''Hexalectris grandiflora'', the largeflower crested coralroot or giant coral-root, is a species of

orchid Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowerin ...

native to

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

from Chihuahua south to

Oaxaca Oaxaca ( , also , , from nci, Huāxyacac ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of Mexico. It is ...

, as well as to western and north-central

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...

. It is a

myco-heterotrophic Myco-heterotrophy (from Greek μύκης , "fungus", ἕτερος ', "another", "different" and τροφή ', "nutrition") is a symbiotic relationship between certain kinds of plants and fungi, in which the plant gets all or part of its food fro ...

species, lacking chlorophyll and subsisting entirely on nutrients obtained by fungi in the soil.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Brown-Marsden, Margaret, & Anne B. Collins. 2006. Range extension of ''Hexalectris grandiflora'' (Orchidaceae) in Texas. Sida 22(2):1239-1244.
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References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15466357 Bletiinae Myco-heterotrophic orchids Orchids of the United States Orchids of Mexico Flora of Texas Plants described in 1845