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 Tuesday.

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 Tuesday.

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.

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 ...

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

It seems like it was not long ago that we looked at the forest floor of deciduous trees and we noted carpets of the early spring wildflowers. Having a short lifetime and a need for direct sunlight, ...

We were expecting a photo any day after hearing rumblings about emerging blooms of the showy lady's slipper at Jay Cooke ...

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 ...