"We've got to keep it guarded for now." Experts secretly revive rare flower believed to have been extinct for a century: ...

A rare orchid once thought extinct has naturally germinated in the UK for the first time since 1930. The Lady's-slipper ...

With the warm weather and rain, a Showy Lady Slipper has produced two blooms as of Wednesday, June 18, 2025. This particular ...

I spend so much time in untrammeled forests this time of year that I am overwhelmed by the profusion of ephemerals. When I ...

The lady's slipper orchid was thought to be extinct by the early 20th Century, until a single plant was discovered in a remote area of the Yorkshire Dales in 1930. Its location was kept secret, with ...

The lady's slipper orchid was thought to be extinct by the early 20th Century, until a single plant was discovered in a remote area of the Yorkshire Dales in 1930. Its location was kept secret, ...

The lady’s-slipper orchid was believed to be extinct in the UK by the early 20th century, due to over-collection by plant hunters and the loss of its habitat. However, a single plant was found in a ...

London: A new lady's-slipper orchid, once believed to be extinct in the UK, has been spotted in the wild for the first time in 100 years following a decades-long conservation drive, experts said ...

Efforts to boost the population of lady’s-slipper orchids, whose last-known wild location remained a closely-guarded secret, began in the 1990s, with a plea for help that resulted in a small number of ...