Orchid Fragrance Information

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Fragrance information is given in 617 of our culture sheets. Below are the names of the species where fragrance, or its lack, has been discussed. This is followed by a sentence or two pertaining to the fragrance for that species which has been extracted from that culture sheet. The list contains both fragrant orchids and non-fragrant orchids.

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Acacallis cyanea Lindley
	...Up to 10 fragrant blossoms are crowded at the top of each inflorescence....

Acineta erythroxantha Rchb. f.
	...The fairly strongly fragrant, cup-shaped flowers are 1.2-2.0 in. (3-5 cm) across with forward-pointing, fleshy sepals and petals that are not widely spread. The flowers, which have a moderately strong, spicy fragrance, are light yellow with the inner surface of the petals spotted with dark maroon at the base....

Acineta superba (Humboldt, Bonpland, and Kunth) Rchb. f.
	...5-30 large, fleshy, heavily waxy, and spicily fragrant blossoms are attractively spaced along the apical half of each inflorescence....

Ada allenii (L. O. Williams ex C. Schweinfurth) N. H. Williams
	...5-8 very fragrant, moderately sized blossoms are carried, usually lip uppermost, on each inflorescence....

Ada andreettae Dodson
	...7-9 rather spidery, non-fragrant blossoms are carried on each inflorescence....

Ada chlorops (Endres & Rchb. f.) N. H. Williams
	...3-10 small, waxy, faintly fragrant, spreading blossoms are produced on each inflorescence....

Aerangis citrata (Thouars) Schlechter
	...Blossoms, which have a faint lemon fragrance, are not lemon-yellow in color as the name of the plant would indicate, but most seem to have a hint of yellow in the creamy white to ivory-colored blossoms....

Aerangis cryptodon (Rchb. f.) Schlechter
	...The waxy, fragrant, long-lived blossoms are white with a long, slender, awl-shaped spur that is twisted and may be up to 7 in. (18 cm) long....

Aerangis ellisii (Rchb. f.) Schlechter
	...The very fragrant, long-lasting blossoms are pure white but turn yellow with age....

Aerangis fastuosa (Rchb. f.) Schlechter
	...The pure white flowers are waxy, long-lived (lasting 3 weeks or more), fragrant (varying from slightly to strongly fragrant, particularly at night), and up to 1.5 in. (3.8 cm) across....

Aerangis luteo-alba (Krzl.) Schltr.var. rhodosticta (Krzl.) J. Stewart
	...The 1-2 in. (2.5-5.0 cm) flowers are long lasting, but are not fragrant....

Aerangis modesta (Hooker f.) Schlechter
	...The pure white blossoms are waxy, fragrant, and long-lived....

Aerangis verdickii (De Wildeman) Schlechter
	...The flowers have a strong, sweet fragrance, are about 0.8 in. (2.1 cm) across by 1.3 in. (3.4 cm) deep, and have spurs that are 6-8 in. (15-20 cm) long....

Aeranthes grandiflora Lindley (1824)
	...They are fragrant and long-lived and have sepals and petals that are somewhat egg-shaped with long, tapering, sharply pointed tips....

Aerides crassifolia Parish ex Burbridge
	...The very fragrant, heavy-textured, long-lasting flowers are 1.2-1.5 in. (3.0-3.8 cm) across, which is among the largest of the genus....

Aerides crispa Lindley
	...The sweetly fragrant blossoms, which are among the largest of the genus, are white lightly flushed with pink or rose-purple on the back, with a faint flush of the same color near the tips of the sepals and petals on the front side....

Aerides falcata Lindleyvar. houlletiana (Rchb. f.) Veitch
	...The fragrant, waxy blossoms are 1.0-1.2 in. (2.5-3.0 cm) across, but var....

Aerides lawrenciae Rchb. f.
	...The fragrant flowers, which have a heavy waxy texture and heavy substance, are 1.6-2.0 in. (4-5 cm) long by 1.6 in. (4 cm) wide....

Aerides multiflora Roxburgh
	...The fragrant, waxy, white flowers are freely marked and flushed with pink or purple, particularly near the tips of the sepals and petals....

Aerides odorata (Poiret) Loureiro
	...The very fragrant, waxy flowers are 1.0-1.5 in. (2.5-3.8 cm) across and last for 2-3 weeks....

Aerides quinquevulnera Lindley
	...The flowers are very fragrant, last about 2 weeks, and are about 1 in. (2.5 cm) across....

Aerides rosea Loddiges ex Paxton
	...The fragrant, waxy blossoms have white sepals and petals that usually are spotted and mottled with amethyst-purple....

Amesiella monticola Cootes & Banks
	...The widely spread, fragrant blossoms are up to 2.4 in. (6 cm) across and are usually pure white in color....

Amesiella philippinensis (Ames) Garay
	...The lovely white flowers are large for the size of the plant, and are sometimes fragrant....

Anacheilium faustum (Rchb. f. ex Cogniaux) Pabst, Moutinho, & Pinto
	...The spreading, star-shaped flowers are described as having a pleasant, astringent fragrance....

Ancistrochilus rothschildianus O'Brien
	...The 2 in. (5 cm) flowers are fragrant, long lasting, and are large and showy for the size of the plant....

Angraecum eburneum Bory
	...The long-lived, very fragrant, waxy blossoms, which are inverted with the lip held uppermost, are 1.6-2.4 in. (4-6 cm) across....

Angraecum equitans Schlechter
	...The fragrant white flowers, which are up to 2.2 in. (5.5 cm) wide and high, have sepals that are narrowly lanceolate, taper from the base to the tip, and are winged on the back side....

Angraecum leonis (Rchb.f.) Veitch
	...The long-lasting, fragrant flowers are pure white and measure 1.2-1.6 in. (3-4 cm) wide and 1.6-2.0 in. (4-5 cm) tall....

Angraecum longicalcar (Bosser) K. Senghas
	...They have pale green sepals and petals, a waxy, pure white lip that is held uppermost, an extremely long pale green spur, and are strongly fragrant in the evening hours....

Angraecum magdalenae Schlechter
	...The pure white, widely spread blossoms have a very pleasant, spicy fragrance, especially in the evening....

Angraecum scottianum Rchb. f.
	...The waxy, fragrant blossoms are carried with the lip uppermost and are 2.0-2.4 in. (5-6 cm) across....

Angraecum sesquipedale Thouars
	...The fleshy, heavily waxy, long-lasting, star-shaped flowers, which are fragrant at night, are the largest of the angraecoid orchids....

Anguloa cliftonii Rolfe
	...They are very large, waxy, strongly fragrant, and measure up to 3.5 in. (9 cm) long and wide and are pale yellow or lemon-yellow, with the petals flecked with small maroon spots....

Anguloa ruckeri Lindley
	...The flowers, which open only slightly, are very fragrant and measure about 3.5 in. (9 cm) long....

Arachnis flos-aeris (Linnaeus) Rchb. f.
	...Blossoms, which open fully, have a strong musky fragrance....

Arachnis hookeriana (Rchb. f.) Rchb. f.
	...The long-lasting, fleshy, fragrant blossoms are about 2.6 in. (6.5 cm) high by 2.2 in. (5.5 cm) wide....

Aspasia epidendroides Lindley
	...They are faintly fragrant during the warmest part of the day....

Aspasia principissa Rchb. f.
	...4-6 moderately sized, faintly fragrant blossoms are produced in succession at the apex of each flower spike....

Barkeria naevosa (Lindley) Schlechter
	...Blossoms, which are 1.0-1.8 in. (2.5-4.5 cm) across, have a strong fragrance during the daylight hours. They have reddish sepals and petals and a creamy gray lip marked with raised, reddish veins. Although the vegetative habit of Barkeria naevosa is very similar to Barkeria obovata (Presl) E. A. Christianson [formerly Barkeria chinensis (Lindley) Thien]. Halbinger and Kennedy (1984) reported that "Barkeria naevosa is the only member of the genus with such a strong and specific daytime fragrance....

Barkeria shoemakeri Halbinger
	...The small blossoms are 0.6 in. (1.6 cm) across and sweetly fragrant in bright light....

Barkeria strophinx (Rchb. f.) Halbinger
	...The relatively small flowers are 0.7-1.0 in. (1.8-2.5 cm) across and are slightly fragrant during daytime hours....

Batemannia colleyi Lindley
	...The fleshy, fragrant, long-lasting blossoms have pale green sepals and petals that are strongly overlaid by maroon-brown except at the extreme apex....

Bifrenaria harrisoniae (Hooker) Rchb. f.
	...The 2.5-3.0 in. (6-8 cm) flowers are waxy in texture, long lasting, and are heavily fragrant....

Bifrenaria tetragona (Lindley) Schlechter
	...The fleshy, long-lasting blossoms are heavily fragrant with a fragrance that has been described by some as being a strong, rather unpleasant, musty odor....

Bollea violacea (Lindley) Rchb. f.
	...The waxy blossoms, which are about 3 in. (7-8 cm) across, are fragrant and long lasting....

Brassavola acaulis Lindley & Paxton
	...The large showy blossoms are fragrant, heavily textured, and about 4 in. (10 cm) across....

Brassavola cebolleta Rchb. f.
	...The long-lasting blossoms, which are fragrant at night, are about 2 in. (5 cm) across....

Brassavola cucullata (Linnaeus) Robert Brown
	...1-3 long-lasting blossoms that are fragrant at night are carried on each inflorescence....

Brassavola martiana Lindley
	...The long-lasting flowers, which are very fragrant especially at night, are about 3 in. (7.5 cm) across....

Brassavola nodosa (Linnaeus) Lindley
	...The long-lived flowers, which are very fragrant at night, are usually about 3.5 in. (9 cm) across, but may reach nearly 6 in. (15 cm)....

Brassavola tuberculata Hooker not Barbosa-Rodrígues
	...They have a fragrance resembling vanilla, particularly at night....

Brassia arcuigera Rchb. f.
	...The very large, pleasantly fragrant, spidery blossoms with long, narrow, sharply pointed, and widely spread, stiffly extended segments....

Brassia caudata (Linnaeus) Lindley
	...3-12 fragrant, rather waxy blossoms are rather loosely to densely spaced on each inflorescence....

Brassia forgetiana hort., C. Schweinfurth
	...11-15 spreading blossoms with a delicate fragrance similar to that of tangerines are carried in two alternating ranks on a crowded raceme....

Brassia gireoudiana Rchb. f. and Warscewicz
	...1-15 very fragrant blossoms that last for several weeks are attractively arranged on each inflorescence....

Brassia lawrenceana Lindley
	...The fragrant, waxy, long-lasting blossoms have pale yellow or pale green sepals and petals that are spotted more or less heavily with brown....

Brassia maculata R. Brown
	...The waxy, slightly fragrant, long-lasting blossoms are 5-8 in. (12-20 cm) long with narrow, rigid, widely extended segments....

Brassia warscewiczii Rchb. f.
	...Blossoms are comparatively small but extremely fragrant....

Broughtonia domingensis (Lindley) Rolfe
	...The faintly fragrant flowers are 2.0-2.5 in. (5.0-6.2 cm) across....

Bryobium hyacinthoides (Blume) Y. P. Ng & Cribb
	...The white flowers, which have a variable amount of brown or purple on the lateral lobes of the lip, are about 0.6-0.8 in. (1.5-2.0 cm) across and are said to have a rather unpleasant fragrance....

Bulbophyllum baileyi F. Müller
	...The fleshy blossoms, which usually face upward and have a strong, somewhat spicy fragrance, are 0.8-1.2 in. (2-3 cm) across in their natural position, with sepals and petals that are spreading at the base but curve upward at about their middle....

Bulbophyllum dearei (Rchb. f.) Rchb. f.
	...The rather large, long-lasting, heavy-textured blossom is fragrant and may be up to about 3 in. (7.5 cm) across....

Bulbophyllum gracillimum (Rolfe) Rolfe
	...The outward-facing, fragrant blossoms are variable in color, most are predominantly dark purple-red with a purple-violet lip, but colors range from white to cream to pink with purple to white tips on the segments....

Bulbophyllum lobbii Lindley
	...The long-lasting blossoms are very fragrant....

Bulbophyllum longissimum (Ridley) J. J. Smith
	...The fragrant, short-lived blossoms are up to 11 in. (27 cm) long....

Bulbophyllum macranthum Lindley
	...Flowers are fragrant with a scent described as somewhat spicy....

Bulbophyllum makoyanum (Rchb. f.) Ridley 1907
	...The fragrant blossoms have pale yellow lateral sepals with purple spots on the basal half and only a few spots toward the narrow apex....

Bulbophyllum picturatum (Loddiges) Rchb. f.
	...The flowers are slightly fragrant and rather short-lived....

Bulbophyllum refractilingue J. J. Smith
	...The flowers are said to have a somewhat "mossy" fragrance....

Bulbophyllum reticulatum Bateman ex Hooker f.
	...The fleshy, fragrant blossoms are reported to be about 3 in. (7.5 cm) across....

Bulbophyllum rothschildianum (O'Brien) J. J. Smith
	...As a result, any fragrance is seldom described as pleasant, except possibly by the flies, and is usually considered somewhere between unpleasant and downright yukkie, depending on the nose of the beholder....

Calypso bulbosa (Linnaeus) Oakesvar. occidentalis (Holzinger) Calder
	...The pendent or nodding flowers are heavy-textured, fragrant, very showy, and measure about 1.5 in. (3.8 cm) long....

Catasetum atratum Lindley
	...The waxy, fragrant blossoms are 1.5 in. (3.8 cm) by 1.9 in. (4.8 cm)....

Catasetum barbatum (Lindley) Lindley
	...The variably fragrant male flowers have yellowish green sepals and petals that have many narrow, purple-black or purple-maroon marks or transverse bars....

Catasetum bicolor Klotzsch
	...The fragrant male blossoms have sepals that are brownish green, purplish, flesh-pink, or deep red-brown....

Catasetum discolor (Lindley) Lindley
	...The very fragrant blossoms, which are variable in color, have sepals and petals that may be pale green to pale yellow-green suffused with red or cream to pale pink with very pale pink spots....

Catasetum fimbriatum (Morren) Lindley & Paxton
	...The fleshy, spicily fragrant flowers are about 1.5 in. (3.8 cm) across. The lip is carried in the lowermost position in both the male and female flowers. The fragrant male flowers have pale green sepals and petals that are suffused and barred with pink, a greenish yellow lip, and a white column with violet flecks....

Catasetum gnomus Linden & Rchb. f.
	...The fragrant blossoms, which hold the lip uppermost, have green sepals and petals that are marked with heavy dark red-brown or maroon-purple spots or blotches....

Catasetum hillsii Bennett & Christenson
	...The flowers, which are strongly and sweetly fragrant, have sepals and petals that are greenish yellow marked with irregularly shaped transverse bars of reddish brown....

Catasetum macrocarpum L. C. Richard ex Kunth
	...The fragrant male flowers are variable in color, ranging from green to yellow-green and more or less spotted with purple....

Catasetum maculatum Kunth non Bateman
	...The strongly fragrant blossoms have sepals and petals that are green or greenish brown and usually densely marked with small purple or red-brown spots on the front surface....

Catasetum pileatum Rchb. f.
	...The extremely fragrant blossoms are flat-opening, heavily textured, and may be more than 4 in. (10 cm) across....

Catasetum tabulare Lindley
	...2-6 very fleshy and excessively fragrant blossoms are loosely arranged in a raceme on the upper portion of the inflorescence....

Catasetum taguariense Menezes & Braem
	...8-25 very fragrant blossoms are carried on each inflorescence....

Cattleya aclandiae Lindley
	...Each waxy, long-lasting blossom is 3-4 in. (7-10 cm) across with a faint spicy fragrance....

Cattleya amethystoglossa Linden and Rchb. f. ex Warner
	...Each long lasting, slightly fragrant blossom is about 3 in. (7-8 cm) across....

Cattleya aurantiaca (Bateman ex Lindley) P. N. Don
	...They are not fragrant....

Cattleya bicolor Lindley
	...The normally fragrant flowers are up to 3.3 in. (8.5 cm) wide when opened fully....

Cattleya candida (Kunth) Lehmann
	...This species is known for their sweet fragrance but the blossoms do not open as widely as most of the other labiate cattleyas....

Cattleya dolosa (Rchb. f.) Rchb. f.
	...The fragrant flowers are normally 3-4 in. (7-10 cm) across, but they are occasionally as wide as 5 in. (13 cm)....

Cattleya dowiana Bateman
	...They have a very pleasant, soapy citron or lemon fragrance, especially in the morning....

Cattleya eldorado Linden ex Van Houtte
	...Sweetly fragrant, the flowers are 5-6 in. (13-15 cm) across....

Cattleya elongata Barbosa-Rodrigues
	...The long lasting blossoms are about 3 in. (7-8 cm) across and slightly fragrant....

Cattleya forbesii Lindley
	...The long lasting, slightly fragrant blossoms are 2.4-4.3 in.(6-11 cm) across....

Cattleya gaskelliana Rchb. f.
	...The large, fragrant flowers are usually less than 5 in. (13 cm) across, but they sometimes reach a width of 6.7 in. (17 cm)....

Cattleya granulosa Lindley
	...Flowers are fleshy, fragrant, and long lasting....

Cattleya guttata Lindley
	...The fragrant blossoms are about 3 in. (7-8 cm) across but, they do not open fully....

Cattleya intermedia Graham ex Hooker
	...Although sometimes described as fragrant, flowers usually have little discernible odor....

Cattleya iricolor Rchb. f.
	...The fragrant blossoms are about 3 in. (7-8 cm) across....

Cattleya labiata Lindley
	...Blossoms are long lasting with a very pleasant fragrance, especially in the morning....

Cattleya lawrenceana Rchb. f.
	...They have a sweet fragrance that is normally rather faint but can be very strong....

Cattleya loddigesii Lindley
	...The fragrance is particularly noticeable at mid-day....

Cattleya luteola Lindley
	...The fragrant blossoms are about 2 in. (5 cm) across....

Cattleya maxima Lindley
	...The fragrant, long lasting blossoms are about 5 in. (13 cm) across....

Cattleya mossiae Hooker
	...The large, very fragrant flowers are 5-8 in. (13-20 cm) across, some of the largest within the genus....

Cattleya nobilior Rchb. f.
	...They are very long lasting with a faint but pleasant fragrance....

Cattleya porphyroglossa Linden & Rchb. f.
	...The sweetly fragrant flowers are 2-3 in. (5-7 cm) across when fully expanded, but they normally remain rather closed....

Cattleya rex O'Brien
	...The fragrant flowers are 5-7 in. (13-18 cm) across....

Cattleya schilleriana Rchb. f.
	...Flowers are glossy, long lasting, and somewhat fragrant....

Cattleya schroderae Sander
	...They have a sweet fragrance and are considered among the most fragrant in the genus....

Cattleya skinneri Bateman
	...Flowers are up to 3.5 in. (9 cm) across and sometimes faintly fragrant....

Cattleya tigrina A. Richard
	...The moderately sized, fragrant flowers 3.5-4.0 in. (9-10 cm) across....

Cattleya trianaei J. Linden and Rchb. f.
	...The large, showy, somewhat fragrant flowers may be as large as 7-8 in. (18-20 cm) across, but they are somewhat variable in size....

Cattleya velutina Rchb. f.
	...The fragrant, very fleshy flowers are up to 2.4 in. (6 cm) wide when fully expanded....

Cattleya violacea (Kunth) Rolfe
	...The fragrant blossoms are long lasting and very attractive....

Cattleya walkeriana Gardner
	...Flowers are very fragrant with a sweet, delicious scent....

Cattleya warneri T. Moore
	...The showy, fragrant blossoms are 6-8 in. (15-20 cm) across....

Cattleya warscewiczii Rchb. f.
	...The fragrant blossoms are among the largest of all the Cattleyas....

Caularthron bicornutum (William Hooker) Rafinesque-Schmaltz
	...Flat-opening, fragrant, waxy, long-lived blossoms may be loosely or rather densely clustered near the top of each inflorescence....

Ceratostylis philippinensis Rolfe ex Ames
	...The very small, fragrant, white flower is carried on a short stalk that is less than 0.4 in. (1 cm) long and is covered by rust-colored bracts....

Chysis aurea Lindley
	...6-12 long-stalked, waxy, long-lived, fragrant blossoms are produced on each inflorescence....

Chysis laevis Lindley
	...The waxy, fleshy, fragrant, long-lived flowers are usually 1.8-2.4 in. (4.5-6.0 cm) across but may sometimes reach 3 in. (7.5 cm)....

Chysis limminghei Linden & Rchb. f.
	...6-12 long-stalked, waxy, long-lived, fragrant blossoms are produced on each inflorescence....

Cirrhaea dependens (Loddiges) Louden
	...The delicately fragrant blossoms are extremely variable in color, rather waxy, long-lived, face upward, and do not open fully....

Clowesia rosea Lindley
	...6-7 pleasantly fragrant blossoms are normally carried on each 1.2-3.1 in. (3.8 cm) raceme, but as many as 15 have been recorded....

Clowesia russelliana (Hooker) Dodson
	...The flower fragrance is variously described as 'delightfully fragrant', 'somewhat pervasive lemony', and 'rather sickly sweetly scented.' Sepals and petals vary from grayish green to almost white with parallel, darker green veins....

Clowesia thylaciochila (Lemaire & Verschaffelt) Dodson
	...Flowers are fragrant with the odor of camphor or eucalyptus....

Cochleanthes amazonica (Rchb. f. and Warscewicz) Schultes and Garay
	...The waxy, fragrant flowers, which have been described as the largest and most beautiful of the genus, are about 2 in. (5 cm) wide laterally by up to 3 in. (8 cm) tall from the tip of the dorsal sepal the apex of the lip....

Cochleanthes discolor (Lindley) R. E. Schultz & Garay
	...A single fragrant, waxy, long-lived blossom is carried on each scape, but each flowering growth can carry several scapes....

Cochleanthes flabelliformis (Swartz) Schultes & Garay
	...A single large, fleshy, waxy, sometimes fragrant, rather short-lived blossom is carried at the apex of each flower spike....

Cochleanthes marginata (Rchb. f.) R. E. Schultes & Garay
	...The fleshy blossoms are about 3 in. (7.5 cm) across, are long-lived, and are fragrant during the morning hours....

Coelia bella (Lemaire) Rchb. f.
	...The nearly erect, rather fragrant blossoms with the odor of bitter almonds are about 2 in (5 cm) long....

Coelia triptera (Smith) G. Don ex Steudel
	...The white flowers are very fragrant....

Coelogyne asperata Lindley
	...The waxy, slightly fragrant blossoms all open at the same time....

Coelogyne barbata Griff.
	...They are 2-3 in. (5-8 cm) across, have a musky fragrance, and last 3-4 weeks....

Coelogyne brachyptera Rchb. f.
	...The showy, fragrant blossoms are usually less than 2 in. (5 cm) across, and except for being smaller, are almost identical to the flowers of C....

Coelogyne cristata Lindley
	...The blossoms are 3-5 in. (7.5-15.0 cm) across, sometimes fragrant, and last 4-5 weeks if kept dry and cool....

Coelogyne flaccida Lindley
	...They are waxy with a strong fragrance, which is sometimes described as rather objectionable....

Coelogyne flexuosa Rolfe
	...The rather small white flowers are marked with a little yellow on the lip and are sweetly fragrant....

Coelogyne lawrenceana Rolfe
	...1-3 large, showy, fragrant blossoms are carried on each inflorescence....

Coelogyne massangeana Rchb. f.
	...Up to 20 fragrant, wide-opening blossoms are well spaced along the length of each flower spike....

Coelogyne merrillii Ames
	...2-4 fragrant flowers that last 3-6 weeks are produced near the end of the inflorescence....

Coelogyne mooreana Sander
	...The fragrant flowers are 3-4 in. (7-10 cm) across....

Coelogyne mossiae Rolfe
	...The fragrant flowers are loosely bunched on the inflorescence....

Coelogyne pandurata Lindley
	...The very fragrant blossoms are 3-5 in. (7.5-12.4 cm) across and well spaced along the inflorescence....

Coelogyne pulverula Teijsmann & Binnendijk
	...The long-lived, widely open blossoms have a musky fragrance....

Coelogyne rochusseni de Vriese
	...The fairly large, fragrant blossoms are about 2 in. (5 cm) across with sharply pointed, pale green to yellow-green sepals and petals....

Coelogyne trinervis Lindley
	...4-8 fragrant blossoms are produced on each inflorescence....

Coryanthes albertinae Karsten
	...Flowers are said to have a fragrance similar to that of a green apple....

Coryanthes biflora Barbosa-Rodrigues
	...A pair of fragrant, nodding blossoms are carried on each inflorescence....

Coryanthes boyi Mansfeld
	...They have a weakly spicy fragrance....

Coryanthes bruchmuelleri Rchb. f.
	...Each inflorescence carries 2 large, heavy, strongly but pleasantly fragrant blossoms are carried at the tip. Gerlach and Schill (1993) reported that this species has the largest flowers in the genus. Dunsterville and Garay (1966) described the odor as, "Scent strong, 'synthetic', like cheap soap or brilliantine," but Gerlach and Schill (1993) reported the fragrance as "pleasantly fruity"....

Coryanthes gernotii Gerlach and Romero
	...The rather small, uniquely fragrant blossoms vary in color from yellow to pale crimson....

Coryanthes leucocorys Rolfe
	...The large blossoms have a strong mint fragrance....

Coryanthes maculata Hooker
	...2-3 large, fragrant, and rather waxy but short-lived blossoms of variable color are carried at the apex of each inflorescence....

Coryanthes speciosa (Hooker) Hooker
	...The fragrant flowers are about 5 in. (13 cm) across but do not last well....

Coryanthes vasquezii Dodson
	...Coryanthes vasquezii has an intensely spicy but somewhat stuffy fragrance and nearly all white blossoms. The flowers are among the smallest of the genus. The broadly elliptical dorsal sepal is 1.0 in. (2.5 cm) long by 1.3 in. (3.3 cm) wide. Large lateral sepals are obliquely half-moon— to egg-shaped, sharply pointed at the tip, recurved, and rolled inward along the margin. They are 2.4 in. (6 cm) long by 1.6 in. (4 cm) wide. The wavy petals are 1.2 in. (3 cm) long by 0.3 in. (0.8 cm) wide. The lip, which is about 1.8 in. (4.7 cm) high overall. The fleshy, sacklike hypochile is conical to nearly spherical with a long claw at the base and a stripe of red-brown pubescence along the centerline. It has a blunt, rounded apical end. The short, semitubular mesochile is about twice the length of the hypochile with a distinct bend in the middle. The mesochile is smooth, curved, and longitudinally grooved on the inside. The deeply saccate epichile is 3-lobed at the apex and measures 1.0 x 1.2 x 1.4 in. (2.6 x 3.0 x 3.6 cm). The stout column, which is abruptly curved at the apex and about 1.2 in. (3 cm) long, has a pair of short, rounded, linear to sickle-shaped fleshy glands at the base which exude liquid into the bucket. The glands are 0.2 x 0.2 in. (0.5 x 0.5 cm). The stripe of hair along the midline of the hypochile is found in only one other species, Coryanthes bergoldii from Ecuador. Other known species have lateral hair stripes or none at all. Coryanthes vasquezii has an intensely spicy but somewhat stuffy fragrance, which is similar to that found in Coryanthes trifoliata and Coryanthes vieirae. Despite the similar scent the 3 species are geographically separated from each other. The main component of the fragrance of all 3 is Ipsdienol, a pheromone that attracts the bark beetle Ips pini and its relatives....

Cuitlauzina pendula Llave & Lexarza
	...The flowers are waxy, long-lived, and fragrant....

Cycnoches cooperi Rolfe
	...The male flowers are rather large, showy, and fragrant....

Cymbidium atropurpureum (Lindley) Rolfe.
	...The flowers are 1.4-1.8 in. (3.5-4.5 cm) across and usually have a strong coconut-like fragrance....

Cymbidium canaliculatum R. Brown
	...They are not fragrant....

Cymbidium dayanum Rchb. f.
	...The fragrant blossoms are up to 2.4 in. (6 cm) long by about 1.6-2.0 in. (4-5 cm) wide....

Cymbidium devonianum Paxton
	...They are 1.0-1.5 in. (2.5-3.5 cm) across, not fragrant, usually face one side of the scape, and are heavily textured and long lasting....

Cymbidium eburneum Lindley
	...They are 3-5 in. (8-12 cm) across, waxy, long lasting, and very fragrant....

Cymbidium erythraeum Lindley
	...The fragrant flowers, which are smaller than those of other closely related species, are up to 3.1 in. (8 cm) across....

Cymbidium erythrostylum Rolfe
	...The flowers are not fragrant, but they are very long lasting....

Cymbidium faberi Rolfe
	...The blossoms are 2.0-2.8 in. (5-7 cm) across, long lasting, generally fragrant, and all open at the same time....

Cymbidium goeringii (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.
	...They are 2-3 in. (5-8 cm) wide and usually very fragrant, although fragrance is reportedly variable....

Cymbidium hartinahianum J. B. Comber & R. E. Nasution
	...The flowers, which are up to 1.4 in. (3.5 cm) across are not fragrant....

Cymbidium insigne Rolfe
	...Flowers are 2.8-3.5 in. (7-9 cm) across and are not fragrant....

Cymbidium iridioides D. Don
	...The large, slightly fragrant, long-lasting flowers are 3-4 in. (7-10 cm) across....

Cymbidium kanran Makino
	...The fragrant blossoms, which are 3.1-3.5 in. (8-9 cm) across, vary in color....

Cymbidium lancifolium Hook.
	...They are 1-2 in. (2.5-5.0 cm) across, usually not fragrant, and all open at about the same time....

Cymbidium lowianum (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.
	...Blossoms are 3-4 in. (7.5-10 cm) across, long lasting, and sometimes slightly fragrant....

Cymbidium madidum Lindley
	...The rather fleshy, slightly fragrant blossoms are 0.8-1.2 in. (2-3 cm) across, but they sometimes do not open fully....

Cymbidium rectum Ridley
	...The spreading flowers are 1.2-1.6 in. (3-4 cm) across and have a slight fruitlike fragrance....

Cymbidium sanderae (Rolfe) Cribb & Du Puy
	...Blossoms are about 3 in. (8 cm) across, fragrant, and long lasting....

Cymbidium schroederi Rolfe
	...Flowers, which are not fragrant, are 3.1-3.5 in. (8-9 cm) across....

Cymbidium sinense (Jackson in Andr.) Willd.
	...They are generally 2-3 in. (5-12 cm) across and fill a greenhouse with their fragrance....

Cymbidium suave R. Brown
	...Blossoms have a strong sweet fragrance....

Cymbidium tracyanum L. Castle
	...The large, very fragrant blossoms are nicely spaced along the inflorescence....

Cymbidium wenshanense Y. S. Wu & F.Y. Liu.
	...The large, fragrant blossoms, which do not spread widely, have white sepals and petals that may become pink-brown with age....

Cypripedium californicum A. Gray
	...The small, fragrant, nodding to drooping blossoms have pale yellow-green or tan to brownish yellow sepals and petals, a white pouchlike lip that has a yellowish base and is blotched with brown and marked with lilac lines on the inside, and a staminode that is white with green marks....

Cypripedium reginae Walter
	...As many as 4 showy, fragrant blossoms may be born in succession on each inflorescence, but only 1-2 are usually carried....

Cyrtochilum eduardii (Rchb. f.) Kränzlin.
	...The rather small, fragrant blossoms are about 1 in. (2.5 cm) across and are colored rose-purple to brownish purple except for a patch of yellow on the crest of the lip....

Cyrtopodium andersonii (Lambert ex Andrews) R. Brown
	...The showy, fragrant flowers have yellow-green sepals, lemon-yellow petals, and a lip that is rich yellow with an orange callus....

Cyrtorchis arcuata (Lindley) Schlechter
	...They are strongly fragrant in the evening....

Dendrobium adae F. M. Bailey
	...Blossoms are highly perfumed, particularly in strong sunlight, with a fragrance resembling orange blossoms....

Dendrobium adamsii A. Hawkes
	...The very fragrant blossoms last about 6 hours....

Dendrobium aduncum Wallich ex Lindley
	...The long-lived, fragrant blossoms are 1.0-1.4 in. (2.5-3.5 cm) across and open fully....

Dendrobium aemulum R. Brown
	...They have a sweet but delicate fragrance....

Dendrobium albosanguineum Lindley
	...The distinctive blossoms are fleshy, 2–3 in. (5–8 cm) across, fragrant, and long-lasting....

Dendrobium amethystoglossum Rchb. f.
	...Flowers are fragrant and last 3-4 weeks....

Dendrobium anceps Swartz
	...Blossoms are faintly fragrant....

Dendrobium anosmum Lindley
	...Although not always fragrant, flowers sometimes have a strong, pleasant scent which reminds some of raspberries, but others associate the fragrance with rhubarb or mustard....

Dendrobium antennatum Lindley
	...Flowers are 1.6-2.0 in. (4-5 cm) across, fragrant, and last up to 6 months....

Dendrobium aphrodite Rchb. f.
	...The flowers are 2-3 in. (5-8 cm) across and delicately fragrant....

Dendrobium aphyllum (Roxburgh) C. Fischer
	...They have a strong violet fragrance....

Dendrobium atroviolaceum Rolfe
	...They are fragrant and extremely long-lasting with a heavy, almost leathery texture....

Dendrobium bellatulum Rolfe
	...The flowers are faintly fragrant, especially in the evening....

Dendrobium bensoniae Rchb. f.
	...The fragrant flowers last longer than 2 months....

Dendrobium bracteosum Rchb. f.
	...They are fragrant, extremely long-lasting, and stay in perfect condition for 5-6 months....

Dendrobium brymerianum Rchb. f.
	...The extremely fragrant flowers are 2-3 in. (5.0-7.5 cm) across....

Dendrobium canaliculatum R. Brown
	...The extremely fragrant flowers are 1 in. (2.5 cm) across....

Dendrobium capillipes Rchb. f.
	...They are not fragrant....

Dendrobium carronii Lavarack and Cribb
	...The fragrant blossoms last about 3 weeks....

Dendrobium christyanum Rchb. f.
	...The blossoms are long-lasting with a slight but pleasant fragrance....

Dendrobium chrysanthum Wallich ex Lindley
	...Blossoms are very fragrant and last 1-2 weeks....

Dendrobium chryseum Rolfe
	...Described as beautiful and deliciously fragrant, the glossy, rather short lived flowers are 2-3 in. (5-8 cm) across. The golden yellow sepals and broader petals are normally narrow and pointed, but rounder forms are known. The convolute lip is bright yellow with a dark maroon-purple blotch near the center. It is fuzzy on the upper surface and fringed and ruffled along the margin. Seidenfaden (ref. 454) indicates that plants known as D. clavatum have flowers with the deep red blotch on the lip, but plants known as D. aurantiacum do not. Rolfe (ref. 414) indicated that D. clavatum, which was not fragrant, had deep orange blossoms....

Dendrobium chrysotoxum Lindley
	...Blossoms are very fragrant and last 2-3 weeks....

Dendrobium crepidatum Lindley and Paxton not Griffith
	...Blossoms are delicately fragrant and extremely variable in size, form, and color....

Dendrobium cruentum Rchb. f.
	...The flowers are 1.6-2.4 in. (4-6 cm) across and faintly fragrant....

Dendrobium crumenatum Swartz
	...The flowers, which are short-lived, may be only slightly fragrant or fill the air with fragrance....

Dendrobium cucumerinum W. McLeay ex Lindley
	...The faintly fragrant blossoms are cream to greenish yellow with wine-red spots, streaks, or stripes near the base of the ruffled lip....

Dendrobium densiflorum Lindley
	...The delicately fragrant blossoms last 1-2 weeks....

Dendrobium discolor Lindley
	...They have a spicy, honey fragrance....

Dendrobium draconis Rchb. f.
	...Highly aromatic, the fragrance resembles tangerines....

Dendrobium engae T. M. Reeve
	...They have a strong, sweet fragrance that is described as distinctive....

Dendrobium epidendropsis Kränzlin
	...The blossoms are sometimes fragrant....

Dendrobium falconeri Hooker
	...The fragrant flowers are 2-4 in. (5-10 cm) across....

Dendrobium falcorostrum Fitzgerald
	...They are strongly fragrant during the warmer hours of the day....

Dendrobium fimbriatum Hooker not Duthie or Dalzell
	...The fragrance is described as somewhat sour....

Dendrobium findlayanum Parish and Rchb. f.
	...The blossoms are fragrant and long-lasting....

Dendrobium finisterrae Schlechter not (Schlechter) J. J. Smith
	...They are faintly fragrant....

Dendrobium fleckeri Rupp and C. T. White
	...The blossoms have a musky or spicy fragrance....

Dendrobium forbesii Ridley
	...Plants from the Central Province have a strong honey fragrance, but plants from other areas may have a mild fragrance or none at all....

Dendrobium gibsonii Lindley
	...It is extremely fragrant....

Dendrobium gonzalesii Quisumbing
	...Blossoms are not fragrant....

Dendrobium gracilicaule F. Müeller not Kränzlin
	...Blossoms are fragrant....

Dendrobium hancockii Rolfe
	...The blossoms are strongly fragrant with a sweet odor reminiscent of honey....

Dendrobium harveyanum Rchb. f.
	...The blossoms have a honey fragrance....

Dendrobium heterocarpum Wallich ex Lindley
	...The sweet fragrance reminds some growers of violets or primroses, but others describe the odor as fetid....

Dendrobium johannis Rchb. f.
	...have a spicy, honey fragrance that some growers find too strong to be pleasant....

Dendrobium johnsoniae F. Mueller
	...Considered among the finest of the genus, the fragrant flowers are 2.5-5.0 in. (6.5-12.5 cm) across and open fully....

Dendrobium jonesii Rendle
	...On warm, sunny days, blossoms have a long-lasting spicy fragrance that is considered too strong by some growers....

Dendrobium kingianum Bidwill ex Lindley
	...The flowers may be faintly fragrant or very sweetly scented....

Dendrobium leonis (Lindley) Rchb. f.
	...Blossoms have a strong, pleasant, vanilla fragrance....

Dendrobium lindleyi Steudel
	...The fragile blossoms, which have a honey fragrance, last 2-3 weeks when kept cool and dry....

Dendrobium lineale Rolfe
	...Blossoms are fragrant and long-lived....

Dendrobium linguiforme Swartz
	...Blossoms are fragrant....

Dendrobium lituiflorum Lindley
	...Blossoms are fragrant and last about 2 weeks....

Dendrobium loddigesii Rolfe
	...They are delicately fragrant and long-lived if kept cool....

Dendrobium longicornu Lindley
	...The fragrant flowers are 1.6 in. (4 cm) across and do not open fully....

Dendrobium lowii Lindley
	...Blossoms are fragrant and long-lasting....

Dendrobium macrophyllum A. Richard (not Lindley or Ames)
	...The very long-lived blossoms have a strong fragrance that is often described as somewhat sour smelling....

Dendrobium moniliforme (Linneaus) Swartz
	...Blossoms are fragrant and relatively long-lasting....

Dendrobium monophyllum F. Müeller
	...The blossoms are long lasting with a delightfully sweet fragrance....

Dendrobium mortii F. Mueller not Bentham
	...The fragrant flowers are 0.8 in. (2 cm) across and open fully....

Dendrobium moschatum (Buch.-Ham.) Swartz (not Griffith or Wallich ex. D.)
	...The fragrance is described as resembling musk, rhubarb, or sweet woodruff....

Dendrobium nindii W. Hill
	...The blossoms are fragrant....

Dendrobium nobile Lindley
	...The very fragrant blossoms last 3-6 weeks or longer if conditions are cool and light is low....

Dendrobium ochreatum Lindley
	...Blossoms are fragrant and last 2 weeks....

Dendrobium palpebrae Lindley
	...Blossoms are showy and long-lived with a fragrance similar to apples or hawthorn....

Dendrobium papilio Loher
	...The slightly fragrant blossoms last 4-5 days....

Dendrobium parishii Rchb. f.
	...They are highly scented with a fragrance that reminds some of rhubarb while others think of raspberries....

Dendrobium peguanum Lindley
	...It has a large, fleshy, rod-like callus between the long sidelobes Blossoms are fragrant....

Dendrobium pendulum Roxburgh
	...Blossoms are fragrant and long-lasting....

Dendrobium primulinum Lindley
	...The strong fragrance reminds some of cowslips....

Dendrobium pugioniforme A. Cunningham ex Lindley
	...Blossoms are fragrant and last about 2 weeks....

Dendrobium racemosum (Nicholls) Clemesha and Dockrill
	...Blossoms are fragrant and last 1-2 weeks....

Dendrobium rhodostictum F. Müeller and Kränzlin
	...Blossoms are fragrant....

Dendrobium scabrilingue Lindley
	...The flowers have a sweet fragrance reminiscent of wallflowers....

Dendrobium schoeninum Lindley
	...The blossoms are delicately fragrant and last about 2 weeks....

Dendrobium schuetzei Rolfe
	...Some describe the blossoms as fragrant, but others indicate that they have no fragrance....

Dendrobium signatum Rchb. f.
	...Blossoms are fragrant and long lived....

Dendrobium speciosum J. E. Smith
	...The inverted blossoms are fragrant in full sun....

Dendrobium strebloceras Rchb. f.
	...They are delightfully fragrant....

Dendrobium striolatum Rchb. f.
	...Blossoms are delicately fragrant....

Dendrobium teretifolium R. Brown (not Blanco or Lindley)
	...The fragrant blossoms last about 3 weeks....

Dendrobium tetragonum A. Cunningham
	...Blossoms have a pronounced vanilla fragrance....

Dendrobium trigonopus Rchb. f.
	...Blossoms are fragrant and last 2-3 months....

Dendrobium unicum Seidenfaden
	...The fragrance resembles tangerines....

Dendrobium uniflorum Griffith (not Finet ex Gagnepain or Teijsm. and Binn.)
	...The long lived blossoms are not fragrant....

Dendrobium victoria-reginae Loher
	...Blossoms are not fragrant....

Dendrobium wardianum Warner
	...The fragrant blossoms are moderately long-lasting if kept cool and dry....

Dendrobium williamsonii Day and Rchb. f.
	...Blossoms are fragrant and long-lived....

Dendrobium woodsii Cribb
	...The pleasantly fragrant flowers are 0.8 in. (2 cm) across....

Dendrochilum arachnites Rchb. f.
	...The sweetly but faintly fragrant yellowish blossoms are up to 0.8 in. (2 cm) across the more or less spreading lateral sepals....

Dendrochilum cobbianum Rchb. f.
	...The strongly fragrant blossoms are up to 0.8 in. (2 cm) across and may be short- or long-lived....

Dendrochilum filiforme (Nash) Braem
	...Up to 100 fragrant blossoms are arranged in 2 ranks on each raceme....

Dendrochilum glumaceum Lindley
	...Numerous fragrant blossoms are carried on each inflorescence....

Dendrochilum magnum Rchb. f.
	...The flowers, which are large for the genus, are faintly fragrant and pale brown in color....

Dendrophylax funalis Fawcett
	...Only one fragrant, waxy, rather long-lived flower is produced on each inflorescence, but sometimes a cluster of 2-3 scapes may develop....

Dichaea glauca (Swartz) Lindley
	...The fragrant, heavily textured flowers are up to 0.8 in. (2 cm) across but are usually smaller....

Dickasonia vernicosa L. O. Williams
	...Flowers in two collections were described as odorless, but in another collection they were said to be fragrant....

Dinema polybulbon (Swartz) Lindley
	...They are up to 1.25 in. (3 cm) across, fragrant, and long lived....

Disa uniflora Bergius
	...Some well-grown, well-bred plants produce as many as 10-12 showy, fragrant blossoms on a single growth....

Domingoa haematochila (Rchb. f.) Carabia
	...The faintly fragrant flowers, which are about 1 in. (2.5 cm) across, are almost translucent in texture, usually whitish green with longitudinal purplish lines....

Dyakia hendersoniana (Rchb. f.) Christenson
	...The rather delicately fragrant blossoms, which are about 1 in. (2.5 cm) across, are held on pale green pedicellate ovaries....

Encyclia adenocarpa (Llave & Lexarza) Schlechter
	...The fragrant blossoms are spreading and somewhat star-shaped....

Encyclia adenocaula (Llave and Lexarza) Schlechter
	...The blossoms are very fragrant and long lasting....

Encyclia alata (Bateman) Schlechter.
	...The spicily fragrant flowers are variable in size and color but are usually 2.0-2.5 in. (5.0-6.3 cm) across....

Encyclia baculus (Rchb. f) Dressler and Pollard
	...The very fragrant, inverted, cockle-shell type flowers are held back to back, which is the feature that distinguishes this species from all others in the group. The relatively large flowers may be 3 in. (7.5 cm) long with somewhat spreading, cream-white to greenish yellow sepals and petals. The lip resembles a white "cockle-shell" with radiating purplish or maroon-red lines. Sepals are elli