ORCHIDACEAE - Orchid Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Palomar Mountain State Park, Silvercrest Trail 6/25/05

This plant has to be searched for under oaks to locate, then once found multiples are normally present, making you wonder how they could have been missed in the first place. This is easily done even when going to a known location year after year due to the dappling effect under the forest canopy, the Coralroots color and size.

Click on Wayne Armstrong'sWayne's Word website for information and images of a Corallorhiza maculata flower and root system.

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