Smells like sharry baby?

[irrka]

Ok, i've been reading how everybody raves about sharry baby smell and i keep checking it out and it keeps looking just way too BIG for me (on the net). Is there something smallish-mid-sizish maybe that SMELLS like sharry baby?

[dave b]

Oncidium Twinkle is a smaller one, easy to grow and bloom (twice a year on healthy plants). Very fragrant, but not quite the same as Sharry Baby.

[irrka]

mumble... i have a twinkle and i can't smell anything on it. i sniffed and sniffed and nothing.

[kimstwin]

I think if you really like sharry baby, go for it. I could probably have about five of them for the amount of space that my two phals take up. I tried to attatch a photo of mine, which is planted in a six inch pot.

[Dorothy]

Encyclia phoenicia -(or Epidendrum phoeniceum) is known for it's chocolate fragrance - Encyclia phoenicia
and here - IOSPE PHOTOS
It's said to be medium sized

[isurus79]

Oncidium ornithorhynchum is very small plant yet very fragrant and is a "grandparent" of the Sharry Baby line. As Dave b said, Onc. Twinkle is very compact and fragrant as well.

[moogiemama]

I think "Twinkle" has more of a spicy scent. But it will do if you don't have the space for "Sharry Baby". Nothing quite matches that scent....

[Barbara]

Looks like there is a compact clone of called Sharry Baby 'Unicorn Raspberry' and it's been awarded so I'm thinking that it's probably fairly easy to find.

I have both plants and if it's the knock you out fragrance that you're after, go for Sharry Baby! However, Twinkle is very nice and I actually prefer it...

[John D.]

I could tell a difference in how fragrant Twinkle is corresponding with the amount of light - more light = more fragrance.

[isurus79]

Sharry Baby is the same way. It smells best at noon!!