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Most orchid scents are subtle. What's it smell like?

Update - There are now 2 flowers fully open & 3 buds on the way. The fragrance has become more apparent over time, but it's more noticeable that the air near the plant smells nice than being a strong scent that I can follow to the flower...
I find it a light & "rosy" type scent. :rollhappy:
Anyway - here it is with 2 fully opened slippers. I like it more & more as time goes on. :)
 

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Update: Here it is in full flower. I'm very pleased with this one.
It was one day short of holding 6 blooms..... (as no 6 opened,1 fell off!) but I can't complain - 5 makes a very nice show on it's first flowering.
The scent is more noticeable now, too. :)
 

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It came from Ratcliffes, & is EYOF breeding. I'm not going to say "That's why it's so beautiful", because other people also breed lovely orchids, but you know what I mean....
 
FlowerFaerie, you can exhibit it and have it judged (including AOS judging), as long as you know the parentage--and you do--whether the cross is registered or not. If you were to get an AOS award for it, you would be in the odd (but not infrequent) position of having to give it a clonal name, even though it does not (apparently) have an official grex name. So it could be something along the lines of:
Phragmedium (andreettae x caricinum) 'Flower Faerie' ## AM/AOS

And, although I'm no judge, I agree with Shiva--I think you also *should* be able to register the cross, whether you are allowed to or not. (Although it certainly would be a nice gesture to approach the person who made the cross.) The other thing is, it might be a case where the person has named it and the registration is pending, hence it not appearing in the list of registered crosses. If this is the case, then Mont Mado would replace (andreettae x caricinum) in the name once the registration was complete.

By the way, it's a really attractive flower! And you obviously are growing it well, with all those buds. I'll play Eric's role and ask if you have a photo of the whole plant?

I’m agree with you, except the for ‘’ allowed or not ’’
It is like putting your name on a piece of art of somebody else (paint, book, music.. etc…) and it is fraud.

Mont Mado is a pending name from the Eric Young Fondation.
 
I’m agree with you, except the for ‘’ allowed or not ’’
It is like putting your name on a piece of art of somebody else (paint, book, music.. etc…) and it is fraud.

Mont Mado is a pending name from the Eric Young Fondation.

Thank you.
I don't have any plans to show it - or to fiddle about with its name (it's perfectly happy with the one it has already!) , but more in increasing my understanding of "How Things Work" in orchids.
I think I must have been the little girl who asked "WHY?" about everything - the more I learn, the happier I am! :rollhappy:
 
Fantastic!

I can't seem to keep two open blooms on a plant for more than a day. If I don't take a photo the day the second one opens, I'll find the first one on the floor the next morning...:(
 
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