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

An extremely rare orchid is once again blooming in the United Kingdom's wilderness — almost a century after it was presumed ...

The striking lady’s-slipper orchid was believed to be extinct in the UK by the early 20th century, due to over-collection by plant hunters gripped by the Victorian orchid craze, and loss of its ...

The pink and white lady’s slipper (Cypripedium reginae), also known as the showy lady’s slipper or queen’s lady slipper, was adopted as the state flower in 1902. Credit: Courtesy of the ...

Conservationists are celebrating the resurgence of the lady’s-slipper orchid, one of Britain’s rarest wildflowers, with the discovery of the first new plant in the wild in almost a century ...

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.

A robust pink lady’s slipper looks almost alien, especially in the barren oak leaf litter. It’s as if some orchid god decided to enrich the barren acid soils with stunning jots of pink, the ...