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Corallorhiza ekmanii is a rare, leafless orchid native only to the island of Hispaniola, where it occurs in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
It is one of few orchids to have completely abandoned photosynthesis, lacking chlorophyll and depending entirely on subterranean fungal partners for nutrition—a condition known as holomycotrophy. Living concealed beneath dense forest canopy, it remains hidden for most of the year, revealing itself only when it emerges briefly from the leaf litter to flower.
C. ekmanii is endemic to the island of Hispaniola, occurring in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti. It can be found in certain high-elevation cloud forests (Hispaniolan moist forests) and pine forests (Hispaniolan pine forests) where undisturbed conditions and rich organic soils support the stable mycorrhizal networks essential to its survival
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Corallorhiza ekmanii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
