That's interesting, Dea. I'm of the opposite view. Fragrance, for me, is usually the deciding factor. Being colorblind, lots of colors (although not all) are lost on me. So fragrance is pretty important. I do find bulbophyllums fascinating. Since I spend enough 12-hour shifts smelling all sorts of foulness at work, however, it would not be pleasurable to come home to something that smells like decomposing meat--or, in the case of Stanhopea connata, an old diaper. Still, I really do like to think about things like this--that there's a pollinator (probably a close relative of my pug) somewhere that is drawn to this aroma.
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