It is a pleasant smell, but it is driving me nuts anyway because I can't
figure out where it is coming from. I have four catts and a dend on the
sill of an east facing window. They are doing marvelously, BTW, with plenty
of new growth, and all are seedlings that have never bloomed before. One of
these is presently in sheath right now, so that will be my first experience
with a first bloom seedling, provided it doesn't blast on me. Anyway, every
time I pass by this window (which turns out to be several times a day
throughout the day), I am greted with a very pleasant, sweet scent quite
unlike anything I have smelled before. What is driving me nuts is that I
can't figure out where the scent is coming from. I can't tell which of the
plants is responsible, or even if the scent is coming from one of the plants
(though being able to smell it only close to the plants makes it highly
likely that it is coming from one or more of the plants). The scent is
quite faint, being detectable only within a half a metre of the plants, but
if this is typical of some catts and/or dends, it would be worth while to
have a room full of them even when they are not in bloom!

What is even more intriguing is that, while I have had these plants from a
minimum of four months to a maximum of 9 months, I only noticed this scent
in the past week (actually in about the same time frame as I first noticed
the sheath on the one little catt, but I have no idea if the two are
connected).

Any ideas?

Cheers,

Ted

Ted,

Is the scent like juicy fruit gum? lol! Is it only in the morning?
The Dends that I have had were only fragrant in the mornings as the Cats
were
fragrant all day.

Try moving them around and see if you can track down the one that is
scented.

Lorri
"Ted Byers" wrote in message
.. .
It is a pleasant smell, but it is driving me nuts anyway because I can't
figure out where it is coming from. I have four catts and a dend on the
sill of an east facing window. They are doing marvelously, BTW, with
plenty
of new growth, and all are seedlings that have never bloomed before. One
of
these is presently in sheath right now, so that will be my first
experience
with a first bloom seedling, provided it doesn't blast on me. Anyway,
every
time I pass by this window (which turns out to be several times a day
throughout the day), I am greted with a very pleasant, sweet scent quite
unlike anything I have smelled before. What is driving me nuts is that I
can't figure out where the scent is coming from. I can't tell which of
the
plants is responsible, or even if the scent is coming from one of the
plants
(though being able to smell it only close to the plants makes it highly
likely that it is coming from one or more of the plants). The scent is
quite faint, being detectable only within a half a metre of the plants,
but
if this is typical of some catts and/or dends, it would be worth while to
have a room full of them even when they are not in bloom!

What is even more intriguing is that, while I have had these plants from a
minimum of four months to a maximum of 9 months, I only noticed this scent
in the past week (actually in about the same time frame as I first noticed
the sheath on the one little catt, but I have no idea if the two are
connected).

Any ideas?

Cheers,

Ted

Ted,

Is the scent like juicy fruit gum? lol! Is it only in the morning?
The Dends that I have had were only fragrant in the mornings as the Cats
were
fragrant all day.

Try moving them around and see if you can track down the one that is
scented.

Lorri
"Ted Byers" wrote in message
.. .
It is a pleasant smell, but it is driving me nuts anyway because I can't
figure out where it is coming from. I have four catts and a dend on the
sill of an east facing window. They are doing marvelously, BTW, with
plenty
of new growth, and all are seedlings that have never bloomed before. One
of
these is presently in sheath right now, so that will be my first
experience
with a first bloom seedling, provided it doesn't blast on me. Anyway,
every
time I pass by this window (which turns out to be several times a day
throughout the day), I am greted with a very pleasant, sweet scent quite
unlike anything I have smelled before. What is driving me nuts is that I
can't figure out where the scent is coming from. I can't tell which of
the
plants is responsible, or even if the scent is coming from one of the
plants
(though being able to smell it only close to the plants makes it highly
likely that it is coming from one or more of the plants). The scent is
quite faint, being detectable only within a half a metre of the plants,
but
if this is typical of some catts and/or dends, it would be worth while to
have a room full of them even when they are not in bloom!

What is even more intriguing is that, while I have had these plants from a
minimum of four months to a maximum of 9 months, I only noticed this scent
in the past week (actually in about the same time frame as I first noticed
the sheath on the one little catt, but I have no idea if the two are
connected).

Any ideas?

Cheers,

Ted

Ted,

Is the scent like juicy fruit gum? lol! Is it only in the morning?
The Dends that I have had were only fragrant in the mornings as the Cats
were
fragrant all day.

Try moving them around and see if you can track down the one that is
scented.

Lorri
"Ted Byers" wrote in message
.. .
It is a pleasant smell, but it is driving me nuts anyway because I can't
figure out where it is coming from. I have four catts and a dend on the
sill of an east facing window. They are doing marvelously, BTW, with
plenty
of new growth, and all are seedlings that have never bloomed before. One
of
these is presently in sheath right now, so that will be my first
experience
with a first bloom seedling, provided it doesn't blast on me. Anyway,
every
time I pass by this window (which turns out to be several times a day
throughout the day), I am greted with a very pleasant, sweet scent quite
unlike anything I have smelled before. What is driving me nuts is that I
can't figure out where the scent is coming from. I can't tell which of
the
plants is responsible, or even if the scent is coming from one of the
plants
(though being able to smell it only close to the plants makes it highly
likely that it is coming from one or more of the plants). The scent is
quite faint, being detectable only within a half a metre of the plants,
but
if this is typical of some catts and/or dends, it would be worth while to
have a room full of them even when they are not in bloom!

What is even more intriguing is that, while I have had these plants from a
minimum of four months to a maximum of 9 months, I only noticed this scent
in the past week (actually in about the same time frame as I first noticed
the sheath on the one little catt, but I have no idea if the two are
connected).

Any ideas?

Cheers,

Ted

Hi Lorri,

"MLL" wrote in message
...
Ted,

Is the scent like juicy fruit gum? lol! Is it only in the morning?

No, but I have detected that kind of scent on my phal type dends when they
were in bloom, and that seemed like it was present most of the time. My
youngest niece loved that. However, the scent wasn't especially strong and
you had to get your nose practically embedded inside the flower to smell it
(I am sorely tempted to try my hand at breeding them to see if I can get a
stronger scent from the dends). But at present none of my plants are in
bloom.

The Dends that I have had were only fragrant in the mornings as the Cats
were
fragrant all day.

I would not be puzzled in any of the plants were in bloom, as all of the
catts I have had in bloom were strongly fragrant, but at present I have
nothing in bloom and yet I have this scent, and it is present most of the
time, detectable within half a metre. What is more, is that all the plants
in this window are seedlings which have not yet bloomed, with only the
Cattleya skinneri C. coerulensens 'Orchidglade' x C. skinneri 'My Blue
Heaven' having its first sheath (which is young enough that I don't expect
to see the inflorescence for many many months yet).

Cheers,

Ted