“A rare wild orchid has been brought back from the brink of extinction by the work of dedicated conservationists.

The Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland’s vascular plant red list has revealed that the Fen Orchid Liparis loeselii is officially no longer considered under threat in Britain.

Cambridge University Botanic Garden has been working with Plantlife and Royal Botanic Gardens Kew to reintroduce and increase the number of Fen Orchids since 2008…

In 2010, the plant was only found at three sites in East Anglia and at one site in Wales.

Now it has been recorded at seven sites in England and three in Wales – with its population in the UK exceeding 10,000 individual plants.”

From BBC.