Endemic to Gibraltar, the flower was thought to be extinct in the wild. However, in 1994 they were found in the British Overseas Territory’s Upper Rock Nature Preserve. Since then, a few ...

The rare ghost orchid, unseen in the UK since 2009 and thought extinct, has been rediscovered in a British woodland by botanist Richard Bate. This rem ...

This is sometimes referred to as double dormancy. Seeds with morpho-physiological dormancy require both warm and cold conditions (oftentimes extended periods of both) and can take longer than one ...