Dear Kathy, they do sell them but not our own one Cypripedium calceolus. This was thought to be extinct before the second world war, that was due to the Victorians who were mad on plant collecting. Except they did not quite collect them they stole them from the wild just to put on a Dinner table as a status symbol. Then in the late 1950s someone found one of our native Cyps. left, the only one growing on limestone which is what they need. Lord Sainsbury who owns the supermarkets Sainsbury is an avid Orchid fan and his massive company pays to have the last surviving native Cypripedium guarded 24\7. The exact location is a closely guarded secret, and for those of us lucky enough to go and see it you are taken in a van with no windows. You are not allowed cameras, mobiles or of course anything that might have GPS on it. I know as I was one of the lucky ones to have seen it. Kew has them and most of the other Botanical Gardens, but ! have never seen one for sale.
Regards.
Neil.
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