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Post by artificialive on Aug 15, 2007 10:04:20 GMT 8
Hi all,
i would like to feel how is it to be bitten by the till and orchid bug (i know there will be no turning back ;D)
However, i would love to try tills and orchids that have mild to strong fragrant flowers. Any recommendations guys?
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Post by tarence on Aug 15, 2007 10:24:44 GMT 8
for tills.....you can try t.duratii and t.malemontii......what about the creeper called passion flower ? the flower is purple in colour & has the strongest perfume scent i`ve ever set my nose on....haha, that didn`t come out rite but y`know what i mean. sells for rm6 at sg buloh.
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Post by atmccmn on Aug 15, 2007 13:02:24 GMT 8
There countless of species to go with if you are looking for any plants with fragrant scent. As for Tillies, you can try for streptocarpa, reinbachii, duratii and mallemontii as mentioned. Not particulary sure about orchids. A good one is Phal vilacea or the common type where you can find then abundantly is those common pigeon orchid.
Perhaps some orchid enthusians can elaborate further in this field.
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Post by tillycollector07 on Aug 16, 2007 14:35:30 GMT 8
If u like strong fragrant then i would recommend you the tillandsia duratii.
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Post by cosmoking on Aug 16, 2007 19:32:29 GMT 8
To get fragrant Orchids you will have to order from specialist nurseries as these cheap hybrids you see in the shops do not have scent BUT there are loads of fragrant Orchids.
Are you looking for a particular group of Orchids? If you know which sort of group you want, I can reccomend you some species, as there are over 25,000 Orchid species and nearly 100,000 hybrids so it would be impossible to list every single fragrant Orchid.
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Post by lisham on Aug 16, 2007 22:26:49 GMT 8
1 question about t. duratii... it smells? I mean scented? the whole plant or just the flower?
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Post by caseyhoo on Aug 17, 2007 1:18:44 GMT 8
Vanda, dendrodium, Cattleya is easy to have flower... Beside that, those common orchid name "dancing lady", yellow form is easy to flower too... Those mini orchid also easy to flower too... Im not good in orchid name, sorry... Below is the orchids that always blooming in my garden Mini orchid   Cattleya  Vanda  Out of topic, morning glorry at my house  |
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Post by tarence on Aug 17, 2007 9:02:20 GMT 8
Lisham : t.duratii`s flowers emit fragrance. the plant itself is normal ( not scented ). as far as i know, there are no airplants which have fragrant plant parts other than their flowers i.e. leaves, stems, etc.
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Post by artificialive on Aug 17, 2007 9:31:27 GMT 8
Tarence: Passion flower? i googled for it and... what a beauty! it is a beautiful flower and it is fragrant? wow.. must search for it.. do u think there will be passion flower sold at putrajaya? ;D Andy: Thanks andy. I really know nothing about tills and i hope to pick up as fast as i can (differentiating tills, names, their requirements etc). What i can differentiate for now is only ionantha, bulbosa and medusa! hihi. Erm.. fragrant tills.. its a bit pricey compared to other tills.. isnt it? and they WILL die after flowering? Sam: Thanks to u too for appointing a fragrant Till  Cosmoking: Thanks cosmo, but i dont know about orchids. I just know some of them, e.g. dendrobium, phalaenopsis, cattleya. perhaps u can recommend me some? kc: Thanks for posting your flower pics at least i have something to 'wash' my eyes with. heheh. Your morning glory looks more like petunia to me ;D |
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Post by caseyhoo on Aug 17, 2007 10:01:31 GMT 8
Sorry, didnt see that you are looking for orchids that have "sweet-smelling"
Cattleya, and vanda that I posted have smell...
Most of Cattleya is fragrant...
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Post by tarence on Aug 17, 2007 10:18:04 GMT 8
Naj: passion flower smells even better than it looks ! heheh. if i get like 2 or 3 blooms, it is enough to fragrant up the whole garden if the air is still. at it`s peak, i can get like 20 blooms a day on a matured plant. let`s see if they have it at Laman....i`ll try to post a pic of mine..it`s a lil` diff from the google pics.
fragrant tills are a lil` more expensive than normal ones i guess. the way to see it : they will produce pups after flowering ( don`t say die lah heheh )...you`ll say sayonara to the mother plant but welcome the new pups. it`s the cycle of life.
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Post by atmccmn on Aug 17, 2007 14:03:46 GMT 8
Tarence, didn't know u keep passion flower. Which type??
All mother plant dies off in Bromeliads. Tillandsia is included. But some will take years to die off completely. Lets assume the flowering branch dies off sending another few offshoots. It wouldn't hurt if you guys are looking by that perspective.................
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Post by tarence on Aug 17, 2007 14:08:51 GMT 8
andy : mine is the purple type.....the white one i can`t quite appreciate & the red one has no fragrance. i`ll try to post pic this weekend. have introduced it to a lot of people who want to have fragrant flowers in their garden.
what`s the other fragrant flower variety called eh ? flowers look a bit like periwinkle but has 2 colours, white & purple ? and smaller, more compact....
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Post by lisham on Aug 17, 2007 14:12:03 GMT 8
Fragrant flower? I got 2 pots of brunsfelsia (lady of the night)... 1 is B. americana (flowers 1st day white, second day yellow 3rd day white again) and the other one ist he normal yesterday-today-tomorrow (purple-light-purple-white). They don't smell like anything during the day... but at night... It'll scare your neighbors...  It's cheap too... Big ones (3') Less than RM50. |
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Post by atmccmn on Aug 17, 2007 14:37:34 GMT 8
Aaaaa.....now this is getting interesting......can try plumeria or spider lily or bunga melur.....
All these are indication of something......heheheeeee..........
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Post by tarence on Aug 17, 2007 14:47:01 GMT 8
hey that reminds me........tuber roses ! very fragrant. from the movie Sepet...and also Pontianak.........i once had it flowering non-stop and it gave me the creepy willies at nite. all my own imagination of course.
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Post by lisham on Aug 17, 2007 14:48:06 GMT 8
Hoya smells scary too... I got 2... 1 white flower... 1 purplish deep marroon flower... Both smells at night... And they form vine... Which is more space saving that traditionally potted up plants... Easy to care... Just remember to forget to water them every day except once a week... a bit of sun and dont remove the flower stalks as they'll regrow flower on the same stalk... |
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Post by artificialive on Aug 17, 2007 14:57:21 GMT 8
hoho! this really gets interesting!
Actually, im looking for fragrant flowers, but tried to limit to tills and orchids bcos i tot this forum has only CPs, Tills and orchids sifus. Luckily, and happily, im WRONG! haha ;D
i just got only 2 fragrant flowers, bunga melur and bunga kesidang. Bunga kesidang is the official flower of malacca, which smells like pandan. A flower stalk fragrant my whole garden (yaaa, i know its only a very tiny miny space in front of the house).
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Post by artificialive on Aug 17, 2007 15:08:21 GMT 8
Ooh, and i just read somewhere that Quisqualis indica aka Rangoon creeper is fragrant too. Moreover, it has 3 flowers with 3 different colors attached to one stalk. Anyone have this?
Is this the same as yours Lisham?
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Post by lisham on Aug 17, 2007 15:36:24 GMT 8
Rangoon Creeper? My mom grows that one... Fragrant... yes... woody climber... Put out Red/pink/white/red and white candy stipe flower... Needs big pots... In kampungs they grow wild... Hoya is like this... www.washjeff.edu/greenhouse/Hcarnosa/Huh? Bunga Kesidang? We call that Bunga Kerak Nasi here up north.... I got 2 big pots of those... 1 growing until kena my balcony ceilling oledi.... Needs water... Lots of water... Smells nice... |
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