I spoke to Adrienne Freeman with the National Park Service yesterday and if you’ve been thinking about canceling your trip to Yosemite because the prospect of smelling the aroma of sweaty-feet from the recently discovered Yosemite bog-orchid, don’t worry about it.
The populations of the flowers are so small you probably won’t notice the smell unless you’re crawling around on your hands and knees and happen to stick your nose to one. More likely any aroma of sweaty-feet you might detect will be coming from your tent mates.
So don’t worry and have a great trip. Yosemite is too beautiful a place to pass up.