Oh, Connie! I have had an absolutely glorious spring so far! Wish I could post the pics I've been taking, but I have way too much going on right now to try to get my whole Picasa mess up and working again--and then get probably about a thousand new pics downloaded, edited, and made ready to post! They'll be along---sometime! Both my snow crocus and the regular crocus finished blooming about a month ago. sometimes the snow crocus gets a second flush, but it looks like that's not gonna happen this year--probably the heat! Of the things I planted this past fall and winter, the dwarf Iris, Iris reticulata, finished blooming over a month ago--it was the first of the new things. The Eranthus hyemalis has been done for a couple weeks now. First time I ever saw those, and they're pretty, bright, cheery things! Glad I have them! When these things started coming up they looked like some kind of weed seedlings--and I almost started pulling them out! Eeeek! Just in time I remembered I had planted something there--and I waited to see what was coming up. They come up flowers first so when they start to bloom all you see are the bright yellow flowers! The Chionodoxa forbesii have been blooming for two or three weeks now, and I love them! Also the first time I had grown them, and they're much more "striking" than in the Van Engelen picture! I'll be getting more of some kind of Chionodoxa this fall! And the Squirrelus obnoxiousii were digging DEEP where the one little patch of these were planted, so apparently some of them were converted into Dinner! Next year I want a DENSE patch of them somewhere--and it'll be covered with wire after planting! The Chionodoxa come up flowers first too, so there's nothing at all to hide the pretty little flowers! I planted my species tulips all the way around the base of my rhubarb, thinking they'd bloom before the rhubarb leafed out--and I still think that's gonna work in "normal" years, but this year the rhubarb is leafing out FAST, and, while I can see the tulips, which are now blooming, the rhubarb leaves are trying mightily to obliterate them! What surprised me about the tulips was that the foliage came up and just kept growing with no indication of flowers! I was starting to wonder if they were gonna bloom at all! Then I finally spotted buds, and it didn't take long after that for flowers--and the delightful thing about them is that there are several flowers on each stem! Wasn't expecting that! My 'Valerie Finnis', the pale blue grape hyacinths, have been blooming for a couple weeks and are getting near their end too. I LOVE the color! And the foliage on that variety seems to be "bigger" than the "standard" grape hyacinths. I hope they multiply like the regular purple ones because I really want more of them, and they'd look really good if they grew "into" each other so there'd also be a solid patch of them. What else! My "pink" 'Faith' daffodils are pretty--but they really aren't very pink! That was a disappointment---but they ARE pretty! And I got another daf that I didn't post above because I only got a few of them--it's a kind of "ruffled" double one that looked real pretty in the pic, but I'm not all that impressed with it! My "old" daffodils are blooming or done blooming! Some of my oldest dafs are going downhill! Part of that has to be because they don't get enough sun, and I think part of it is because they were planted in the REALLY heavy clay before I had any compost when I really was pretty much just planting in the soil as it was and hoping for the best! A couple days ago I reported the dying cottonwood trees in the yard of the "abandoned" house behind me to City Code Enforcement, and "if" they come and take them down I'll finally have more sun, and (whether they take the trees down or not) I love dafs and I will definitely be buying more in this year's Van Engelen sale! The Ipheion uniflorum 'Rolf Fiedler' just started blooming today! Very pretty! The flowers are not as big as I was expecting, but the light blue color is VERY pretty! Again, I wish I had planted them even closer together--and that's after planting them MUCH closer together than was recommended! I also have some of the white Ipheion, but they were another thing that the squirrels tried--I think somewhat successfully--to turn into dinner or dessert, and the soil was completely Squirrel Rototilled, so whatever is left of those bulbs are coming up later and will probably be a couple weeks before I see any flowers on the white ones. AND! Most of the ones I just described were the "first" batch I had planted of each of those things! The second batch was planted much later---or---hasn't been planted yet! Yes! I'm STILL planting some of them! When it finally got too warm to keep them in the garage I "condensed" them and stuck them in the fridge! I'm still working on them. The last couple things I planted took me a couple weeks! They got planted about 2' away from one of those wonderful cottonwood trees (immediately on the other side of my fence) and it took me THAT long to get thru the roots--some of them up to 4-5" in diameter! I cut out anything smaller than an inch--and "treated" anything bigger than that! Oh, how I hope they take those trees down! I know The Roots will fight back for several years, but they can't keep on keepin' on forever! (Especially when I'm "treating" them!!!) I'm not sure about this, but I still do expect the things that I'm just planting now to bloom, at least to some extent. And they'll be in to grow and bloom next spring even better. The tulips I got from TreeBarb at the last swap started blooming a couple days ago. They are The World's Most Perfect Color! They're a DEEP burgundy, and I absolutely, positively, completely love it! And I planted them against my light colored shed, so they show up beautifully! (Thank you, Barb! They're wonderful!) I don't have any Galanthus yet, and definitely need to get some of those this fall! I am SO going to need to tie at least one of my hands behind my back this fall when Van Engelen has their sale! I am SO loving looking at all these new bulbs that if I'm not careful I'll fill my whole yard up with bulbs and won't have room for my much loved perennials! (Let's see! Maybe if I buy that abandoned house I could tear down the fence--and the house, and plant the whole lot with flowers!!!) And I have so many other things blooming already--early--that I can hardly believe it. Perennial candytuft, 'Waterperry' creeping veronica, orange creeping wallflower, hot pink creeping phlox, three varieties of Ajuga, old fashioned bleeding heart, false forget-me-not (Brunnera), real forget-me-nots, my Omnipresent purple Violas, and more that I can't remember right now. Pasque flowers are done already, and I'm waiting for the fluffy heads on the one species. I can't believe how things are growing this year! Even my balloon flower is a good 6" tall already--usually one of the last things to come up, and some of my Hostas are already an inch or more above the mulch! Those are some of the things I need to be sure I cover when we're getting down to freezing! I think it's gonna be an incredible gardening year! Hope I'm right! Skybird

LOL, the garden seems to have enjoyed my semi-neglect since last fall. I had some health issues, and couldn't do as much as I normally would. I seem to be back in the swing of things now, and I've got lots of plans for the garden (mostly involving rearranging things for better groupings of plants, better fertilizing, and some general maintenance/mulching stuff - no big projects this year). I'm debating about trying to host a Southern Tier plant swap this year. I had SO much fun last year that I'd love to do it again, but our June-July is looking really crowded. I think I could do it on June 16 or 23, but I'll have to talk it over with my husband. He was impressed with how much fun we had last year, and with all the plants we had together to share. If I can hostess again, I'll post to find out who's interested in the next couple weeks, and I'll ask then if someone else would really like to host it this year. I don't think I could make it out to western NY for a swap, as much as I'd love to. Laurel A couple more pictures (I'm realizing how MANY daffodils I've planted in this yard - sheesh!): Unknown small-cupped daffodil Unknown daffodil - reminds me of 'Rip Van Winkle,' but I don't remember planting that one. . . .

Image by: Clare_CAMichelia Figo var. SkinnerianaWhich Shrubs Smell Good? -     Fragrant Plants       The following list of fragrant plants was compiled by Clare_CA.  Please note, this list is considered a work in progress with additional fragrant plants added over time.       Plant Name Abelia mosanensis ‘bridal bouquet,’ fragrant abelia Abelia trilora Acidanthera, 'Peacock orchid' Agastache ‘Summer Breeze’ Agastache foeniculum Anise Hyssop Aglaia odorata Aloysia virgatas, Sweet Almond Azara microphylla Beaumontia grandiflora Blanc Double de Coubert rugosas Boronia Boronia megastigma Brassavola nodosa (Lady of the Night orchid) Brugmansia Brunfelsia americana Brunfelsia australis Brunfelsia Nitida (Lady of the Night) Brunfelsia pauciflora Buddleia Asiatica Calycanthus occidentalis, Spice Bush Cananga odorata Carolina allspice, Calycanthus sp. Centaurea moschata Sweet Sultan (Annual) Cestrum diurnum Cestrum nocturum Chimonanthus praecox Chlidanthus fragrans Perfumed Fairy Lily (Bulb) Choisya ‘Aztec Pearl,’ Aztec Pearl Mexican Orange Choysia ternata, Mexican Mock Orange Cimicifuga 'Hillside Black Beauty' Citrus (esp. ‘Bouquet de Fleurs’) Citrus (tree) Clematis Montana Clematis, Sweet Autumn Clematis Clerodendron phillipinum Clerodendrum trichotomum Clethra alnifolia Clethra 'Ruby Spice' Coleonema pulchrum/Breath of Heaven Crinum odorata Crinum powellii and C. moorei Daphne bholua Daphne 'Carol Mackie' Daphne odora Datura Inoxia Datura Metel Datura Stramonium var Tatula Datura wrightii Dianthus ‘Bath’s Pink’  Diplarrhena moraea ‘Slieve Donard,’ White Flag Iris Dipogon lignosus Diurnum Double Delight - Hybrid Tea Rose Dracaena fragans Eriodictyon capitatum Lompoc Yerba Santa Erysimum cheiri, Wallflower  (Annual) Eupatorium ligustrinum Euphorbia leucocephala Freesia (Bulb) Gardenia angusta Gardenia 'White Gem' Gladiolus callianthus Abyssinian Sword Lily (Bulb) Gladiolus tristis Marsh Afrikaner (Bulb) Hansa - Rugosa Rose Hedychium coronaria, common white ginger Hedychium coronarium Hedychium flavescens/gardnerianum/flavum/coronarium Hedychium gardnerianum is an outstanding ginger lily. Hedysarum coronarium French Honeysuckle Helichrysum (Licorice plant) Hemerocallis ‘Fragrant Treasure,’ Frangrant Treasure Daylily Hemerocallis ‘Hyperion,’ Hyperion Daylily Hemerocallis ‘Sherwood Gladiator,’ Sweet Gladiator Daylily Hemerocallis citrina, Lemon Daylily Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus, Lemon Lily Hemerocallis minor, Dwarf Daylily Holarrhena densiflora (Jasmine Tree) Hoya lacunosa Hyacinths, Nicotiana, oriental lilies, and easter lilies Hymenocallis ‘Erotica’ Fragrant Basket Lily (Bulb) Hymenocallis ‘Sulphur Queen’ Sulphur Queen B. Lily (Bulb) Hymenocallis ‘Tropical Giant’ Hybrid Basket Lily (Bulb) Hymenocallis narcissiflora (+ ‘Advance’) Peruvian Daffodil (Bulb) Hymenocallis x festalis ‘Zwanenburg’ Primrose Spider Lily (Bulb) Hymenocallis x festalis Spider Lily (Bulb) Hymenosporum flavum, Australian Frangipani, Sweetshade (tree) Illicium Floridanum Jasmine molle Jasminum Azoricum Jasminum humile, Italian/Yellow Jasmine Jasminum officinale, Poet’s Jasmine Jasminum polyanthum, Pink/Winter Jasmine Jasminum Sambac Flore Plena Jasminum Sambac, Belle of India Jasminum Sambac, Grand Duke Jasminum Sambac, Maid of Orleans Jasminum x stephanense, Stephan Jasmine Lathyrus odoratus, Sweet Pea (Annual) Laurus nobilis, Grecian Bay Laurel (tree) Lavandula, Lavenders (many) Lepechinia hastata, Baja Pitcher Sage Leptospermum petersonii,  Lemon-scented Tea Tree (tree) Lillium "Le Reve" Lobularia maritima, Sweet Alyssum (Self-sowing Annual) Lonicera Lonicera japonica Luculia intermedia/pinceana-Luculia Luculia pinceana/intermedia/gratissimus Madame Isaac Pereire, Antique Rose Magnolia ‘Timeless Beauty’ (tree) Magnolia grandiflora, Southern Magnolia (tree) Magnolia hypoleuca Magnolia salicifolia ‘Kockanakee’ (tree) Magnolia salicifolia ‘W.B. Clarke’ (tree) Magnolia seiboldii, Oyama Magnolia Magnolia stellata, Star Magnolia Magnolia Virginiana Magnolia x loebneri ‘Ballerina’ (tree) Magnolia x loebneri ‘Spring Snow’ (tree) Magnolia x stellata ‘Royal Star’ (tree) Magnolia x stellata ‘Waterlily’ (tree) Magnolia x wieseneri Mandevilla laxa Matthiola incana, Stock (Annual) Matthiola longipetala bicornis, Evening-scented Stock (Annual) Melanoselinum decipiens Michelia champaca Michelia chapensis Michelia doltsopa  Michelia figo, Banana Shrub Michelia Wilsonii (sinensis) Michelia x alba Michelia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ (tree) Milletia reticulata Mirabilis, Four o'clocks Mitriostigma Axillare or African Gardenia Montanoa grandiflora, Narcissus jonquilla ‘Kinglet’, ‘Sweetness’, ‘Vireo’Jonquil (Bulb) Narcissus papyraceus, Paper Whites (Bulb) Narcissus tazetta, Narcissus (Bulb) Narcissus x odorus, Campernelle Jonquil (Bulb) Nicotiana alata Nicotiana sylvestris Orchid Vanda merillii Osmanthus fragrans, Sweet Olive Passiflora Alata “Ruby Glow” Passiflora belotti Passiflora colinvauxii (honeysuckle fragrance) Passiflora helleri Passiflora Incense Passiflora serratodigitata Passiflora sprucei Pelargonium , Scented Geraniums (all*) -- Pelargonium ‘Filicifolium’  Balsam Pelargonium ‘Tutti-Fruiti’ Tutti-Fruiti Pelargonium capitatum ‘Attar of Roses’ Old Rose Pelargonium crispum ‘Peach Cream’ Peach Pelargonium crispum ‘Prince of Orange’ Orange Pelargonium crispum Lemon Pelargonium graveolens ‘Rober’s Lemon Rose’ Lemon-rose Pelargonium graveolens Rose Pelargonium grossularioides Coconut Pelargonium nervosum ‘Torento’ Ginger Pelargonium nervosum Lime Pelargonium odoratissimum, Apple Pelargonium quercifolium, Pelargonium Almond Pelargonium scabrum ‘M. Ninon’ Apricot Pelargonium scarboravia Strawberry Pelargonium tomentosum ‘Chocolate Joy’ Chocolate-mint Pelargonium tomentosum Peppermint Pelargonium x fragrans ‘Nutmeg’ Nutmeg Pelargonium x fragrans ‘Old Spice’ Old Spice Philadelphus ‘Fallbrook’, ‘Galahad’ Mock Orange Philadelphus microphyllus Small-leaved Mock Orange Philadelphus x virginalis ‘Glacier’ Dwarf Mock Orange Pittosporum tobira Japanese Mock Orange Pittosporum tobira Mock Orange Pittosporum undulatum, Victorian Box Plumeria (tree) Polianthes tuberosa, Tuberose (Bulb) Portulandia grandiflora Primula florindae, the Tibetan Primrose Prospero & Golden Celebration - David Austin Roses Psoralea pinnata Quisqualia indica, Rangoon Creeper Reseda odorata Mignonette  (Annual) Rhododendron atlanticum fragrance of gardenia and clove Ribes aureum, Golden Currant  Rosas Typhoo Tea Rose, (The Apothecary Rose; deep pink) Rose, Angel Face (floribunda; mauve) Rose, Apricot Nectar (floribunda; apricot blend) Rose, Arizona (grandiflora; orange blend) Rose, Betty Prior (floribunda; medium pink) Rose, Buff Beauty (Hybrid Musk; apricot blend) Rose, Cathedral (floribunda; apricot blend) Rose, Chinatown (floribunda; deep yellow) Rose, Chrysler Imperial (HT; also cl.; crimson) Rose, Command Performance (HT; orange-red) Rose, Comte de Chambord (Portland; pink blend) Rose, Crimson Glory (HT; also cl.; crimson) Rose, Dainty Bess (HT; light pink; single) Rose, Double Delight (HT; red-white bicolor) Rose, Electron (HT; deep pink) Rose, Etoile de Holland (HT; also cl.; crimson) Rose, Evelyn (English; apricot-pink blend) Rose, Fashion (floribunda; orange-pink blend) Rose, Fragrant Cloud (HT; coral red-orange blend) Rose, Fragrant Hour (HT; orange-pink blend) Rose, François Dubreuil (Tea; dark red) Rose, Friendship (HT; deep pink) Rose, Granada/Donatella (HT; red-yellow blend) Rose, High Hopes (climber; med. pink) Rose, Intrigue (floribunda; mauve blend) Rose, Ispahan (Damask; medium pink) Rose, Jacques Cartier (Portland; light pink) Rose, Jadis (HT; pink) Rose, Just Joey (HT, orange blend) Rose, Lemon Spice (HT; pale yellow) Rose, Love (Gr.; red blend) Rose, Marechal Niel (cl. Noisette; softest yellow) Rose, Mirandy (HT; garnet red) Rose, Mister Lincoln (HT; dark red) Rose, Nuage Parfumé (HT; also cl.; coral-orange-red blend) Rose, Oklahoma (HT; deep red) Rose, Papa Meilland (HT; deep crimson) Rose, Perfume Delight (HT; medium pink) Rose, Rosa gallica officinalis/duplex Rose, Rosa gallica versicolor (Gallica; striped pink) Rose, Rosa x damascena bifera (Damask, Rose of Castile; m. pink) Rose, Royal Amethyst (HT; lavender) Rose, Saratoga (floribunda; white) Rose, Sheer Bliss (HT; white/pink blend) Rose, Simplicity (floribunda; light pink) Rose, Spanish Sun (floribunda; deep yellow) Rose, Spartan (floribunda; orange-red blend) Rose, Sunsprite (floribunda; deep yellow) Rose, Sutter’s Gold (HT; orange blend) Rose, Sweet Surrender (HT; silvery med. pink) Rose, Tiffany (HT; pink blend) Rose, White Lightnin’ (GR; white) Rose, Wild Spice (shrub) Rosmarinus officinalis Salvia clevelandii Salvia clevelandii 'Aromas' Salvia clevelandii/Cleveland Sage Salvia elegans, Pineapple Sage Salvia melissodora Grape-scented Sage Sarcococca Hookeriana Humilis Sarcococca rustifolia Scentimental, Hybrid Tea Solandra maxima Sombreuil climbing antique Stephanotis floribunda Sweet Afton Sweet Chariot - miniature "hanging basket" rose Syringa microphylla 'Superba' Tagetes nelsonii, Citrus Marigold Telosma cordata, Pakalana Vine Thornless Honey Locust-Gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis Tilia cordata, Little Leaf Linden Trachelospermum jasminoides, Star Jasmine Ugni molinae, Chilean Guava Umbellularia californica California Bay Laurel (tree) Verbena x hybrida ‘Defiance,’ Defiance Verbena Viburnum carlesi 'Compactum' Viburnum Carlesii (clove scent) Viburnum, Korean Spice Viola Odora Weigela florida 'Variegata nana' Wild clover, Melilotus alba Wintersweet, Chimonanthus praecox Wisteria    

FRAGRANT ORCHIDS: MrBreeze compiled this from several notes he kept on some posts. RisingPower1 graciously cleaned it up and put it into proper formating. Should you have any additions, please let me know. Thanks. Michigoose. Acampe papillosa Very Strong - Hyacinth praemorsa Strong rigida Faint Acanthephippium bicolor Strong - Sweet/Candy colmani Strong - Anise javanicum Strong sylhetense Very Strong Acineta caudatus Moderate - Decay Ada keiliana Moderate Aerangis citrata Lemon scent distincta A powerful spicy scent, night, so strong that it may sear the nasal passages if one gets up close with the flower fastuosa Moderate - Day - Medicinal modesta Very Strong - Minty spice mystacidii Moderate - Lilly of the Valley mystacidii Moderate - Unpleasant platyphyllia Ylang-Ylang Perfume pumilio Faint punctata Faint stylosa Evening - Spice verdickii Strong - Sweet Aerides fieldingii Strong flabellata Strong houlletianum Very Strong illustre Strong lawrencieae Strong - Lemon/Spice lindleyanum Moderate - Sweet mitrata Moderate - Sweet odorata Strong, very fresh citrus flower smell quinquevulnerum Strong - Cinnamon roebelinii Strong Amesiella philippinense Said not to be but A. monticola is Angraecum birrimense Strong - Orange Blossom eburneum Is very fragrant after the lights go out eichlerianum With a citrus scent at night florulentum Strong leonis Strong - Night longicalcar Strong - Spice magdalenae Smells strongly of gardenia, more strongly at night scottianum Has a nice evening fragrance, fresh, with some spice. sesquipedale The fresh-floral scent develops over 3-4 nights sesquipedale Strong superbum Moderate - Night vetchii Moderate - Day - Spice Anguloa clowesii Strong - Medicinal ruckeri Strong uniflora Strong - Oil of wintergreen Ansellia africana Strong in Strong Light Arachnis breviscapa Moderate - Macaroons/Almonds calcarata Moderate - Anise flos-aeris Strong - Musk Ascocentrum curvifolium Faint Ascofinetia Emily fragrant Asconada John De Biase 'Fuch's Indigo' FCC/AOS x V tessellata 'Mary Motes' FCC/AOS fragrant Aspasia epidendroides Is very fragrant with a small number of blooms, described as strong, spicy Baptistonia echinata Moderate - Watermelon Barkeria naevosa Moderate - Day - Musk Barlia metlesiciana Moderate - Day - Iris robertiana Moderate - Day - Iris Batemania colleyi Moderate - Day - Unpleasant Bifrenaria atropurpurea Moderate - Sweet harrisoniae Strong - Day - Floral - Exotic letragoia Strong tetagona Strong - Musty Brassavola cordata Strong - Evening cucullata Strong - Evening Intense - laundry detergent with lemon-crisp and sharply clean flagellens Moderate - Night little stars Citrusy also as really sweet root beer late at night nodosa Cineole medicinal, also sweet odour, or Gardenia, scent changes over time Moderate - Night perrinii Strong - Evening tuberculata Faint - Vanilla Brassia allenii Moderate, Honey forgetiana Moderate longissima Moderate, Musty Mem. Fritz Boedeker 'WitchDoctor' Fragrant Rex Sweet warscewiczii Strong Brassidium Wild Warrior "Chieftan" Very fragrant during the day, sometimes too intense, floral and fresh Brassolaeliocattleya Empress Worsley 'Roman Holiday' Nice flower with a pineapple scent Greenwich Strong floral scent(one flower fills a room) similar to phalaenopsis bellina Goldenzelle "Lemon Chiffon" Is almost overpowering Hauserman's Sultan Smells of fresh ground clove Bulbophyllum baileyi Moderate - Fruity beccarii Moderate - Decay/Rotting Meat careyanum Very ripe fruit (not unpleasant) cupreum Rotten salmon curtisii Like an indoor swimming pool(chlorine) echinolabium Partially decomposed rat fascinator Garbage dump fletcheriana Moderate - Cooked Cabbage leysianum Unwashed armpit the day after a hard day at the gym on a hot day macranthum Cucumber and clove. An enchanting, beautiful and fascinating fragrance medusae Moderate - Musky phaleonopsis Week old in the sun dead wildlife moderate - Rotting Meat pictuatum Strong - Day - Watermelon rothschildianum Moderate, Foul Old mushrooms spiesii Cat urine/dead fish Cadetia taylorii Moderate - Day -Vanilla Calandenia carnea Strong - Musky Calanthe kawakamii Strong - Lemon stricta Moderate - Orange Peel Calauthron bicornutum Mixture of fruit and candies Calypso bulbosa Vanilla Catasetum bungerothii Strong candida Methyl salicilate (wintergreen) ciliatum Moderate - Rye bread collare Methyl salicilate (wintergreen) discolor d-carvone(rye bread) expansum Turpentine in the morning, rye bread in the afternoon fimbriatum Moderate - Spice garnettianum Strong gnomus Methyl salicylate (wintergreen) macrocarpum Strong - Mint(wintergreen) oerstedii Strong planiceps Moderate - Spice roseum Methyl cinnimate (cinnamon) sanguineum Turpentine and garbage tenebrosum Warm resinous fragrance with a sharp citrus note - Moderate - Spice/Citrus Cattleya aclandiae Faint - Spicy amethystoglossa Moderate - Spicy aurea Moderate - Lemon Bahinia Morning - Faint candy like smell bicolor Faint deckorii (I have var. 'Brecht' light, citrussy, scent in the morning. Fairly strong. Michigoose) delossiana Strong guttata Strong - Day - Sweet loddigesii Benzyl acetate (jasmine) luteola Very rich, strong floral Melinda Rose Weber 'Douglas' Strong perfume-sweet fragrance between 2 and 5 in the afternoon Netrasiri Beauty Fragrant percivaliana Moderate - Musky triavaci Moderate - Day - Cinnamon velutina Strong warscewiczii Benzyl acetate (jasmine) Chamaengis hildebrandtii Smell similar to what I canonly describe as "barn" hariotiana Smell similar to what I can only describe as "barn" Cirrhopetalum makoyanum Moderate - Musty medusae Strong - Musty Clowesia rosea Vicks Vapo rub in the morning and cinnamon in the afternoon Cochleanthes amazonica (so I've heard, but I never detected it my plant) Coelia triptera Moderate - Lily of the Valley Coeloglossum viride Faint Coelogyne corymbosa Moderate - Spice cristata Moderate - Spice/Hyacinth densiflora Moderate - Musk fimbriata Moderate - Musk flaccida Strong - Unpleasant - Musk huetneriana Moderate - Musk lamellata Strong lentiginosa Strong massangeana Faint mooreana Faint mossiae Strong - Day - Floral nitida Strong - Lilac/Hay speciosa Moderate - Musk sulphurea Faint testacea Faint tomentosa Moderate - Musk trinervis Strong Colmanara Wildcat 'Doris' Has a faint sweet-perfume Cuitlauzina pendula Strong Cycnoches chlorochilon Benzyl acetate (jasmine)Penetrating jasmine fragrance It can easily be noticed from thirty feet away, and is an unusual, fruity/antiseptic odor chlorochilon x herrenhusanum Similar smell to chlorochilon, not as strong cucullata Moderate - Honey pentadactylon Moderate - Chocolate ventricosum Benzylacetate (jasmine) Strong - Ripe Bananas Cycnodes Wine Delight 'Jem' FCC/AOS Musky cherry kool aid Wine Delight Jem FCC/AOS Is almost overpowering with it's grapey perfume. Starts somewhere around pickled housefly legs, transits through French whorehouse perfume, and finally manages a nice spicy, grapey fragrance Cymbidium albuciflorum Faint atropurpureum Moderate - Coconut oil canaliculatum Moderate - Sweet cochleare Strong ensifolium Strong goeringii Moderate - Floral kanran Moderate - Lemon Peel mastersii Moderate - Almonds rubrigemum Moderate - Honey sinense Faint - Afternoon - Raspberry/Rose syave Moderate - Sweet tracyanum Strong - Peach variciferum Moderate - Lemon Peel virescens Moderate - Vanilla Cypripedium acaule Faint - Day - Watermelon calceolus Strong - Day - Musk candidum Faint - Day himalaicum Strong - Day - Watermelon montanum Moderate - Day - Sweet parviflorum Moderate - Day - Musty/Rose pubescens Moderate - Day - Sweet/Rose Cyrtorchis arcuata Is sweetly scented at night Degarmoara Winter Wonderland 'White Fairy' Fragrant Starsand Bars Smells like ground pepper Tahoma Glacier Smells likeground pepper Dendrobium adae Strong - Day - Sweet aemulum Strong agregatum Strong - Day - Sweet/Honey album Faint amabile Smells like orange scented soap(pink form) amoenum Moderate - Violets anceps Faint anosmum Perfumes the air with a scent of raspberries anosmum Strong - Raspberries/Rhubarb Banana Royale Like bananas what else? Sweet honey touch of banana, it filled the room beckleri Moderate - Cinnamon brymerianum Strong canaliculatum Strong candidum Faint cruentum Faint Ivory soap crystallinum Strong delicatum Moderate - Day - Spicy discolor Moderate - Honey draconis Strong -Tangerine Emma White Very subtle, delicate floral scent, fresh and light engae Strong - Sweet falcorostrum Moderate - Orange Blossom The fragrance was the sweetest I've ever had the pleasure of smelling, a combination of jasmine and orange blossoms finisterrae Faint fleckeri Strong - Spice/Musk forbesii Moderate - Honey formosum Strong friedericksonianum Strong fuscatum Strong fusiforme Moderate - Sweet harveyanum Moderate - Honey johannis Strong kingianum Moderate - Spicy On the floral side, very potent leonis Strong - Vanilla loddigesii Moderate - Honey magnum Strong Afternoon - Honey/Wheat monophyllum Strong - Lily of the Valley moorei Moderate - Lemon moschatum Moderate - Musk musciferum Moderate - Sweet/Vanilla nobile-day/faint/berries papilio Moderate - Hawthorn parishii Moderate - Raspberry/Rhubarb primulinum Strong - Cowslip ruppianum Strong scabrilingue Strong - Jasmine Sea Mary 'Snow King' Flower-y (maybe roses?) senile Moderate - Lemon speciosum Strong - Day - Spicy/Fruit spectabile Faint striolatum Moderate - Honey superbum Strong - Grapes tetrogonum Moderate - Vanilla transparens Strong trigonopis Faint unicum Faint - Day - Orange Soda Williamsonii Moderate - Sweet WonderNishi Nice Yellow Magic 'Festival' Citrus-y Dendrochilum arachnites Moderate - Day - Cinnamon aurantiacum Strong - Day bicallosum Moderate - Day - Musty/Sweet cobbianum Strong - Day - Spicy/Citrus filiforme Moderate - Day formosanum Moderate - Day glumaceum Strong - Day - Sweet/Citrus gracile Moderate - Day latifolium Moderate - Day longifolium Moderate - Day magnum Moderate - Day - Spice Filled the room with a not unpleasant smell of cut hay Dendrophylax funalis Moderate - Unpleasant Diaphananthe fragrantissima Is very fragrant, another example was described as faint pellucida Moderate - Sour/Spicy rutila Strong Disa cooperi Cloves crassicornis Strong Diuris alba Strong palustris Faint - Spice Dracula bella Faint chestertonii Faint - Fungus Mushroom-like scent polyphemus Interesting scent Drakaea glyptodon Moderate - Foetid Dressleria eburnea Strong Dryadella edwallii Strong - Anise Drymonanthus nutile Moderate - Vanilla Doritaenopsis Earth Star Very mild Encyclia albo-purpureum Moderate, Vanilla alboxanthine Strong alta Moderate, Sweet atropurpurea Strong - Day - Sweet - Floral brassavolae Faint - Sweet Smells like lemon pledge for the first hour or so a new bloom is open capartianum Moderate, Sweet chimborazoensis Faint - Medicinal chondylobulbon Strong - Marzipan/Spice citrina Moderate - Anise confusa Faint cordigera Strong - Day - Floral/Spice or rose-like fragrance also as the spicy scent of cinnamon falcata Moderate - Sweet/Vanilla fausta Moderate-Sweet/Astringent flabelifera Strong - Day fowliei Moderate - Tea fragrans Strong - Day - Vanilla/Wood or Honey and vanilla in the mornings at the very beginning, disinfectant wafer in bottom of urinal" to "wintergreen lifesaver" to now... warm Gingerbread gallopavina Moderate - Tea lancifolia Has got to be the strongest smelling and most pleasant under my conditions, fragrance similar to baby powder and vanilla lancifolia Has a spicy fragrance Moderate - Spice mariae Faint microbulbon Faint odoratissime Strong - Spice oncidioides Strong osmantha Strong patens Strong - Spice phoenicea Moderate - Milk Chocolate That smells like chocolate - much better than Sharry Baby plicata Moderate - Chocolate radiata Strong - Spice Very strong but appealing Spicy floral fragrance. Slightly unpleasant at end also as a powerful licorice scent. Like the Aerangis, it can be too much if too close, but it fills an area and does it in winter when it's most appreciated. Plus, it's strongest during the day, so it's a good companion for the Aerangis randii Faint- Chocolate stellata Moderate - Honey subulatifolia Strong tampenses A strangely pleasant, musky sort of scent triflorum Moderate - Lemon also Moderate - Day - Vanilla Cream also tripunctata Miniature, and highly fragrant A nifty mini with an anise (black licorice) fragrance vespa Moderate - Vanilla widgrenii Strong Epidendrum agathosmum Moderate - Sweet alatum Moderate - Spice ancepts Strong, Dried hay or grass also Moderate - Anise canopseum Strong chimborazoensis Ranges from wintergreen lifesavers to just sweet smelling ciliare Moderate - Day - Sour difforme Moderate - Medicinal diffusum Strong diotum Moderate - Elder Leaves falcatum Jasmine in the morning to that of Easter lilies or narcissi in the afternoon Moderate - fragrans Strong fucatum Faint heterodorum Faint - Sweet huebneri Moderate - Evening Lily ilense Moderate - Pumpkin ionosmum Moderate - Violets mirabella Moderate - Lemon nocturnum Moderate - Night, Menthol odoratissimum Strong - Sweet parkinsonianum Strong - Night plicatum Strong - Chocolate polyanthum Moderate - Tea/Cowslip purum Moderate - Sweet stamfordianum Moderate - Violets variegatum Moderate - Sweet wallisii Moderate - Honey/Musk Eria merrellii Faint myristicaeformis Moderate - Sweet pannea Moderate - Vanilla vittata Moderate - Sweet/Pungent hyacinthoids-day/faint/gross cant describe very unpleasent Erycina echinata Moderate - Grass Eurychone rothschildiana Moderate - Sweet Evota harveyana Moderate - Sweet/Soap Flickingeria fimbriata Moderate - Watermelon Eria hyacinthoides Smells like something nasty has died underneath thestaging multiflora Stale damp basement Gastrochilus calceolaris Faint Gastrodia sessamoides Moderate - Cinnamon Genoplesium firmbriatum Moderate - Day (stronger when warm) - Lemon Gomesa crispa Moderate - Primrose Gongora armeniaca Strong - Apricot chocoensis Chocolate/vanilla galeata A strong spiced orange scent maculata Moderate - Chocolate/Spice quinquenervis Eugenol(cloves) or Linalool (lily-of-the-valley) quinquenervis Methyl cinnimate (cinnamon) similis Filled my house with a cinnamon &clove aroma tricolor Strong - Spice Goodyera atrorubens Moderate - Vanilla Gymnadenia conopsea Moderate - Spice odoratissima Strong - Vanilla Habenaria erichmichaelii (aka Hab rhodocheila v pink) Has a fragrance not unlike some types of hand lotion fimbriata Moderate - Lavender odontopetalata Have very powerful sweet night fragrances repens Have very powerful sweet night fragrances also Moderate - Night Haraella retrocalla Moderate - Day - Sharp Mint odorata/retrocalla Sweet lemony scent Herminium monorchis Moderate - Honey Houlettia species Are all fragrant and smell very nice, a nice floral smell Horichia species Are also fragrant and very cool Huntleya species burtii Smell nice Ionopsis satyrioides Moderate - Lemon/Citron Iwanagara Appleblossom Smells, not surprisingly, like apple blossoms also described as Gorgeous floral smell Jumellea augustifolia Gardenia comorensis Fragrant confusa Daytime fragrant, delightful fresh and spicy, better than J.comorensis filicornoids Moderate - Day - Violets gracilipes Moderate - Sweet major Moderate - Night rigida Strong Laelia albida Moderate - Primrose anceps 'Irwins' Smells like a stale sponge gouldiana Faint - Spice primaveralis Moderate - Musk pumila Moderate - Day - Sour/Unpleasant purpurata Licorice also described as spicy. rubescens Moderate - Day - (stronger when warm) - Wintergreen Leptotes bicolor Fragrant unicolor Moderate - Sweet/Vanilla Light nice fragrance Liparis reflexa Moderate - Sour/Unpleasant Smells kind of like cat urine Luisa megasepala Moderate - Sour/Unpleasant Lycaste aromatica Strong - Day - Cinnamon, or sugary like juicy fruitgum aromatica Spicy scented barringtoniae Moderate - Lemon brevispatha Moderate - Fresh Apples ciliata Moderate - Night - Fresh Apples cinnabarina - Moderate - Night cruenta Strong - Cinnamon or a less spicy, more floral fragrance deppei Faint - Peppermint lanipes Strong leucantha Moderate - Rich/Savory locusta Moderate - Apples Has the coloring and scent of a granny-smith apple longiscapa Moderate - Soap powellii Strong skinneri Faint suaveolens Moderate - Cinnamon xytriophora Faint Lyperanthus forrestii Strong saveolens Strong - Musk Masdevallia angulata Faint - Day - Sour/Unpleasant (angulifera-day/faint/grapes and solvent.) caesia Moderate - Day - Fresh Urine civilis Moderate - Day - Sour/Unpleasant estradae Moderate - Citrus falcago Moderate - Lemon foetens Moderate - Sour/Unpleasant gheisbreghtiana Strong glandulosa Smells deliciously of sweet cloves also desbribed as moderate - Day - Sweet Tarts guayanensis Moderate - Sweet livingstoneana-day/soapy mejiana Moderate - Day - Spice polysticta Strong serna-all the time/variable fish or latex unpleasent tovarensis Moderate - Sweet triangularis Repugnant smell may leave the tongue/nose with numb sensation Maxillaria densa Moderate - Day - Spice desvauxiana Moderate - Watermelon friedrichsthallii Moderate - Rancid Urine haematoglossum Faint hedwigi Faint - Egg Whites inaudita Faint luteo-alba Moderate - Sweet maleolens Moderate - Coconut/Moth Balls ochroleuca Apricots picta Strong - Sweet ringens Moderate - Sweet rufenscens Moderate - Vanilla sanderiana Moderate - Sweet seymouriana Moderate - Lemon striata Has an appealing sweet smell tenuifolia Strong - Day - Coconut also as Suntan oil, coconut fragrance, coconuts and vanilla valenzuelana Moderate - Spice Meiracyllium gemma Moderate - Cinnamon trinasutum Moderate - Day - Cinnamon wendlandii Another very nice mini with a cinnamon fragrance Miltonia Hybrids Miltdm. Pupukea Sunset 'Hawaii' Fragrant Miltdm. Bartley Schwartz 'Highland' Fragrant bouquet of wildflowers Miltdm. Hawaiian Sunset Smells to me like moldy socks Miltdm. Issaku Nagata 'RL. Hammer' Mild, pleasant vanilla Miltassia CM Fitch 'Isumi' Peppery, slightly sweet scent. Fill a room at night. Slightly less in the day Milt Hurricane Ridge 'Sylvia' Smells spicy and citrus like Milt Bert Field 'Eileen' Pretty stinky...rotting fruit smell Miltassia Darkstar 'Darth Vader' Peppery Miltassia Royal Robe 'Jerry's Pick' HCC/AOS Cherry jello Miltassia Webmaster 'Shelob' Nice floral Miltonia bluntii Moderate Miltonia flavexcens Moderate - Day - Grassy Miltonia warscewiczii Fragrant Miltoniopsis phalaenopsis Moderate - Day - Floral Miltoniopsis vexillaria Faint - Day Miltoniopsis warscewiczii Moderate - Day - Floral Mormodes aromatica Moderate - Vinegar buccinator Moderate - Spice calceolatum Faint - Spice maculata Strong ocanae Strong sinuata Moderate - Sharp - Spice tuxtlensis Moderate - Jasmine unica Moderate - Savory Mystacidium braybonae Faint capense Strong, musky smell after dark gracile Moderate - Night tanganyikense Faint venosum Strong, musky smell after dark Neofinetia falcata Strong - Night - Vanilla Ice Cream also as strong vanilla candy sort of scent...like vanilla, jasmine, and pina colada Yum richardianum Strong - Night-- Vanilla Ice Cream Neostylis Lou Sneary Wonderful compelling fragrance Nervilia chinensis Moderate - Musk/Cocoa pectinata Moderate - Camphor Nigritella nigra Moderate - Vanilla Notylia barkeri Faint pentachne Faint Octomeria oxychila Faint Odbrs. Kenneth Biven Santa Barbara Pleasantly fragrant during the afternoon hours Odontioda Debutante 'P & P' Sweet and yummy Odontoglossum constrictum Moderate - Hawthorn crispum Moderate - Primrose crocidipterum Moderate - Hawthorn edwardi Moderate - Violets harryanum- day/very strong/floral with peach almost unpleasent up close Isler's Abenglut Fragrant maculatum Faint pendulum Moderate - Lemon platychulium Moderate - Day - Floral praestans Moderate - Citrus pulchellum Moderate - Sweet/Hyacinth Oeoniella polystachys Strong - Night - Sweet/Spice Oerstedella pseudowallisii Strong - Sweet/Spice Oncidium auriferum Faint calochilum Moderate - Lemon/Roses cheirophorum Strong - Day - Floral/Lemon cheirophorum It is quite stinky, kind of like lemon with hints of vomit and sweet undertones crispum Faint - Musty - Daffodils divaricatum Moderate - Musty enderianum Moderate - Lilacs Gold Dust Reeks of cat urine incurvum Strong lanceanum Moderate - Vanilla Strong like spring bulbs maculatum Moderate - Mushrooms marshallianum Faint ornithorhynchum Strong - Day - Chocolate Florally chocolate or like white chocolate and vanilla much like Sharry Baby osmatochilum Strong - Lilacs ramosissimum Faint 'Sharry Baby' Vanilla or chocolate tigrinum Faint - Citrus/Violets Twinkle (mostcolors/varieties) Not as nice as the ornithorhynchum Twinkle Wonderful Ophrys chesteri Faint fuciflora Faint - Cyclamen muscifera Moderate - Musk Orchis morio Moderate - Sweet pallens Moderate - Cloves Ornithocephalus inflexus Faint myrticola Moderate - Lemon Ornithophora radicans Moderate - Day - Honey radicans Similar to the Enc. tampenses but not as strong Osmoglossum pulchellum Strong - Hyacinth Paphiopedilum armeniacum Faint - Daffodil delenatii Is generally said to smell of (synthetic) raspberry as well. Clones of both species vary in strength and specific scent - I have a delenatii that smells to the best of my description like red Kool-aid. also like citrus blooms Faint - Pepper emersonii Mixture of chocolate and a compost pile also as Moderate - Chocolate fairrieanum Faint - Day - Stale Urine Joyce Hasagawa A powerful old-fashioned rose scent emerges kolopakingii Intense scent of honeysuckle also desc. as Moderate - Honeysuckle Lynleigh Koopowitz Pleasant fragrance of raspberries malipoense Very powerful raspberry fragrance Fruity Moderate Day Phalaenopsis amabilis Faint - Day amboinensis Moderate - Day - Musk bellina Strong - Day - Floral Bright Peacock 'Sweet Fragrance' Smells like a combination of citrus with orange being the most prevalent corningianna Strong and pleasant also Faint Gene Wentz Faint flower-y gigantea Moderate - Day/Sporadic - Orange Peel Happy Girl In good light has a nice light floral scent, pleasing javanica Moderate - Violets lomita "dawn" -day/medium/ jasmine lueddemanniana Moderate - Day mannii Faint - Day very faint/ jasmine mariae Faint - Day modesta Strong - Day Orchid World 'Joe' Rosy citrus pulchra Moderate - Day schilleriana Fragrant speciosa Strong - Day stuartiana Faint - Day - Coffee venosa Kinda smokey vestalis Moderate - Day violacea Moderate - Day - Floral Perfume violacea And many of it's crosses has a light but lovely fragrance, 2 open buds can fill a room. wilsonii Moderate - Day zebrina fragrant Pholidota articuata Moderate - Musk/Chocolate chinensis Moderate - Not all plants fragrant clemensii Faint imbricata Moderate - Musk, Not all plants fragrant mediocris Moderate - Sweet pallida Faint pectinata Faint ventricosa Moderate - Sweet Pabstia jugosa Moderate - Watermelon Paraphalaenopsis denevei Faint labukensis Moderate - Cinnamon laycockii Moderate - Lemon Grass Pescatorea cerina Strong - Day dayana Moderate - Day klabochorum Strong - Day lehmannii Moderate - Day wallisii Moderate - Day - Lemon Phaius amboinensis Faint - Day callosus Moderate - Day celebicus Moderate - Day daenikerii Moderate - Day - Sour/Unpleasant flavus Moderate - Day tankervilleae Moderate - Day Phragmipedium schlimii Moderate - Berry Pleione formosana Faint humilis Faint lagenaria Faint maculata Moderate - Apple pogonioides Moderate - Spice/Primrose pricei Moderate speciosa Faint Pleurothallis elegans Strong gelida Moderate - Sweet racemiflora Moderate - Pungent xanthophthalma Faint Polystachya bicarinata Faint hollandii Moderate - Roses melliodora Moderate - Honey ottoniana Faint phalei Moderate - Orange Blossom Potinara Burana Beauty 'Burana' AM/AOS Fragrant Dal's Endeavor (Potfree spirit x c. walkeriana) Fragrant Pterygodium alatum Strong, pungent smell caffrum " " catholicum " " Prasophyllum australe Strong - Sweet cucullatum Moderate - Sweet elatum Moderate - Sweet scent when warm fuscum Moderate - Sweet Rangaeris amaniensis Strong - Vanilla musicola Moderate - Sweet Restrepia antennifera Smells like banana peels, smells like mushrooms Rhipidoglossum xanthopollinium Moderate - Fermented Fruit Rhizanthella gardneri Moderate - Sweet Rhyncholaelia digbyana An incredible combination lemon/soapy fragrance digbyana Strong lemon-like perfume digbyana Strong - Day - Lemon digbyana (citronellol, rose-like) digbyana Citrusy digbyana Linalool (lily-of-the-valley) glauca Emits a rosy-floral scent glauca Strong - Day - Lemon Rhynchostylis coelestis Moderate - Sweet cordatum-day/faint/ interesting digbyana Strong - Day - Lemon flauca Strong gigantea Strong - Spicy retusa Strong - Citrus Rodriguezia candida Moderate - Citron decora Faint Rumrillara Sugar Baby 'Kultana' Caramel candy Sarcochilus hartwegii Moderate - Honey virescens Moderate - Vanilla Satyrium foliosum Smells like quinces neglectum Sweet smell Schlimia jasminodora Moderate - Jasmine trifida Strong Sedirea japonica Strong - Day - Floral Perfume (very lemony to my nose, pleasant Michigoose) Seidenfadenia mitrata Strong - Candy Sobennikoffia humbertiana Moderate - Spice robusta Moderate - Spice Sobralia fragrans Moderate - Sweet Spathoglottis unguiculatum Moderate - Grape Spiranthes exigua Faint gracilis Faint spiralis Faint - Musty Stanhopea bucephalus Strong - Resiny calceolus Moderate - Eucalyptus calceolus Strong candida Moderate - Sweet cirrhata 1,8-cineole (Vicks) connata Moderate - Spice costaricences Nutmeg eburnea Moderate - Jasmine florida Mothballs gibbosa Moderate - Day grandiflora Benzyl acetate (jasmine) graveolens Moderate - Day - Faeces hernandezii Strong - Fruit insignis Strong - Day - Cinnamon jenishiana Moderate - Day - Cinnamon nigroviolacea Strong - Day oculata Moderate - Vanilla occulata Chocolate occulata Vanilla panamense Moderate - Day - Sweet/Mint panamensis Chocolate mint reichenbachiana Moderate - Jasmine reichenbachiana Benzylacetate (jasmine) saccata Moderate - Day - Methyl cinnimate(cinnamon) tigrina Very strong - Day - Vanilla tigrina var nigroviolacea Chocolate vanilla tricornis Moderate - Day - Jasmine tricornis Benzyl acetate (jasmine) wardii Strong - Day - Chocolate/Medicinal Thrixspermum formosanum Moderate - Morning - Vanilla sarmatarii Moderate - Morning - Vanilla Thunia marshalliana Moderate - Oranges Trichopilia fragrans Strong - Almonds suavis Moderate - Hawthorn tortilis Moderate - Licorice Tuberolabium kotoense Strong - Day - Honey, miniature and highly fragrant odoratissimum Strong - Day Trichoglottis geminata Pleasant powerful fragrance philippinensis Pleasant powerful fragrance Vanda amesiana Very strong pleasant scent, between hyacinth and gardenia Bensonii x V. Limbada You can smell it several feet away coeruea Moderate - Not all fragrant crista Faint denisoniana Moderate - Early Evening insignis Strong lamellata Pleasant powerful fragrance merrillii Strong - Spicy merrillii x V. Pak Chong Day - fragrant changes over time, soapy, Dr.Pepper or maybe cinnamon, very subtle pumila Strong tessellata Strong tricolor Strong - Day - Grape/Spice Vanilla aphylla Faint calopogon Faint polylepis Faint - Vanilla pompona Moderate - Heliotrope Fruit Vascostylis Lou Sneary Cotton candy Wilsonara Marie Elle Heavenly Beautifully fragrant Susy Scarlett Passion AM/AOS Beautifully fragrant Xylobium centroglossum Strong elongatum Faint - Cucumber hyacinthianum Moderate - Hyacinth palmifolium Faint squalens Has a nice floral odor to it Zygopetalum crinitum Strong - Carnation intermedium Rosy/lilacfragrance mackayi Strong scent of jonquils mackayi Strong - Day - Grape Soda mackayi A fresh floral smell, excellent fragrance maxillare Moderate - Day - Floral Redvale fire kiss A semi-cloying hyacinth like scent triste That smells of fresh pepper