All these features are found in the 50 or more species of wild, native orchids in the UK, from the Lady's-slipper orchid to the Bog orchid.
A colony of rare orchids has been discovered growing ... International's 11th-floor garden represent the entire known wild UK colony of the species. The joy of the previous colony's discovery ...
a rare and unidentified species at the time. "My mother had to analyse how and where they were stolen," Ruy says. "The orchids were collected in the wild from southwest China for private pleasure." ...