Western Spotted Coralroot
 

Without chlorophyll, leafless and living off decaying material in the soil.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8388/8...1f519a49_t.jpg

Serendipity and Orchids: Whidbey Island

Cool - I find leafless plants so interesting

We have a lot of them here in the Northwest, and not only orchids - maybe it's the climate.

Are you implying that there may be a lack of sun? ;)

We don't always have a lot of sun:-) That's one downer involved in living here. They say, in fact, that the lack of sunshine is the reason we have the highest incidence of MS in the country.

oh wow - I have never heard that about MS :(

The docs here usually advise people to take vitamin D.

I think coralroot is so cool looking

They are so unusual that even though the flowers are small we never pass them by.