Conservationists are celebrating the resurgence of the lady’s-slipper orchid, one of Britain’s rarest wildflowers, with the discovery of the first new plant in the wild in almost a century.

The lady’s slipper orchid came close to vanishing from the English countryside, with its discovery described as a “truly thrilling moment”.

A decades-long bid to bring back one of Britain’s “rarest and most impressive” wildflowers has seen success with the first new plant found in the wild in nearly 100 years.

A decades-long bid to bring back one of Britain’s “rarest and most impressive” wildflowers has seen success with the first new plant found in the wild in nearly 100 years.