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Old 03-21-2010, 04:58 PM
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Default Orchid ID please, Very fragrant!

I was recently given an orchid for taking care of a friends house while they were away on vacation. The orchid fills our living area with a wonderful scent, perhaps coconut. I'm wondering about the type of orchid and tips on care. I live in Hawaii, and have had good luck with dendrobiums.

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It looks and sounds like Maxillaria tenuifolia.
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It looks and sounds like Maxillaria tenuifolia.
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I also agree it's a Maxillaria tenuifolia, they have a nice coconut fragrance and I want one!
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There is also a hybrid that looks like that. Max tenuifolia x sanguineum. Supposedly smells different. Breeder says 'toasted coconut' instead of the regular coconut.

To me tenuifolia smells like vinyl car seats that sunbathers have sat in. Not entirely sure it is a fragrance for me, but everybody's sniffer is a bit different.
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Yes, thanks everyone. It does appear to be Maxillaria tenuifolia. What a great fragrance!
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There is also a hybrid that looks like that. Max tenuifolia x sanguineum.
That was my first thought. It looks too dark to be straight tenuifolia.
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Maxillaria tenuifolia!
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