After a long wait, Liparis lilifolia!

[tnyr5]

My friend germinated these for me way back in 2020, only ended up with a couple. The flowers smell like dried spit, it's fantastic lol.

 

[Linus_Cello]

Any extras? I'd love to try this in my outdoor garden.

 

[mrhappyrotter]

Neat! I used to see these in the wild sporadically in the Raleigh NC area. At least, I assume it was this species. They were pretty much always off the beaten path and never very numerous. I'm sure I would have tried to take a whiff of the flowers but I don't recall ever detecting a scent, let alone "dried spit".

 

[tnyr5]

Often the scent of the forest floor would overpower it anyway.

 

[Ricardo Boricua]

Reminds me of Liparis saundersiana, an orchid native of my island.

 

[DrLeslieEe]

Ummmm how do YOU know what dry spit smell like lol.

 

[Clark Thomas Riley]

I have been growing Liparis lilifolia quite well for several years in my bog garden. Several years ago, I came across a large number in a Pennsylvania state forest. While there were many growing in the oak woods, they were sparsely flowered. However, in boggy areas surrounding a lake, there were hundreds in full sun among sundews (Drosera). They were all in bloom with evidence of seed-set from previous flowerings. The pseudobulbs sit right on top of the muck, including being covered in snow each winter. Pictured with fellow bog denizen Dactylorhyiza.

 

[BrucherT]

Ummmm how do YOU know what dry spit smell like lol.

Thank you; I'm tempted to spit on something and wait for it to dry just to find out.

 

[MorandiWine]

Does the dry spit fragrance depend on what you ate prior? Say, I had onion rings with lunch and then spat. Is that different than having consumed an apple than spat?

Lol

 

[tnyr5]

Just trust me, if you smelled it, you'd immediately say: "OMG it does!"