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07-01-2013, 10:00 PM
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Cattleya walkeriana is one of the best fragrant orchids
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This is my first thought too! Clowesia Rebecca Tyson Northen and Gongora escobariana are a close second. |
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07-01-2013, 10:19 PM
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my favorite orchid is always the last one I saw 
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O.C.D. "Orchid Collecting Dysfunction"
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07-08-2013, 02:03 AM
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HMMM, I would have to say that my most favorite orchid for fragrance is, Oncidium Heaven Sent 'Redolence'.
To me it smell just like a chocolate cup-cake. Whatever it may smell like to you, The cocoa aroma is most dominant for sure and will have you returning often for another taste.
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07-08-2013, 02:06 AM
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Well right now one of my Gaskelliana is blooming with 5 flowers and it fills the whole GH and then some. Wonderful fragrance. Like a busload of old ladies going out to the casino for the night.
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07-08-2013, 02:29 AM
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Hands down the answer is Neofinetia falcata! You can't beat it, it's absolutely amazing!!
Tied for second are Sedireas and Cattleyas that smell citrusy.
Fun fact about Sedirea: Sedirea japonica was originally placed in the genus Aerides as Aerides japnicum; when they removed it from that genus, they gave it its own genus, Sedirea. Sedirea is Aerides spelled backwards!
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07-08-2013, 02:35 AM
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Fun fact about Sedirea: Sedirea japonica was originally placed in the genus Aerides as Aerides japnicum; when they removed it from that genus, they gave it its own genus, Sedirea. Sedirea is Aerides spelled backwards!
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Less fun fact. And then they took its genus away. Sedirea is now a Phalaenopsis. 
Saw it posted a few places and it's in print in the July Orchids magazine (p. 439)
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07-08-2013, 02:37 AM
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I too am surprised by the lack of max ten comments. I can't get enough of their sweet coconut fragrance. |
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07-08-2013, 08:48 PM
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Like a busload of old ladies going out to the casino for the night.
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We definitely have very different scent preferences! |
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07-08-2013, 11:31 PM
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hmm.
rhynchostilys gigantea! thats hard to beat.
aerides lawrenceana.. (hard to beat too)
and stanhopea tigrina fma nigroviolacea...
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07-10-2013, 01:45 AM
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Cypripedium candidum has a great fragrance. It smells like spiced cider or eggnog or something.
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