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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emily Beament

First new wild lady’s-slipper orchid found for 100 years marks conservation win

Lady’s-slipper orchids growing below a rock (Graham Standring/PA) -

A decades-long bid to bring back one of Britain’s “rarest and most impressive” wildflowers has seen success with the first new plant found in the wild in nearly 100 years.

Conservationists now hope the lady’s-slipper orchid, which came close to vanishing from the English countryside, could one day be restored across its former range.

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