#Corallorhiza mertensiana is an orchid that lives on nutrients passed to it by ectomycorrhizal fungi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycorrhiza#Ectomycorrhiza) it has in common with surrounding trees. Quite a lot of variation in flower form from what I saw.

#flowers #botany #orchid #photography #bloomscrolling #TsleilWaututh #VancouverBC

A short hike up Mt Seymour the other day -
#Campanula lactiflora (blue bell-shaped flowers, non-native, sunny meadow)
#Castilleja miniata (greater #paintbrush, tuft of orange bracts, full sunlight)
#Chamaenerion angustifolium (#fireweed; spike of magenta flowers, a bee, and another pollinator, maybe a fly?, full sunlight)
#Corallorhiza mertensiana (Pacific #coralroot, magenta and green #orchid flower, very dark woods)

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Alt: as above