Andrew Trundlewagon's photos with the keyword: orchid

Helleborine (Epipactis helleborine) is an orchid that turned up as a "weed" in the garden.

This is Eastern spotted coralroot (Corallorhiza maculata/ Corallorhize maculée) with closer views of the face and side of the flower. It is a wild orchid that blooms in the shade of the forest floor. Growing with so little light it has forgone photosynthesis and lacks chlorophyll. It survives entirely by parasitizing soil fungi. The subterranean part of the plant is a bulbous mass that is said to resemble a coral (hence the name). The only time the plant shows above ground is to send up a stem carrying small flowers, that are difficult to appreciate without a close look. Despite their small size the flowers are beautifully engineered for pollination.

The tiny flower of the spotted coral root orchid, a woodland flower that survives by taking nutrients from fungi. It has no chlorophyll and no leaves. St. Bruno, Quebec

Coral root orchid. Coral roots (Corallorhiza) are orchids that, with one exception, make no chlorophyll and live by taking (stealing) nutrients from fungi in the soil (myco-heterotrophy). Most of the plant is below ground, (the coral root) growing in intimate contact with its fungal provider. All that appears above ground is a single leafless shoot with an array of small, rather delicate flowers. Found on the forest floor, park St. Bruno, Quebec.

A wild orchid, Galearis spectabilis or showy orchis growing in shade in the woods, St Bruno, Quebec.