Yellow Coralroot (Corallorhiza trifida)
Also known as the early coralroot, the yellow coralroot is unusual compared to other members of the Corallorhiza genus in that it is the only one that produces its own chlorophyll like nearly all green plants (hence the yellowish-green color) and is only partly parasitic on the surrounding plants for its nourishment and nutritional needs. Found all around the Northern Hemisphere, this one was found in an area with several colonies that were mostly finished blooming and starting to go to fruit just outside of Aspen, Colorado in the Rocky Mountains at about 8000-9000 feet in elevation. The curious thing about the ones in this area is that the labellum on each flower was pure white and the rest of the flower and stem was pure yellow.
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America, Angiosperms, Asparagales, Aspen, C. trifida, Colorado, Corallorhiza, Corallorhiza trifida, Corallorhiza trifida var. verna, Epidendroideae, Independence Pass, Monocots, Orchidaceae, Pass, Pitkin County, Plantae, Rocky Mountains, Subalpine, USA, United States, alpine, beautiful, beauty, bloom, blooming, blooms, blossom, blossoms, botany, bud, color, early coralroot, field, flora, floral, flower, flowers, forb, fresh, herb, macro, monocot, myco-heterotrophy, myco-heterotropic, native, natural, nature, northern coralroot, orchid, parasite, parasitic, perennial, plant, plants, saprophyte, summer, terrestrial, wild, wildflowers, yellow, yellow coralroot
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