Found the rarest orchid in the world

One of the world's rarest orchids has been discovered by British botanists in a volcanic island in the Atlantic Ocean.

Professor Richard Bateman and Dr. Paula Rudall, two experts of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew found a flower growing on a mountain of the Arozes archipelago in Portugal.

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Rare and precious orchids have been found in the archipelago of Arozes in Portugal .

On the way back to England, scientists discovered another plant that first saw this flower 175 years ago.

When investigating in the library at Kew Gardens, researchers learned earlier that, in 1838, a 20-year-old German explorer named Karl Hochstetter found the plant when he visited the Azores Islands, 850 feet away. miles off the coast of Portugal.

After a thorough inquiry, Professor Bateman said: "Hochstetter did not know that he had discovered the rare flower. He gave it to his father, a famous botanist Christian Ferdinand Hochstetter. He painted it again. This flower is in its book and it is said that this is just a species close to orchids. '

Professor Bateman added: 'This rare orchid variety has been completely unrecognized all the time.'

This group of British researchers is expected to officially release information about this flower so that people can be aware of their conservation. Because any flower is valuable in selling money.