WINNIPEG -- A section of land in Brandon slated to be set aside to preserve an endangered orchid that takes more than a decade to grow was accidentally tilled by a neighbouring property owner., officially known as Cypripedium Candidum, is among Manitoba's species at risk. Manitoba Conservation Data Centre says the orchid is considered very rare, and estimates it takes at least 12 years to reach maturity.
However, the city said on April 24 to 25, it was told that a 1.5-acre section of that land was accidentally tilled along with private land neighbouring the area. He said an adjacent landowner had an agreement with a farmer who would till the land but said the farmer accidentally tilled the city-owned land earmarked for the White Lady’s Slipper Orchid preserve.
"These little sections that we have left are very important – not just for the orchid, but the other animals and the other plants that are living in those systems."
Bullshit!