This British Orchid Is Under Guard in a Secret Location

FOR A FEW WEEKS EACH spring, a lone guard monitors the moors of northern England. This warden pitches a tent in a remote field to watch over a prize so rare that collectors have been known to break laws, trek into deep jungles, and risk capture by guerillas in its pursuit.

Read more at Atlas Obscura. Photo: Kyla Flanagan/Unsplash


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