Best and strongest scent among these

[naoki]

It probably doesn't fit to your "colorful" requirement, but Chadwick thinks C. iricolor has one of the strongest fragrance.
Cattleya iricolor | Chadwick and Son Orchids
I wonder if it is "nice" smell.

C. jenmanii is pretty common (e.g here).

[trdyl]

Hello there.

I do have all three species. My C. jenmanii coerulea has by far the strongest scent while very pleasant it can be quite overpowering at times. Its weak point is flower longevity is only 2 to 3 weeks. C. mossiae other hand still has a very strong pleasant sent but not overpowering and typically the flowers last 6 to 8 weeks for me. For me C.maxima just does not compare to the other two. Hope this helps.

[CR7cristiano]

Originally Posted by plumania

Looking for birthday present -
Have to decide which one among Cattleya mosiae, Cattleya maxima and Cattleya jenmanii smells best and strongest.
To be grown in South Florida hot and humid weather.
Thanks a lot.

This is an easy choice for me. Mossiae to me is the go to here. If you can get 'Willowbrook' even better!

[trdyl]

Originally Posted by CR7cristiano

This is an easy choice for me. Mossiae to me is the go to here. If you can get 'Willowbrook' even better!

C. mossiae 'Willowbrook' FCC/AOS would be an outstanding choice. I had a piece of it in my teens back in the 80s and it was perfection with a great scent.

[plumania]

Mossiae 'Willowbrook' and Jenmanii.....Thanks.

I thought willowbrook will smell like luddemanniana I have so I did not think about it. Is it different in scent?

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Originally Posted by naoki

It probably doesn't fit to your "colorful" requirement, but Chadwick thinks C. iricolor has one of the strongest fragrance.
Cattleya iricolor | Chadwick and Son Orchids
I wonder if it is "nice" smell.

C. jenmanii is pretty common (e.g here).

I googled iricolor....not the kind I am looking for but it looks cute. In one article, they say it is very fragrant and smells like 'Olives' !! Really ? If they mean olive like in pizza, I would not like their smell.

[Leafmite]

I bought a mossiae as the smell is said to be wonderful. Another you might want to check out is the gaskelliana. They have a pleasant fragrance, too. Both are easy ones to grow.

I thought I should add that my mossiae is a seedling so I have no idea of the fragrance, yet. I loved the gask's fragrance, though.

[lepetitmartien]

From my forthcoming huge list of fragrant orchid:
- mossiae : very strong, sweet
garlic (one report) (not sure it's legit)
floral-make up powder (2 reports)
- maxima : very strong, sweet
heliotrope-sweet pea (1 report)
- iricolor : medium to strong
green olive
- jenmanii :
Floral (in fact I've had the details from this thread, thanks all)

Others of interest perfumed based:
(note, no judgement on form/colors)(and anyway, I don't like catts so…)
- aurea : medium, lemon
- bicolor : strong, lemon-carnation but irregular scentwise
- bicolor Spicy-floral-rose
- chlorochilon : jasmine (no more details)
- dowiana : citron-soapy-tart
- guttata var. leopoldii : lilac
- intermedia : strong floral irregular
- labiata all forms : very strong, floral
- labiata f. rubra : floral like Angraecum sesquipedale
- loddigesii : jasmine-spicy/milk chocolate (one report each)
- luddemaniana : almost all floral
- leddemaniana f. coerulea : medium, nutmeg
- purpurata : licorice-spicy
- purpurata var carnea : bergamot
- schilleriana : strong, honey
- trianae : Ipé wood or floral, depending of undescribed forms, all sweet.
- triavaci : cinnamon
- walkeriana : Cinnamon-vanilla/lemongrass
- warscewiczii : jasmine

And more on the hybrids… but I'm lazy for now Hope this will help.

(and yes, I'm not joking about my list of fragrant orchids, this is just an appetizer, forget all other lists

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[plumania]

Originally Posted by Leafmite

I bought a mossiae as the smell is said to be wonderful. Another you might want to check out is the gaskelliana. They have a pleasant fragrance, too. Both are easy ones to grow.

I thought I should add that my mossiae is a seedling so I have no idea of the fragrance, yet. I loved the gask's fragrance, though.

I have gaskelliana and I love their fragrance.

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Originally Posted by lepetitmartien

From my forthcoming huge list of fragrant orchid:
- mossiae : very strong, sweet
garlic (one report) (not sure it's legit)
floral-make up powder (2 reports)
- maxima : very strong, sweet
heliotrope-sweet pea (1 report)
- iricolor : medium to strong
green olive
- jenmanii :
Floral (in fact I've had the details from this thread, thanks all)

Others of interest perfumed based:
(note, no judgement on form/colors)(and anyway, I don't like catts so…)
- aurea : medium, lemon
- bicolor : strong, lemon-carnation but irregular scentwise
- bicolor Spicy-floral-rose
- chlorochilon : jasmine (no more details)
- dowiana : citron-soapy-tart
- guttata var. leopoldii : lilac
- intermedia : strong floral irregular
- labiata all forms : very strong, floral
- labiata f. rubra : floral like Angraecum sesquipedale
- loddigesii : jasmine-spicy/milk chocolate (one report each)
- luddemaniana : almost all floral
- leddemaniana f. coerulea : medium, nutmeg
- purpurata : licorice-spicy
- purpurata var carnea : bergamot
- schilleriana : strong, honey
- trianae : Ipé wood or floral, depending of undescribed forms, all sweet.
- triavaci : cinnamon
- walkeriana : Cinnamon-vanilla/lemongrass
- warscewiczii : jasmine

And more on the hybrids… but I'm lazy for now Hope this will help.

(and yes, I'm not joking about my list of fragrant orchids, this is just an appetizer, forget all other lists

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Heeh heeh....thanks buddy.I have some of them and will get others later (eg schilleriana). With all the scented appetizers, I wonder if anyone has space for main course.
Need more tress now to hang ever growing orchid collection! My poor mango tree has baskets hanging on every branch (some hoyas as well). Then I hung some on trees with weak branches. As usual I whine about not having place to hang and then buy more plants.

[euplusia]

C. iricolor has the strongest scent among all, but it is not nice and pleasing. It is botanically interesting, but be aware.
Take mossiae, jenmanni, labiata or trianae.

[naoki]

Originally Posted by euplusia

C. iricolor has the strongest scent among all, but it is not nice and pleasing. It is botanically interesting, but be aware.
Take mossiae, jenmanni, labiata or trianae.

Scent is difficult to describe, but does C. tricolor really smells like green olives to you?