. The Canadian field-naturalist. Natural history. 1997 Reddoch and Reddoch: The Orchids in the Ottawa District 43 Corallorhiza maculata (Rafinesque) Rafinesque var. maculata Corallorhiza maculata (Rafinesque) Rafinesque var. occidentalis (Lindley) Ames Spotted Coral-root Synonym: Corallorhiza multiflora Nuttall Corallorhize maculee Corallorhiza maculata is a widely distributed orchid of the forests of the Shield which displays considerable variation in colour. It can be identified by its leafless habit, its overall colour in the range from magenta to brown to yellow and its several flowers wit
. The Canadian field-naturalist. Natural history. 1997 Reddoch and Reddoch: The Orchids in the Ottawa District 43 Corallorhiza maculata (Rafinesque) Rafinesque var. maculata Corallorhiza maculata (Rafinesque) Rafinesque var. occidentalis (Lindley) Ames Spotted Coral-root Synonym: Corallorhiza multiflora Nuttall Corallorhize maculee Corallorhiza maculata is a widely distributed orchid of the forests of the Shield which displays considerable variation in colour. It can be identified by its leafless habit, its overall colour in the range from magenta to brown to yellow and its several flowers with white lips with, or rarely without, reddish spots. Description Height: 10 (18 - 33) 49 cm [169 plants]. Plant colours: stem ranging from violet brown, brownish violet, greyish rose or greyish red to yellow- ish brown or light brown to greyish yellow depending on the relative amounts of red and yellow pigments, sometimes with decreasing red toward top of stem; sheath generally paler than stem, , greyish red to yellowish white with or without fine reddish lines on veins; in f. flavida (see Acyanic Form below): entire plant (except lip) yellow, or less frequently, light yel- low, greyish yellow or greenish yellow. Flowers: 4 (8 - 19) 31 [111 plants]; on typical form: sepals greyish yellow, light yellow, yellowish white, greenish white or occasionally brownish orange; tips of sepals ruby or violet brown; lip white; lip, column, petals and sepals with deep magenta, ruby or dark purple spots; in/, flavida: lip white without spots; fragrance of typical form sweet, like apple blossoms. Overwintering State: one or more pale green shoots, several centimetres below ground, rising from coralloid rhizomes near the current year's stem(s), by early 76° 30' Corallorhiza maculata (both varieties): â = herbarium specimen, # = Native Orchid Location Survey sight record, â² = literature reference. The Canadian Shield is Please note that these images are extracted from s
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