I'm not an expert and there certainly has been enthusiastic discussion to Mikee's questions. All I can say is what I do. I'm a newbie Phal owner, got my first one in July 2011. I'm not a newbie plant grower, however, as I have quite a jungle in my house. My obsession with plants is almost as big as my obsession with horses (and I breed warmbloods!). I have 3 Phals - a pure white P. Angela, an officially unnamed yellow which I call Buttercup, and a white/purple/spotted one to which I have completely lost the name for. These 3 are enthusiastic bloomers and need little encouragment. They bloomed from July-August 2011 until finally the last flower withered on Miss Polka-Dot mid October 2012. During that whole time they self-branched, grew new spikes, and produced new blooms just as large and impressive as the original spikes. The plants never seemed to suffer. They also grew up new leaves. Even while they were blooming, I repotted carefully into slightly bigger pots and changed their medium to orchid bark mixed with moss. I thought repotting would stunt them, but they took off like greased lightning - orchid style - and produced more leaves and masses of flowers! The plants have never really been completely quiet, usually growing bigger leaves or new leaves. Since December, they've been really busy putting out new flower buds. Yesterday all 3 opened their first blooms. I counted 30 flower buds on Angela, 15 on Buttercup but there will be many more as a new branch has started off the main spike, and there are 20 buds on Miss Polka-Dot but 2 new spikes coming up so there will oodles more. The flowers are even larger this year than they were last year. I didn't do much to encourage this - I rarely fertilize, they get immersed in a bucket of water for 30 minutes every 2 weeks or whenever I remember, and otherwise they sit in a north-northeast window where they get 4-6 hours of filtered morning sunlight. I don't spritz, but they do live with my jungle so that can add to general humidity, but otherwise I do nothing to increase humidity. I don't cut the spikes at all unless they are dying back. I guess what I'm saying is you don't need to cut the spike to force blooming on some phals. Some just like to bloom no matter what you do. If you provide plenty of light, they seem to really love it.

Hah! From Sydney Yearron, a member of the Victoria Orchid Society; Victoria, B.C. Canada. Yearron lists other fragrant genera, too. The legend follows the list. These 28 species (not including variations) oughta settle it without even mentioning hybrids. LOL Whitecat8 Fragrant Phalaenopsis species amabilis (New Guinea type) (aphrodite) amboinensis S musk aphrodite (amabilis) cornu-cervi (Polychilus c-c) (Polystylus c-c) F denevei (Paraphalaenopsis d) denisiana (fuscata) forbesii (viridis) fuscata (denisiana) gigantea F SW javanica (latisepala) violets kunstleri latisepala (javanica) laycockii (Paraphalaenopsis l) crushed lemon-grass lowei lueddemanniana (AKA hybrid P. Spica) S " var heiroglypha mannii mariae F modesta S schilleriana S SW waxy I " var immaculata " var splendens serpentilingua (Paraphalaenopsis s) speciosa S SW D " var christiana " var imperatrix " var tetraspis spectabile stuartiana F coffee flowers " varieties sumatrana " varieties tetraspis violacea perfumed pomade " var murtoniana S lemon virides (forbesii) S I wilsonii FRAGRANT ORCHIDS (SPECIES)LEGEND NOMENCLATURE name underlined correct nomenclature (!) informal nomenclature (??) authenticity doubted INV before species invalid nomenclature N+ before species natural hybrid C confused status STATUS OF FRAGRANCE ? after species fragrance assumed ? before species doubt of fragrance STRENGTH OF FRAGRANCE F faint S strong VS very strong XS extremely strong I irregular TYPE OF FRAGRANCE del delicate SW sweet VSW very sweet TIME WHEN FRAGRANT M morning D day E evening N night Here is a link that might be useful: Fragrant Orchid Species, Yearron

Calvin, that is a wonderful website! Thanks very much, a lot of pleasurable looking and reading there. Can't help you with the species, but below is a link to Bedford Orchids. Bedford Orchids is half in Canada, half in US, and Howard Ginsburg, the proprietor is very much *into* breeding, and also, into re-making of old crosses using superior cultivars as parents. He might be interested in joining with you for some crosses. Worth asking, anyway. There's also instructions on the Bedford site about de-flasking. Another person who does a lot of hybrids on his own is Al or Al's Orchids. He is offering some primary hybrids right now in tiny sizes. Again, wouldn't hurt to ask him whether he would be interested in some kind of affiliation. Again, thanks for sharing that great site. Here is a link that might be useful: Bedford Orchids website

I was as lukky as to accidentally perceive just one single potted "Exotic Star" 3 Y ago, at the local supermarket, and I would require it as my booties on the spot LOL! For me it is still the most precious Papilio hybrid that had ever been created. It is incredibly beautiful. The most majestic Papilio hybrid, on the other hand, is "Ambiance". I am just attempting to crossbreed "beauty with Majesty" (no, I do not care about ploidy)