Not a sherry baby, What is it? - Orchid Board

dendro photo · #1 11-23-2010, 08:26 PM

It has the same shape and size as a sherry baby but has a sweet candy smell not chocolate. and is all dark blood red color. i will put up a pic as soon as the camera is done charging. what could it be? oh and it is labled as sherry baby.

PaphMadMan · #2 11-23-2010, 08:50 PM

Both the fragrance and color you describe are within the range of possibility for Onc. Sharry Baby. Some widely distribued clones have white lips and fragrance described as chocolate, but it is a variable cross and some are solid red-purples, and not every plant smells the same to everybody. Since you describe the shape and size as correct I think it is most likely Sharry Baby.

WhiteRabbit · #3 11-23-2010, 10:23 PM

I agree with Paph

Gin · #4 11-23-2010, 10:24 PM

Might be Onc. Heaven Scent 'Sweet Baby' I looked at pictures it seems there are quite a few color varieties ..

dendro photo · #5 11-23-2010, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by dendro photo

It has the same shape and size as a sherry baby but has a sweet candy smell not chocolate. and is all dark blood red color. i will put up a pic as soon as the camera is done charging. what could it be? oh and it is labled as sherry baby.

CTB · #6 11-24-2010, 06:42 AM

I have a cousin that looks alot like S Baby its called Green Valley Sweet, side by side I can't tell them apart, except by their fragrance, one is candy another is chcolate.

orchidsamore · #7 11-24-2010, 05:16 PM

Based on your photo you have one of the many Sharry Baby hybrids not the original.

There is a Sharry Baby 'Red Fantasy' that is mostly red but the noticeable difference is that the flower on true Sharry Baby is much flatter then yours which is curling. The hybrids can do this.
Also the colors are cleaner with clear distinctions from red color to the white not slightly blurred.

Sharry Baby 'Sweet Fragrance' has the best and strongest scent. You can smell these 4-6 feet from the plant.

Heaven scent is a much smaller flower than Sharry Baby and dark red like 'Red Fantasy'. It is my favorite of the hybrids. It flowers a lot and 4-8 spikes are common on a 4 inch pot.

Green Valley Sweet is two generations removed from Sharry Baby. It is 25% Sharry Baby as it is a grandchild of the original. I find the scent to be very light in comparison to the original.

fotofashion · #8 11-24-2010, 07:48 PM

And...Green Valley Sweet looks like this:

Gin · #9 11-24-2010, 08:32 PM

My Heaven scent is in bloom I will take a picture of it tomorrow .. Gin