Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Landmark, VA
G. R. Thompson Wildlife Management Area, Linden, VA
Bull Run Mountians Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA
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Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Mid-Atlantic bloom time:
April - May
Mid-Atlantic fruit ripe:
June - July
Like other orchids, Showy Orchis needs a symbiotic relationship with a fungus in its roots in order to obtain nutrients. For this species, it is thought that it only forms this relationship with fungi in the genus Ceratobasidium.
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25 May 2012
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA
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17 May 2014
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Landmark, VA
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3 May 2012
G. R. Thompson Wildlife Management Area, Linden, VA
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14 May 2005
Bull Run Mountians Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA
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