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<P class=first><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Britain's rarest wild flower will receive police protection from thieves when it blooms later this month at a Lancashire golf course</SPAN>.</B>
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The single Lady's Slipper orchid is due to flower on Silverdale Golf Course, Carnforth, where it is visited by hundreds of enthusiasts each year. </SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Police are setting up extra patrols to try to prevent damage and theft. </SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">They may also install CCTV and tag it with a dye to deter thieves intent on stealing cuttings worth up to £5,000. </SPAN></SPAN></P><!-- E SF -->
<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The protected orchid, whose Latin name is Cypripedium calceolus, has been illegally cut twice in the past six years.</SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">It is believed to have been planted on the course in the 1800s, and is thought to be from central Europe. </SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Horticulturalists have tried to re-introduce the purple and yellow species in other areas but none of them have flowered. </SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Pc Tony Marsh, of Lancashire police, said: "The Lady's Slipper orchid is an incredibly important plant, having survived for over 100 years when all other plants were thought extinct. </SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">"It is iconic to many people who enjoy wildlife in Britain. </SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">"People travel from all ends of the country on what is almost a pilgrimage to view the plant in bloom and are often overcome with emotion at the sight." </SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The orchid is protected by the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and anyone who interferes with the plant could be fined £5,000 and jailed for six months. </SPAN></SPAN></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></P>
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