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Cypripedium calceolus, Limestone Slipper Orchid.

Temperate Europe and Asia, on limestone. Britain's rarest wild flower, as it was decimated by flower picking, though efforts are being made to reintroduce it. The American/ Canadian form has purple sepals and petals and is called Cypripedium calceolus var. parviflorum.

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Uploaded on June 5, 2022