Orchids are well-known for the interesting beauty and unusual varieties but they are also loved for their wonderful fragrance. Whether used in corsages, bouquets or planted right in your garden, orchids have a wonderful scent that can sue the savage beast. There are many orchids that have marvelous smells but here is a list of some of the most fragrant orchids on the market today.



Aerangis

These are smaller sized orchids that are very fragrant in the evening hours.

Aerides

These tall lanky orchids can have good fragrance that need to be careful because some of them do not.

Ancistrochilum rothschildianum

This is a small species that is deciduous during winter.

Brassavola

The popular lady of the night orchid is out of the Brassavola species which include other orchids that give off their sense in the night.

Brassia

Not only smells good but it is striking to with its large spiderlike flowers.

Brassidium

These brassia hybrids are nicely scented and very popular today.

Brassocattleyas

A cross between cattleya and barcarole, these files can be very strongly scented.

Catasetum

This large deciduous plant bears male or female flowers and has many species that are quite fragrant concluding the tenebrosum and pileatum. There are also many popular hybrids that are very fragrant as well.

Cattleya

The most fragrant species this orchid can be iricolor, bicolor, dowiana, labiata, maxima, schilleriana, warscewiczii and mossiae. Some of the hybrids can be intensely fragrant.

Clowesia

These orchids lose their leaves during the winter time and have many species which are scented.

Dendrobium

A popular genus of orchid having tall canes which those leaves in winter. Most of this species of orchid or scented and you might recognize some of the more popular ones which include monoliforme, speciosum, nobile, kingianum, loddigesii and parishii.

Dendrochilum

these orchids have chains of tiny flowersand many of the species assented including the magnum, glumacaeum and cobbianum.

Gongora

These small and highly fragrant species can be rather short-lived.

Haraella odorata

These of a popular miniature orchids which are very fragrant.

Sedirea japonica

Cultivated in Japan these orchids can be on the small side and rather long but are highly fragrant.

Vanda

these orchids are harder to grow in northern regions and a big long a real roots. The smaller scented species include suavis, denisonia, cristata and tessellata.

Zygopetalum

Consisting of complex hybrids the species are highly scented with wonderful fragrance.

Planting orchids or growing them in pots can be a challenging but rewarding experience and with these species you're sure to get a nosefull!