A comparable situation occurred at the end of the XIXth century in the state of Minnesota (US) but was corrected at the beginning of the past century :
"After having mistakenly passed a resolution designating ... Cyprideum calceolus as the state flower in 1893, the Minnesota Legislature corrected its mistake in 1902 by passing a resolution naming ... Cypripedium reginae ... as Minnesotas state flower. Minnesota Statute 1.142 was passed in 1967, designating the state flower in law.
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State Flower Called Fake, Minneapolis Tribune 2/2/1902: p. 6.
Charles E. Flandrau, The Official State Flower of the State, and the Method of Its Selection, The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier, St. Paul: E.W. Porter, 1900, pages 237-241."
sources :
http://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/symbols.asp
http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/flowers/mn_pink_white_lady_slipper.htm
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