What could be the top 10 most fragrant orchids?
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Rhyncholaelia digbyana, Brassavola nodosa and Dendrobium kingianum are a few. I wonder if you could start this post as a pole? I would be interesting to get a wide opinion.
Rlc. Haw Yuan Beauty 'Hong', Blc Pink empress, Cattleya labiata, Dendrobium speciosum, by order although I'm waiting for the flowering of: Blc . Sanyung Ruby `Grand Dragon`, Blc Tainan Gold `Golden Oriole`, Blc Mahina Yahiro ' Ulii', Blc Amy Wakasugi Yamanashi, Brassavola nodosa, Ryncholaelia dibyana, Cattleya walkeriana, Cattleya tigrina, Encyclia phoenicea, Encyclia cordigera Pink, Encyclia cordigera White, Encyclia osmantha, Encyclia patens, Encyclia casens chocolate rosé, Encyclia randii, Encyclia oncioides, Stanhopea tigrina, Oncidium sharry baby sweet fragance, Maxillaria tenuifollia. I discard the Zygopetalum monkhouse pastis, the Oncidium twinkle red, the Phalaenopsis sweet memory liodoro, because it smells by sticking the nose to the flowerand what I look for is that they flood with their fragrance a stay regardless of whether they are released at night or day
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I was just going with species but there are a lot of hybrids that qualify. I've just about given up on Pink Empress ever blooming for me. I had 6 but sold 4 and am selling another this weekend.
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Some people say that the La Blc pink empress is a classic that never disappoints, with a fragrance with floral notes combined with notes of nail and a touch of vanilla. But returning to the number one issue in fragrance some say it would be the Stanhopea tigrina others say it is the Oncidium sharry baby sweet fragance, I am very eager to check it
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Here, here - can't stand it. What a curious thing this is - personal taste in smells. One of my friends can't strand Oncidium ornithorynchum , and it does not worry me.
The strongest good perfume from an orchid I had was Saccolabium (Tuberolabium) quisumbingii . A delightful miniature from the Philippines. My greenhouse is a big one - 35 feet long and 15 feet wide, and when that tiny plant in a 3 inch pot was in flower, it filled the greenhouse with its perfume - drove me mad trying to find which plant it was, the first time it flowered . I lost that plant in my private holocaust two or three years ago, and have not seen it on offer since. My posting of that plant November 2011, under the Tuberoiabium name can be found and see using the search box at the top of this page . It's one you really need on your window sill Chris !
I'll have to keep an eye out for that Geoff. As long as I don't find the smell offensive:) It didn't show up when I searched though. All that came up was the post you just made. I wonder if the female nose is more sensitive to the scent of chocolate?:hehehe:
Lycaste aromatica. Clowesia rosea.
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I think that the fragrance of flowers is like spices, when we treat a concrete like cinnamon we all know what we are talking about, another thing is the intesidad.
I suspected Oncidium ornithorynchum and Clowesia rosea, but in certain books and sources does not record, in the end it is the experience of companions like you who can help me in that search for highly fragrant species. For against Tuberolabium quisumbingii and Lycaste aromatica are reputed to be quite fragrant.
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The cattleya mossiae also tube since it had read that it was very fragrant and not only is little fragrant but also and luckily does not smell of garlic, it is floral
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An important web told me that the most fragrant cattleya is the tigrina, can anyone confirm this?
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My Dendrobium speciosum var. pedunculatum
Its smell has nothing to do with the hyacinth is unique
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Vanda merrillii, Vanda Mimi Palmer, Vanda Cindy Banks 'Hilltop', Cattleya aurea, many unifoliate cattleya's.
The one that I own with strong fragrant without sniffing on it is Holcostylis Wu Gift but it maybe difficult to bloom.
Many thanks to everyone for the contributions. My biggest disappointment was the zygopetalum, I thought it was going to be very aromatic and it was just the opposite.
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I understood that hybrids smell less than the botanical progenitors
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Mtdm. Pacific Waters I believe that as a general rule the botanical form has more fragrance than the hybrid
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I have this Mtdm. Pacific Waters 'Paul's Pride' in bloom right now and it smells divine. For some reason I can't smell it today, but I have two more spikes coming! :)
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Vanda denisoniana is a good one and it lasts a long time. For those that like lemon grass, try Aerides houlletiana. My wife cannot stand the smell of Cattleya walkeriana but I like it although it is very strong
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Oncidium twinkle red Weak smell of chocolate milkshake
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Phalaenopsis sweet memory liodoro Weak but delicious smell of honeysuckle, if you had to recommend some fragrance despite its low power would be this without a doubt.
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My sharry baby had 21 spikes (17 of them at once, the other 4 are blooming now in its secondary bloom)...it smells like chocotalate and vanilla. In the catt family, I love c. walkeriana, Grand Dragon, and Aloha Spirit. Bob Betts is pretty nice too.
Between oncidium ornithorynchum and oncidium sharry baby, which is more potent in terms of fragrance? I read that the hybrids lose intensity of fragrance, duration of the flower, etc ..., is this true?
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In general the fragrant flower will lose its fragrance as it is getting old. If one of the parent of the hybrid is non-fragrant, there is possibility that the intensity of the offspring will reduce sometimes and some even produce fragrance at specific time only.
My Maxillaria tenuifollia near to bloom
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Will be extremely fragrant
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I love Den superbum and its hybrids. They reek of raspberries.
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My Maxillaria has opened the flower today with a smell of mint with chocolate
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Today smells like piña colada
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Angraecum and Aerangis smell wonderful at night.
You will refer to Angraecum sesquipedale mainly
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Neofinetia (Vanda) falcata is very fragrant. Small flowers can fill the night time air with sweet perfume.
The flower of the tenuifollia maxillaria lasts a month
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Just bought Onc. Heaven Scent 'Redolence' has a very pleasant vanilla scent during the day.
I want in my collection the Oncidium sotoanum
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Here I have a copy with two spikes,
I read a lot and I hope it lives up to the fame that seems to have the species, both in books and on websites
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Now i have got a cestrum nocturnum and gardenia jaaminoides and i World like to comparative whith fragrant orchids. I am surprised
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Now i have got a cestrum nocturnum and gardenia jasminoides and i Would like to comparative with fragrant orchids. I am surprised not what they really count, if you do not check it for yourself you will not know the truth
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Now my Encyclia fucata is flowering but it is not very fragrant, really I have to stick the nose to the flower to detect a subtle floral scent
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Attachment 86601I have just flowered the most wonderful cattleya ( for perfume ). C. Rodrigo Suzuki "Lemon". But - there is always a but (!) it is one of those (few) cattleyas where the flowers try and open before they are clear of the spathe, and by the time I realised what was happening, one of the flowers had set in a half open position, and the other was pointing to the sky instead of looking out at me. The answer, when you know about it, is to cut the spathe away completely, as soon as the buds start to fill it.
It is a genetic fault of certain cattleyas, particularly yellows, with coccinea in their background, as I learnt - by a complete coincidence - from reading the AOS mag' Orchids, this month - October 2017.
But the perfume is fantastic, lemony, superb....