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08-08-2016, 07:04 PM
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Farthest carrying orchid scents
This thread isn't about the best smelling orchids or the worst but more about what orchids carry their scent the farthest. For example, I was in a huge room with a Stanhopea wardii that was over 10 feet away and I could smell it strongly! What other orchids are like this?
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08-08-2016, 07:31 PM
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Zygopetalum intermedia. It was on the first floor in the sun room. I could smell it upstairs in the bedroom, that's about 50' and a staircase away.
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08-08-2016, 08:32 PM
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Brassavola Little Stars. It's only fragrant at night, but I smelled two blooms from about 30' away as soon as I opened my eyes. Gongora rufescens. I first smelled it from about 8' away outdoors with my back turned.
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08-09-2016, 12:45 AM
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What you want isn't an orchid but Night-blooming Cestrum nocturnum. When I had this, on a summer night, I could smell it a few blocks away from my home. The smell is fantastic, too.
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08-09-2016, 01:20 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Leafmite
What you want isn't an orchid but Night-blooming Cestrum nocturnum. When I had this, on a summer night, I could smell it a few blocks away from my home. The smell is fantastic, too.
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Is that a tropical or something you can plant outside in our climate ( NE US ) ?
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08-09-2016, 01:52 AM
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Quote:
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What you want isn't an orchid but Night-blooming Cestrum nocturnum. When I had this, on a summer night, I could smell it a few blocks away from my home. The smell is fantastic, too.
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As wonderful and incredible as that sounds, this hobby has basically kidnapped me That must be really neat to smell!
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08-09-2016, 03:57 PM
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Is that a tropical or something you can plant outside in our climate ( NE US ) ?
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Another tropical plant. There are quite a few outdoor shrubs that live in our climate that have lovely scents. Lilacs, mock orange, maypops, all are rather nicely fragrant and suitable for our climate.
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As wonderful and incredible as that sounds, this hobby has basically kidnapped me That must be really neat to smell!
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I collect all sorts of plants so I sometimes forget that most orchid people collect mainly orchids.
This is a good thread, though. I don't have any that beat fifty feet.
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08-09-2016, 04:14 PM
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Cestrum nocturnum grows and bloom easily in a pot. You can put it outdoors for the summer and bring it in for the winter. It flowers several times per year, on each flush of new growth.
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Plants from Lonicera genus (non-orchids). They grow here in the wild and before you see them, you smell them... sometimes more than 30 mts away (100 ft)
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Plants from Lonicera genus (non-orchids). They grow here in the wild and before you see them, you smell them... sometimes more than 30 mts away (100 ft)
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Always be careful when choosing a honeysuckle. They can be very weedy to the point of invasiveness. It's always best to choose native species or cultivars thereof.
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