The lady’s slipper orchid came close to vanishing from the English countryside, with its discovery described as a “truly thrilling moment”.

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 ...

The plant is a ghost orchid - a rare flower with no leaves or chlorophyll ... and was declared extinct in the UK in 2009 after not being spotted for 22 years - until it appeared a week later!

Britain's rarest 'holy grail' orchid has been seen for the first time in 15 years - after it was previously declared extinct. The ivory white ghost orchid was discovered in an English wood but its ...

The ivory white ghost orchid was discovered in an English wood but its location has been kept secret since the discovery earlier this month to protect the flower. The species does not need ...

The rare ghost orchid, unseen in the UK since 2009 and thought extinct, has been rediscovered in a British woodland by botanist Richard Bate. This remarkable find highlights the flower's ...

That we now know that it isn’t is largely thanks to a few dedicated ghost hunters who, year on year, religiously scoured the orchid’s old haunts, searching for the tiny plant that stands about 3in ...

There are books and movies all about the ghost orchids, which are named for their white, delicate flower. They are native to the Everglades — with people traveling from across the world hoping ...

The ghost orchid clones might not look like much right now, but the Rare Plant Fairy team plans on continuing its work to raise one that will eventually flower. It might take a full year to pull ...