This orchid has no green parts. It is mycotrophic – it gets its nutrients by parasitizing fungi. It sends up slender red flower stalks in October and November. The rest of the year the plants aren’t visible.
A group of flower stalks 11/3/2007
Flowers 11/3/2007
Close-up of flower 10/5/2007
Spent flowers 8/31/2008
