Orchids with a strong scent

[kdennis14]

Thank you.

[chickazilla]

Hello,
I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with this. I've had a gorgeous miltoniopsis in bloom for almost 5-6 weeks now and it was incredibly fragrant every day. But suddenly, after watering the other day, it stopped producing fragrance, although the blooms show no signs of fading AT ALL and look very vital. If anyone here knows anything about this, would appreciate feedback. Thanks!

[j_orchids]

Mine seemed to only produce noticeable scent when in warm temperatures and/or bright light (scent seemed to "shut off" when moved from sunny, warm windowsill). Also, it seemed the scent was strongest in the morning.

~ Jon

Originally Posted by chickazilla

Hello,
I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with this. I've had a gorgeous miltoniopsis in bloom for almost 5-6 weeks now and it was incredibly fragrant every day. But suddenly, after watering the other day, it stopped producing fragrance, although the blooms show no signs of fading AT ALL and look very vital. If anyone here knows anything about this, would appreciate feedback. Thanks!

[KC Kam]

Hi all,

I would like to share some personal experience on my orchid collection. I am still new to orchid growing but I have a few fragrant orchid in collection (I prefer collecting fragrant type). I wouldn’t be able to rate them by their intensity accurately whether it can fill up a room or not because I keep them in my car porch (open space) area where wind might carry their scents away but sometimes I can still catch their fragrance a few feet away. Below are my sharing

P. bellina – can smell it within 2-3 meter radius

P. violacea - can smell it within 1-2 meter radius. Its fragrance is not as attractive to bellina because bellina has citrusy / fruity scent therefore you can either say it is slightly weaker or as strong as bellina.

Onc. Sharry Baby – Can smell it within 2-3 meter radius. I am not sure whether mine was the sweet fragrance variety because I heard the sweet fragrance variety has the most intense scent.

Catt. nobilior – Can smell it within 3-4 meter radius.

Dend. anosmum – I have only 6 flowers when this blooms and that time I have my Catt. nobilior blooming too. When I was standing within 2 meter radius, both of them are competing their fragrance..one moment I was breathing in the nice nobilior fragrance, the next moment the anosmum kicks in, then nobilior, then anosmum. I believe if anosmum is blooming with its full capacity, it will definitely overtake the intensity of Catt. nobilior. As of now, this is the most intense day fragrant orchid that I have.

Vanda Mimi Palmer – can smell it within 1-2 meter radius. I heard that it releases fragrances more frequently and longer hours (8am-6pm) compare to other orchids. Which I did experience the differences. (I heard vanda mimi palmer unleashes even stronger scent under stronger sunlight compare to other vandas)

BLC. Greenwich – can smell it within 1-2 meter radius.

Brassavola nodosa - can smell it within 2-3 meter radius. I believe is stronger than this because I remember I sense this fragrant at night more than 10 meters away from some stranger’s house with orchid shades. I remember similar fragrance. Maybe this stranger has many of them blooming at the same time.

Brassavola Little Star - can smell it within 1-2 meter radius. I believe this is as strong as nodosa since it is a primary hybrid from nodosa.

Brassavola cucullata – can smell it within 2-4 meter radius. I believe this is stronger intensity compare to nodosa because I only have 1 flower in bloom and I can smell it 2-4 meter away where else my nodosa was 6 flower to reach me at the distance. In my collection, I think either nodosa or cucullata is the most intense fragrance among night fragrant orchids.

Again like I say, my judgement might not be accurate since im in open area with wind movements but I hope this is useful as some kind of reference.

NOTE : Intensity might varies due to temperature, exposure to light and wind movements.

[Jmaryland]

I have been very fortunate to have a Sherry Baby bloom. The smell is delightful a chocolate, coffee, vanilla smell to me.

[terrimpin]

Onc. Speckled Spire "Whisp" - smells like a cross between vanilla and gardenia

[john lapointe]

Good morning one and all, the list would be incomplete without Miltoniopsis Andrea West, will blow your face off, so intense

[Zoren]

, Well the trip to Puerto Rico was nice. Unfortunately I got sick, finishing up with my cold and now my wife has it, such is life.
I would include the Dendrobium Anosmum 'Hono Hono' from Hawaii, I found it to be very fragrant. Filled my entire living room with very strong sweet fragrance. I will be looking for one to try it S/H (I found one at Home depot 2 yrs ago) to see if I have more luck this time around.
I have a few Orchids in bloom (bloomed this week), that are supposed to have fragrance (See attached), (I have noticed that it can take a few days for the fragrance to get strong enough to smell it). I have a few more getting ready to either Bud or Bloom. I will be asking another question in a New Thread in a few moments ...Zoren...

[john lapointe]

I think that Maxillaria picta should be included.I had a plant with 7 blossoms this spring and it filled half the house with a heavenly fragrance, overwhelming if one was to put your nose in and take a big wif.

[Subrosa]

Here's an interesting comparison that demonstates that when discussing fragrance, there's strong and there's STRONG! My Cattleya nobilior and C. iricolor were each recently in bloom next to each other. From first light until about 10:30, the room had the vanilla citron fragrance of nobilior all through it. By 11 the whole upstairs, including the plant room smelled like iricolor, but it I got within a couple feet of the nobilior it was noticeable until around noon.