It’s the flower that frustrated Charles Darwin.
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He went to his grave unable to work out how to propagate the lady’s slipper orchid and it was thought to be extinct from the UK countryside.
But for decades a secret society has been protecting the last plant of this elusive species.
Ruben Reuter has been to a carefully-guarded location here in Yorkshire for an exclusive look at Britain’s rarest wildflower, which we can reveal is now back, growing in the wild.
Producer Director and Camera: Tom Besley
Producer: Rachel Seifert
Editor: Tim Bentham
Graphics: Toby Beaugeard
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