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Corallorhiza bentleyi
Bentley's coralroot is a rare, leafless orchid that grows entirely without sunlight, drawing nutrients from fungi in the soil. It is found only in mountain deciduous forests of Virginia and West Virginia, and it cannot be grown in cultivation as a garden plant.
Corallorhiza bentleyi is a rare species of orchid known to grow solely in mountainous deciduous forests of Virginia and West Virginia, United States. It was undescribed until 1999.
It is a parasitic plant, with yellow to reddish stems and cleistogamous flowers.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Corallorhiza bentleyi by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
