abundance there. Like all the Coralroots it is leafless and without chlorophyll, often growing on dark forest floors. These were photographed on Fidalgo Island in the San Juan's while I was leading a group from the local orchid society to see some of the native orchids there. They were just beginning to bloom and are early like everything else this year. The place where these were photographed has only this dark purple form of the species and is the only place we ever found this form. The species comes in a rainbow of colors, white, pink, yellow, tan, but only there in this beautiful red-purple.

FMW51, , Annemarie, tiabunna and 33 other people have particularly liked this photo


31 comments - The latest ones
 ROL/Photo
ROL/Photo club
Very beautiful colors.. and photo
and thanks Ron for explications
8 years ago.
 Stormlizard
Stormlizard club
Another of natures beautiful creations Ron.
8 years ago.
 Malik Raoulda
Malik Raoulda club
Magnifique et remarquablement présentée .
8 years ago.
 J. Gafarot
J. Gafarot club
Jewelry !
8 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Exceptional capture!
8 years ago.
 Fizgig
Fizgig
What a gorgeous color! Great find and capture =)
This beautiful orchid is included in the Orchidarium group.
8 years ago. Edited 8 years ago.
 Schussentäler
Schussentäler club
beautiful flower
8 years ago.
 Christiane ♥.•*¨`*•✿
Christiane ♥.•*¨`*•✿
Sure a marvelous photograph, Ron ! ******
8 years ago.
 Nora Caracci
Nora Caracci club
very beautiful orchid and excellent portrait as always, Ron !
8 years ago.
Nora Caracci club has added

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8 years ago.
 Eve
Eve
Une fleur toute en finesse, la couleur est superbe !!
8 years ago.
 (*NIKonGT*)
(*NIKonGT*)
brilliant captured and presented
8 years ago.
 Valfal
Valfal
Another new flower that I learned about! Well done, Ron!
8 years ago.
 Esther
Esther club
What a fascinating plant.
8 years ago.
 sasithorn_s
sasithorn_s
Terrific capture of this amazing beauty, Ron!
8 years ago.
 sasithorn_s
sasithorn_s
Beautiful sunny morning here but the temp can reach 40 C around noon}; So very hot and humid!!
Hope you have a lovely day, Ron.
8 years ago.
 Danielle
Danielle
De toute BEAUTÉ ************
8 years ago.
 Pam J
Pam J club
Beautiful and strange !
8 years ago.
 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
Beautiful flower; well captured Ron.
Congrats on Explore.
8 years ago.
 elvigiadelosamaneceres.com
elvigiadelosamanecer… club
Hermosa imagen.
8 years ago.
 Puzzler4879
Puzzler4879


╰⊰✿ Amazing Details ❁⊱╮
8 years ago.
 sasithorn_s
sasithorn_s


╰⊰✿ Amazing Details ❁⊱╮
8 years ago.
 cammino
cammino club
Very interesting ochid! In Germany a leafless and achlorophyllous orchid genus is found too: Epipogium
8 years ago.
 Ecobird
Ecobird club
What a pretty flower. Love the colour. Well found and captured Ron
8 years ago.
 Ecobird
Ecobird club
Félicitations !



Vu et admiré sur Fée NATURE
8 years ago.
 Ecobird
 Marie-claire Gallet
Marie-claire Gallet
Félicitations !



Vu et admiré sur Fée NATURE
8 years ago.
 tiabunna
tiabunna club
A beautiful flower, beautifully taken, Ron.
8 years ago.
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
Great to be back to your so beautiful stream.!
8 years ago.

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