I see that the ever-alert UBC staff have already addressed this piece of news (see Botany Photo of the Day). http://www.theguardian.com/environment/shortcuts/2014/jan/14/kews-lost-waterlily-ladys-slipper
Stolen From Kew The smallest Water Lily in the world was stolen from Kew, Rare pygmy Rwandan water lily that was saved from extinction by Kew only for thieves to steal. These people have no Idea what they held in their thieving fingers. http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/13/rare-water-lily-stolen-kew-gardens