The Need-To-Knows Of Fragrant Orchids

Orchids are celebrated for their undeniable beauty and the fragrant scent they exude. They possess a very alluring fragrance that many cannot resist. If all fragrant orchid species were to be listed, the list would never end. The reason for this is the abundance of new hybrids registered practically every week. Far from being a definitive list, provided is a sampling of common fragrant orchids:

Aerangis: The majority of this species is small and possess an evening fragrance.

Aeranthes: A select few of this species are fragrant.

Aerides: This type of orchid is tall and has lanky growth and roots. It emanates a strong fragrance.

Ancistrochilum rothschildianum: These orchids are small and deciduous in winter.

Brassavola: Most of these orchids are night-scented, which also includes the well-known Brassavola nodosa, more commonly known as the "lady of the night" orchid.

Brassia: These are enormous and are spiderlike flowers.

Brassidium: This is a popular scented brassia hybrid.

Brassocattleyas: These are crosses between a brassavola and cattleya, most of them are scented and some of them are intensely scented.

Brassolaocattleyas: These orchids are a result of crossing three different genuses and most of them are scented.

Catasetum: They are large, deciduous orchids which bear male or female flowers. Various species are fragrant, including those which belongs to callosum, pileatum and tenebrosum and many well-known hybrids with other genuses are also fragrant.

Cattleya: The classic orchid and the most fragrant species of all are said to be generally bicolored, dowiana, iricolor, labiata, maxima, mossiae, schilleriana, and warscewiczii. Of thousands of hybrids available, many are scented, some of them are even intensely fragrant.

Clowesia: These are the orchids which lose their leaves in the winter and most of these species are scented.

Dendrobium: These are the very popular genus of orchid. Many of them have tall canes and lose their leaves in winter. Most of these species are scented and the popular species include kingianum, loddigesii, monoliforme, nobile, parishii and speciosum

Dendrochilum: Most of these are scented, with chains of tiny flowers, including cobbianum, glumacaeum, magnum.

Gongora: Most of these species are small and are highly scented. These are the flowers which are often short-lived.

Haraella odorata: These are the most popular fragrant miniature orchid on the Orchid Forum.

Sedirea japonica: These are extremely fragrant small or long orchids generally cultivated in Japan.

Vanda: These are the ones with big, long aerial roots, harder to grow in the North region and the smaller scented species include cristata, denisonia, suavis, and tessellata.

Zygopetalum: Most of these species are highly scented and are usually found as complex hybrids and many of them also smell fantastic.

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