Cypripedium calceolus staged in our display

Thanks to the growing skill of our members and friends of the society, we are able to display Cypripedium calceolus, our British native Lady’s-slipper orchid, on this year’s Chelsea exhibit. The exhibit is sponsored by Albourne Partners Ltd, an independent advisory firm founded and headquartered in the UK and so it is a pleasure to be able to feature British native orchids.

This much sought after orchid was reduced to a single wild plant in Britain by the 1930s due to thoughtless over-collecting. Thanks to the Sainsbury Orchid Conservation Project at RBG, Kew seed-grown plants have been successfully reintroduced to various locations in Britain.

The beautiful Cypripedium calceolus is now available to buy from commercial nurseries.