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Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Mid-Atlantic bloom time:
August - September
Mid-Atlantic fruit ripe:
October
Autumn Coralroot is the latest blooming of our coralroot orchids. Its flowers may be completely enclosed and self-pollinating (cleistogamous), or it may have some flowers that do open (chasmogamous) and are cross-pollinated. Like other coralroot species, it is non-photosynthetic and relies on fungi to obtain its nutrients.
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29 September 2018
Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA 
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29 September 2018
Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA 
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24 September 2022
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA 
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8 October 2021
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA 
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8 October 2021
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA 
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8 October 2021
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA (ripening seed heads) 
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