Orchids with a strong scent

[jeffersonfaudan]

The strongest I have which we call here are the hanging root-like Sanggumay (Dendrobium anosmum Lindl.) and it literally can enfold the entire space i have (garage) from evening till dawn... it loses its scent in the morning... really strong... like 15 feet away from the door and you can smell it... and that's only one strand of it flowering... i can just imagine if all the strands are in bloom...

[alexander_TG]

Just picked this mini Clowesia Rebecca Northern 'grapefruit pink'. It has a super strong eucalyptis and herbal scent and it is so unique. I love the lips with the frills.

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It's become hard to read through this whole thread, so I performed a distillation.

I extracted each mention of each plant, so some plants will have multiple entries. This is probably useful, because the plants mentioned most often are considered some of the best fragrant plants.

I put the page after each entry so you can go find what the Orchid Board member wrote about it.

I fixed some spelling errors. Other spellings I'm not sure of.

Note to beginners: There are a lot of fragrant orchids that are not on this list.

Note to beginners: Some of these plants are very hard to grow! Others are quite easy. Before you get your heart set on something, learn what it needs, and find out whether you can grow it in your conditions.

Genus species Page in this thread
Aerangis fastuosa 2
Angraecum didieri 2
Angraecum didieri 2
Angraecum magdalenae 2
Angraecum spp. and hybrids 2
Barkeria spectabilis 2
Beallara Peggy Ruth Carpenter 2
Bifrenaria harrisonia 4
Brassavola cucullata 2
Brassavola cucullata 3
Brassavola digbyana 2 (current name Rhyncholaelia d.)
Brassavola digbyana 5
Brassavola digbyana 6
Brassavola George Tyler (flagellaris X cucullata) 3
Brassavola grandiflora 6
Brassavola Little Stars 5
Brassavola nodosa 1
Brassavola nodosa 2
Brassavola nodosa 2
Brassavola nodosa 3
Brassavola nodosa 4
Brassavola nodosa 6
Brassia spp. and hybrids (some species and hybrids) 4
Brassia Toscana 5
Brassia Toscane 5
Brassidium Spider Star 'Toscana' 5
Brassocattleya Dismore Perfection FCC/AOS 3
Brassocattleya Island Stars 'Hawaii' (Little Stars x Maikai) 1
Brassolaelia Yellow Bird 1
Brassolaeliocattleya Chinese Beauty 'Pheonix' 4
Brassolaeliocattleya Fritz Nickolaus 'Spring Dance' 4
Brassolaeliocattleya George King 'Serendipity' 4
Brassolaeliocattleya George King 'Serendipity' 1
Brassolaeliocattleya Greenwich 2
Brassolaeliocattleya Hawaiian Galaxy 4
Brassolaeliocattleya Mem. Anna Balmores 'Convex' 4
Brassolaeliocattleya Momilamy Raybon 'The Gipsy' 4
Brassolaeliocattleya Orglades Charm x Brassolaeliocattleya Goldenzelle 2
Brassolaeliocattleya Ports of Paradise 1
Bratonia Toscana 5
Bratonia Toscane 5
Bulbophyllum ambrosia 2
Bulbophyllum odoratissimum 5
Bulbophyllum vaginatum 3
Bulbophyllum wendlandii 3
Burrageara Nelly Isler 6
Burrageara Nelly Isler 'Swiss Beauty' 5
Calypso bulbosa 5
Catasetum spp. and hybrids 5
Catasetum spp. and hybrids 6
Cattleya aclandiae 3
Cattleya Bactia 'Grape Wax' 6
Cattleya bicolor var. grossii (all clones are fragrant) 3
Cattleya Brabantiae 3
Cattleya canhamiana coerulea 'Azure Skies' 6
Cattleya Chocolate Drop 4
Cattleya Chocolate Drop 'Kodama' AM/AOS 3
Cattleya dowiana 3
Cattleya Fascelis 3
Cattleya forbesii 3
Cattleya gaskelliana 5
Cattleya gaskelliana 5
Cattleya gaskelliana 5
Cattleya granulosa 3
Cattleya Green Emerald 5
Cattleya guttata 3
Cattleya harrisoniana 3
Cattleya intermedia 3
Cattleya intermedia 'Carlos' (all clones are fragrant) 3
Cattleya iricolor 1
Cattleya iricolor 2
Cattleya jenmanii 4
Cattleya jenmanii 5
Cattleya labiata 3
Cattleya loddigesii 3
Cattleya lueddemanniana 'Waterfield' (all clones are fragrant) 3
Cattleya luteola 3
Cattleya Maria Pia 2
Cattleya maxima 'Mountainside' (all clones are fragrant) 3
Cattleya Mini Purple x violacea 5
Cattleya mossiae 3
Cattleya mossiae 5
Cattleya Peckhaviensis 3
Cattleya Pradit Spot 'Black Prince' 3
Cattleya quadicolor 3
Cattleya quadricolor 2
Cattleya red hybrids 2
Cattleya schilleriana 3
Cattleya schroederae 3
Cattleya trianaei 5
Cattleya walkeriana 3
Cattleya walkeriana 3
Cattleya walkeriana 4
Cattleya walkeriana 6
Cattleya walkeriana var. alba (all clones are fragrant) 3
Cattleya warneri 3
Cattleya warneri 4
Cattleya warscewiczii 3
Caularthron bicornutum 2
Caularthron bicornutum 2
Cischweinfia sheehanae 3
Clowesetum Jumbo York 5
Clowesetum Rebecca Northen 2
Clowesia spp. and hybrids 6
Cochleanthes Amazing 1
Cochleanthes discolor 2
Cochleanthes flabelliformis 2
Cochleanthes marginata 1
Coelogyne nitida 4
Coelogyne ochracea 4
Coelogyne spp. (some) 3
Coelogyne spp. and hybrids (some) 4
Cycnoches spp. and hybrids 6
Cycnodes Wine Delight 5
Cycnodes Wine Delight 'JEM' 1
Cymbidium Aussie Rules 'Rachel' 6
Cymbidium Brunette 'Tetra Mint' 6
Cymbidium ensifolium 4
Cymbidium goeringii 4
Cymbidium Golden Elf 6
Cymbidium Little Black Sambo 'Black Magic' AM/AOS 4
Cymbidium Melanie 'Sulphur Yellow' 6
Cymbidium sinense 4
Cymbidium Special Blend 'Mr Stripey' 6
Cymbidium Tea Time 'Sweet' 6
Cymbidium tracyanum 1
Cymbidium tracyanum 1
Cymbidium tracyanum 4
Dendrobium Anna Green 5
Dendrobium anosmum 2
Dendrobium anosmum 3
Dendrobium anosmum 4
Dendrobium anosmum 5
Dendrobium anosmum 5
Dendrobium anosmum 6
Dendrobium anosmum 1
Dendrobium Aussie hybrids 6
Dendrobium bicornutum 3
Dendrobium bicornutum 4
Dendrobium delicatum (see also D. xdelicatum) 1
Dendrobium delicatum (see also D. xdelicatum) 3
Dendrobium delicatum (see also D. xdelicatum) 4
Dendrobium falcorostrum 4
Dendrobium falcorostrum 6
Dendrobium kingianum 3
Dendrobium kingianum 4
Dendrobium kingianum 5
Dendrobium kingianum 5
Dendrobium kingianum 1
Dendrobium kingianum 1
Dendrobium leonis 3
Dendrobium leonis 4
Dendrobium margaritaceum 5
Dendrobium nobile 2
Dendrobium nobile hybrids 2
Dendrobium parishii 2
Dendrobium speciosum 6
Dendrobium speciosum 1
Dendrobium speciosum 1
Dendrobium spectabile 5
Dendrobium superbum 5
Dendrobium superbum 6
Dendrobium unicum 2
Dendrobium xdelicatum 1
Dendrobium xdelicatum 3
Dendrobium xdelicatum 4
Dendrochilum magnum 6
Diacrium bicornutum (Current name Caularthron b., see above) 2
Diplocaulobium arachnoideum 3
Encyclia alata 2
Encyclia alata 6
Encyclia ceratistes 5
Encyclia cochleata (most are not) 2
Encyclia cordigera 2
Encyclia cordigera 5
Encyclia cordigera 5
Encyclia cordigera 6
Encyclia leucantha 2
Encyclia Nursery Rhyme 'Chocolate Fiore' x cordigera 'Sweet Earth' 2
Encyclia radiata 2
Encyclia radiata 2
Encyclia radiata 2
Encyclia radiata 2
Encyclia rufa 6
Encyclia spp. and hybrids 2
Encyclia spp. and hybrids 2
Encyclia spp. and hybrids 2
Encyclia tampensis 2
Encyclia tampensis 3
Epicattleya Siam Jade 2
Epidendrum ciliare 2
Epidendrum ciliare 4
Epidendrum nocturnum 2
Eurychone rothschildiana 1
Fredclarkeara After Dark 'SVO Black Pearl' (and other clones) 5
Galeopetalum spp. and hybrids 2
Gomesa crispa 2
Gongora scaphyphorus 2
Gongora spp. and hybrids 1
Gongora spp. and hybrids 5
Gongora spp. and hybrids 6
Grammangis stapeliflora 1
Grammatophyllum scriptum 1
Grammatophyllum scriptum var. citrinum 'Hihimanu' 1
Holcoglossum amesianum 5
Iwanagara Apple Blossom 1
Iwanagara Apple Blossom 1
Iwanagara Apple Blossom 2
Iwanagara Apple Blossom 'Blush 11' 1
Jumellea spp. 3
Jumellea spp. and hybrids 4
Laeliocattleya Angel Love 'Pinky' 4
Laeliocattleya Green Emerald 'Queen' 6
Laeliocattleya Hausermann's Sultan 'Summer Spectacular' 5
Laeliocattleya Mem. Robert Strait 'Island Delights' 4
Laeliocattleya Newberry Pixie Cherokee 6
Laeliocattleya Purple Cascade 6
Laeliocattleya Purple Cascade 'Fragrant Beauty' 3
Laeliocattleya Purple Cascade 'Fragrant Beauty' 4
Laeliocattleya Sagarik Wax 'NN' 1
Liparis reflexa 2
Lycaste aromatica 1
Lycaste aromatica 2
Lycaste spp. 3
Lycaste spp. and hybrids 4
Masdevallia caudata 5
Masdevallia Snowcone 4
Maxillaria picta 5
Maxillaria rufescens 2
Maxillaria tenuifolia 1
Maxillaria tenuifolia 1
Maxillaria tenuifolia 2
Maxillaria tenuifolia 2
Maxillaria tenuifolia 2
Maxillaria tenuifolia 3
Maxillaria tenuifolia 4
Maxillaria tenuifolia 4
Maxillaria tenuifolia 6
Maxillaria tenuifolia 6
Maxilliara tenuifolia 1
Miltassia Charles M. Fitch 'Izumi' AM/AOS 2
Miltassia Shelob 6
Miltonia spp. and hybrids 1
Miltonidium Goliath Spire 'Mauna Loa' 3
Miltonidium Pupukea Sunset 1
Miltonidium Red Tide 1
Miltoniopsis santanaei 6
Miltoniopsis Yellow Ink Blot Carriage Horse x Melissa Baker Independence Day 2
Mormodes spp. and hybrids 6
Neofinetia falcata 3
Neofinetia falcata 3
Neofinetia falcata 4
Neofinetia falcata 4
Neofinetia falcata 6
Neostylis Lou Sneary 'Blue Moon' 2
Neostylis Lou Sneary 'Bluebird' 5
Neostylis Lou Sneary 'Bluebird' 6
Oncidium Heaven Scent 'Sweet Baby' 2
Oncidium Sharry Baby 1
Oncidium Sharry Baby 1
Oncidium Sharry Baby 2
Oncidium Sharry Baby 2
Oncidium Sharry Baby 3
Oncidium Sharry Baby 3
Oncidium Sharry Baby 3
Oncidium Sharry Baby 3
Oncidium Sharry Baby 4
Oncidium Sharry Baby 4
Oncidium Sharry Baby 4
Oncidium Sharry Baby 4
Oncidium Sharry Baby 4
Oncidium Sharry Baby 5
Oncidium Sharry Baby 6
Oncidium Sharry Baby 5
Oncidium Sharry Baby 'Heaven Scent' 1
Oncidium Sharry Baby 'Sweet Fragrance' 1
Oncidium Sharry Baby 'Sweet Fragrance' 4
Oncidium Sharry Baby 'Sweet Fragrance' 5
Oncidium sotoanum (mentioned as O. ornithorhynchum) 2
Oncidium Twinkle 2
Oncidium Twinkle 3
Oncidium Twinkle 3
Oncidium Twinkle 4
Oncidium Twinkle 4
Oncidium Twinkle 6
Oncidium Twinkle 1
Oncidium Twinkle 2
Oncidium Twinkle 2
Paraphalaeonopsis spp. 3
Paraphalaeonopsis spp. and hybrids 4
Peristeria pendula 2
Pescatoria dayana 6
Phalaenopsis bellina 1
Phalaenopsis bellina 1
Phalaenopsis bellina 2
Phalaenopsis bellina 4
Phalaenopsis Brother Sara Gold 'Sogo' 1
Phalaenopsis Fortune Buddah 1
Phalaenopsis gigantea 6
Phalaenopsis I-Hsin Kiwi 6
Phalaenopsis mannii 2
Phalaenopsis Mok Choi Yew 6
Phalaenopsis Sweet Memory 'Liodoro' 1
Phalaenopsis Sweet Memory 'Liodoro' 1
Phalaenopsis violacea 1
Phalaenopsis violacea 1
Phalaenopsis violacea 2
Phalaenopsis violacea 6
Phalaenopsis violacee 4
Potinara Hawaiian Charisma 'Hilo Beauty' 6
Potinara Paradise Ruby 'Sweetie' 5
Prosthechea fragrans 1
Prosthechea fragrans 2
Rhyncholaelia digbyana 2 (Old name was Brassavola d.)
Rhyncholaelia digbyana 5
Rhyncholaelia digbyana 6
Rhynchostylis gigantea 1
Rhynchostylis gigantea 6
Rhynchovanda Colmarie 4
Rhynchovanda Colmarie 'Merlot' 2
Sedirea japonica 2
Sedirea japonica 2
Seidenfadenia mitrata 5
Seidenfadenia mitrata 6
Smitinandia micrantha 2
Sobralia decora 'Santa Barbara' 4
Stanhopea florida 2
Stanhopea spp. and hybrids 1
Stanhopea spp. and hybrids 5
Stanhopea spp. and hybrids 6
Stanhopea tigrina 3
Stenia vasquezii 5
Tolumnia Jairak Rainbow 2
Tolumnia Sniffen 2
Trichoglottis philippinensis 2
Trichoglottis wenzellii 6
Tuberolabium kotoense 2
Vanda coerulescens 5
Vanda falcata 6
Vanda lilacina 5
Vanda pumila 5
Vanda Some species and hybrids; others are not fragrant 3
Vanda tesselata 5
Vanda Udorn Sunshine 4
Vanilla spp. and hybrids 3
Vanilla spp. and hybrids 4
Wilsonara Snowshell 3
Zygoneria Adelaide Meadows 3
Zygoneria Adelaide Meadows 4
Zygopetalum Advance Australia 1
Zygopetalum Conway's Choice 3
Zygopetalum mackayi 1
Zygopetalum mackayi 2
Zygopetalum mackayi 4
Zygopetalum spp. and hybrids 3
Zygopetalum spp. and hybrids 3
Zygopetalum spp. and hybrids 3
Zygopetalum spp. and hybrids 1
Zygopetalum spp. and hybrids 1
Zygopetalum spp. and hybrids 2
Zygopetalum spp. and hybrids 2
Zygopetalum spp. and hybrids 2
Zygopetalum spp. and hybrids 2
Zygopetalum spp. and hybrids 2
Zygopetalum spp. and hybrids 4
Zygopetalum spp. and hybrids 4
Zygopetalum spp. and hybrids 4
Zygopetalum spp. and hybrids 5
Zygopetalum spp. and hybrids 5

[Fernando]

You must have lots of time ...

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Originally Posted by Fernando

You must have lots of time ...

I was learning some computer database skills and decided to practice on something useful. This is just a by-product.

[samgeo]

Zygopetalum

[crowhillcorriedales@gmail]

I have a oncidium that is brown and smells like Chocolate. Do not know the correct name.

[Bulbopedilum]

Dendro. Crumenatum has a scent, though it doesn't smell that good to me.

Here are ones that I myself have not confirmed
Bulb. Ecornutum smells like grapes
Bulb. Biflorum smells fishy
Bulb. Echinolabium smells like shrimp paste

[ElviraBaldwin]

Thanks for the reply shakkai. I was also looking for the same actually.

[tellmewhy]

This baby got from Wegmans in bloomed. I can't take credit for the flowers. The fragrance is amazing 😉
Hope someone can ID it.