Corallorrhiza mertensiana Bong.

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Description: Corallorrhiza mertensiana Bong. Pacific coralroot, western coralroot Orchidaceae Blanca Lake Trail 1052, Snohomish County, Washington, USA 15 Jul 2006 i071506 003 These are mycotrophic plants that obtain their organic carbon from a host green plant by tapping into an intermediary mycorrhizal fungus attached to the roots of the host plant. Myco-heterotrophy is a symbiotic relationship between certain kinds of plants and fungi, in which the plant gets all or part of its food from parasitism upon fungi rather than from photosynthesis. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myco-heterotrophy accessed 26 April 2010 biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.ph.. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchid Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Asparagales Family: Orchidaceae. Date: 15 July 2006, 10:39. Source: Corallorrhiza mertensiana Bong.. Author: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA.