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Fragrant Orchids?

Question:

I like my Den Frosty Dawn… Crystal — If you don’t buckle down, you’re never going to hit bottom.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –     I’ve been seeing orchids for sale at a number of places lately (Lowes’ &  Sams’ club) and I have bought 3 new ones in the past month. I’ve had a  moth orchid for about 5 years now also.     I’ve noticed that most orchids don’t have a smell. I  have recently bought a couple of dendrobiums and they smell slightly. What are some fragrant orchid types? Which ones smell the best or strongest and where can I get them?

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I read a few years ago about a competition in Japan where the plants were judged and evaluated solely on fragrance. Very interesting stuff! I think it was in the AOS bulletin, but I am not sure. Anyone have any info on this? Perhaps a link to the prize winners or a web page of the event? Tom.

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Which ones smell the best or strongest and where can I get them?

A dendrobium with the Hawaiian name of honohono has a great fragrance. A show recently had it’s first award of most fragrant orchid. The one which won was Den. Superbum. (I just looked and it looks like a honohono to me!) Tracey

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honohono == Dendrobium superbum (aka Den. anosmum) – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Which ones smell the best or strongest and where can I get them? A dendrobium with the Hawaiian name of honohono has a great fragrance. A show recently had it’s first award of most fragrant orchid. The one which won was Den. Superbum. (I just looked and it looks like a honohono to me!) Tracey

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Vanda odorata is the most fragrant of all. It is a species from Thailand and South East Asia.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – honohono == Dendrobium superbum (aka Den. anosmum) Which ones smell the best or strongest and where can I get them? A dendrobium with the Hawaiian name of honohono has a great fragrance. A show recently had it’s first award of most fragrant orchid. The one which won was Den. Superbum. (I just looked and it looks like a honohono to me!) Tracey

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        I’ve been seeing orchids for sale at a number of places lately (Lowes’ &  Sams’ club) and I have bought 3 new ones in the past month. I’ve had a  moth orchid for about 5 years now also.         I’ve noticed that most orchids don’t have a smell. I  have recently   bought a couple of dendrobiums and they smell slightly. What are some fragrant orchid types? Which ones smell the best or strongest and where can I get them?

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http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Recreation/OrchidSNS/frag.html This is one site with a fairly long answer to your question. A Great list of orchids with smell. – Some good. some bad, some you smell and I can not, or vise versa. Enjoy SuE – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –            I’ve been seeing orchids for sale at a number of places lately (Lowes’ &  Sams’ club) and I have bought 3 new ones in the past month. I’ve had a  moth orchid for about 5 years now also.            I’ve noticed that most orchids don’t have a smell. I  have recently   bought a couple of dendrobiums and they smell slightly. What are some fragrant orchid types? Which ones smell the best or strongest and where can I get them?

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Filed under: Dendrobium Orchid

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