"on a hike... up the Fryingpan River Valley... Granite Lakes... Thirty-one miles up the Pan from downtown Basalt... almost totally wooded 6-mile hike up to Granite Lakes...
This hike... features just about every orchid we have in our region... white and green bog orchids (Platanthera spp.) at stream crossings... in the woods... the tiny heart-leaved twayblade (Listera cordata)... brown spotted coralroot (Corallhorhiza maculata), along with its yellow albino version, which are growing in large stands throughout the woods. This orchid lacks chlororphyll (hence the absence of green) and relies on an underground fungus for its food." URL : http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20080724/RECREATION05/370215895/1028&parentprofile=1065 *************** Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
