Phals with Fragrance...

[girishgkulkarni]

Please let me know which Phals do have fragrance?

I wish to have one Also let me know if some one specialises in these.

Thanks
Girish

[amersault]

i think a recent post here has Phal amboinesis as a scented one.

there's also Phalaenopsis violacea.

and also Phal. (venosa x gersenii).

and i think Phalaenopsis amabilis...

Parkside Orchids has Phal. amboinesis (just scroll down a bit).

[Brooke]

Google Big Leaf orchids and Norman's orchids - they have a section on fragrant plants, hybrids and species.

The ones I know have fragrance - bellina, tetraspis, venosa, amboinensis, violacea, schilleriana. I know there are more I just cannot think of them :>)

Brooke

[bloomorchidguy]

To add here are some Phal species that I have or had in the past that all carried a fragrance. They are amabilis, leuddemanianna, mariae, bastianii, cornu cervi,fasciata, certain varieties of hieroglyphica, corningiana, gigantea, lowii mannii, modesta, pantherina, speciosa, stuartiana, sumatrana,wilsonii and zebrina.

Probably the most fragrant ones are Phal bellina,violacea, mariae,a few select clones of lueddemanniana, and corningiana. Their frangrance carries very well over into they hybrids. The best one I think I ever smelled is Phal corningiana but it is very difficult to grow. But when in bloom the flower along with the fragrance is a heart stopper! I had one a few years back that I lost in the greenhouse, they are very rare.

Troy