But in 2008, 70 years after its "disappearance," a man surnamed Lin discovered a plant in the mountains of northern Taiwan and sent it to the conservation center. When it bloomed in the greenhouse that March, it turned out to be the legendary Liparis amabilis. The center's personnel excitedly recorded everything they could about it, making it one of Taiwan's most precious documents on an orchid.
然而就在它「消失」70 年後，2008 年，一位林姓民眾在北部山區發現植株，送到保種中心寄放，同年 3 月在溫室內開花；看到這朵愛蘭者口中的「神話之花」，中心人員都相當振奮並全程紀錄，成為國內蘭科最珍貴的文獻之一。