1. Oncidium “Sherry Baby Sweet Fragrance:”
Oncidium Sherry Baby Image from hanaflowers.com
This orchid smells exactly like a chocolate Sunday.
2. Cattleya hybrid Potinara Burana Beauty Burana:
This is a fun striped orchid that smells like a floral centerpiece.
Smells sort of like candy, or bubble gum. This plant blooms with tons of pink flower. Here is a picture of the one I have blooming right now.
4. Cattleya Percivaliana
Smells like bread dough, with a lot of yeast. It is an odd smell, but does remind one of food. This orchid is often called the Christmas orchid, because it generally blooms in November or December. Here is a picture of the one I have that’s blooming right now.
5 comments:
Who knew there were so many smells associated with orchids? the chocolate sundae one is intriguing...
All these pictures are bringing back wonderful memories of my neighbor Ruth when I was growing up, kind of a grandma to me & the sibs. She had a small greenhouse where she grew the most beautiful orchids I have ever seen in my life. I remember it always smelled like wet dirt and sweat in there. If it had smelled like chocolate sundaes, I would have never left!
What a nice memory.Actually, growing orchids for scent has been a very recent thing. I guess a lot more sweat goes into my orchids than chocolate.
Now I need to go teach class...
Wow! Thanks for this informative post. Was quite intrigued that orchids could smell like food. Just learned something new.
Yes and these are only a small number of them, there are lots that smell like all sorts of different things.
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