Kathleen, some reported that they smelled nothing from theirs, and some reported that it had a nice lemony fragrance.
I think people just have varying degrees of sensitivity, and some just have personal preferences and likes and dislikes. It's the same way with food.
There aren't too many fragrances that I dislike, but night-blooming Cestrum nocturnum is one fragrance that I dislike intensely. It will give me a headache if it is too strong.
Help a rookie with her first plants...
I'm with you on that one, Clare!
I often wonder how wine tasters can be so accurate with their descriptions. :-)
I am following this, I also read that strictum had a lemony fragrance/none, as Clare says. That's why I was wondering why it was unpleasant to kaperc's nose.
Also - good link on scented orchids.
I for one consider just about any scent on a flower or leaf a bonus. It simply lends interest to the plant. I love the scent of Acidantheras, Angraecum sesquipedale, Epi oxypetalum and such, which have the typical scent of white flowers pollinated at night. Before I buy a miniature Cyclamen I sniff everyone of them, only some have a pretty floral scent. But then I don't object that much to the smells of Stapeliads, the beauty of the flowers makes up for it.
Many people consider the smell of paperwhites a stench.
I suppose kaperc wouldn't eat Durian either? I am not "allowed" to bring it in to work anymore for dessert. I wonder why....:-)
Probably not after reading this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durian
Re: paperwhites -- I'm one of them. But I did try!!
I agree scents are a bonus, but we have to live with the equipment we're given, and I guess I can't change my nose. :-) Also, I'm EXtremely good at sniffing out a gas leak! Probably saved a little old lady once by calling the gas company -- she couldn't smell a thing.
LOL, Ursula! I don't think I would eat that either! Paperwhites don't do it for me either. It sounds like you've got a great snifer there, Ursula!