Identification: Van Island Orchid ID

I photographed several of these coralroots while hiking in Mt Doug Park in Victoria, BC. Could it be a Corallorhiza maculata variation?

Does Corallorhiza maculata var. ozettensis occur in this area? Or am i way off (still new to plant ID)?

The photos are of three different specimens, however there were at least half a dozen in one small area.

Thanks for the help,
Will

 

Hi,

It wouldn't surprise me if variety ozettensis did occur on Vancouver Island, but I am away from my resources to look at it right now. If I remember correctly, the paper that published that name had a key to the varieties, but I won't be able to check it for a couple weeks.

 

In my opinion, it does bear a resemblance to var. ozettensis. I'm going to forward this along to a few folks and solicit some more thoughts.

 

I'll quote an email from Ryan Batten, who was asked about the presence of var. ozettensis in BC:

 

Thanks so much for the follow up, Daniel. It's fantastic news it seems to be more abundant than first known. Regardless of its degree of commonality, this was still a very exciting find for me!