While Cypripedium acaule do sometimes live near the coast, they don’t really qualify as subject matter for this column. However, their homonym, Crepidula fornicata, makes its home along the shore.

Hardy orchids, such as Dactylorhiza (marsh orchids), Epipactis (helleborine), and Cypripedium (lady’s slipper orchids), are well-suited to temperate British gardens,' he advises. And something like ...

The first batch of these (the assessments for all 52 currently recognised Cypripedium species) has now been published on the Global IUCN Red List. Similar assessments for the other four genera will ...