Encyclia patens (odoratissima)

[voyager]

I've got an orchid species that has been in bloom for a while.
It has gone past its' prime.
It was in one of my mass purchases from a local grower.

It is my favorite fragrant orchid.
I consider it to be the best smelling one I've got.
I mounted it on the trunk of one of our driveway palms.

I've had it so long that I has thrown out it's name tag I had been keeping in a cup on my desk.
I could not remember it's species name.
I went out to see if I had stuck it in behind the mounted plant and accidentally tore the plant off the tree.
I could find no way to I.D. it, and now I have to remount it.

All I could remember is that its species name said that it was fragrant, odorous or something similar.
I began searching for fragrant orchids.
I found this:
https://canadianorchidcongress.ca/Fragrant.pdf

I began searching through it for species names that held "fragran",
"odif" or "odor" in them.

I found it.
Encyclia odoratissima
Which per IOSPE, is actually E. patens.
Both photos look very similar to the blossoms on mine.

I've said before that it's as homely as a mud fence for a most beautifully smelling orchid.
I still think so.