Cypripedium calceolus - Lady's Slipper Orchid

So rare in Britain that it is only known to exist in a single site in Yorkshire, this large and very beautiful orchid is still found in small quantities in some European countries. The decline of this species in Britain and elsewhere has no doubt been accelerated by orchid collectors, although it is doubtful whether this orchid was ever plentiful, even in the limestone regions of the Pennines, where it once occupied several sites.

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