The Orchid Show: Fragrant Selections

Discover the fragrant picks of orchids at NYBG, including one flower that smells just like chocolate

In this video , Marc Hachadourian , curator of the orchid collection at the New York Botanical Garden , discusses some of the most fragrant orchid at NYBG , include one that smell just like chocolate .

Beyond all the fantastic colors and formula of these bloom , the Orchid Show also spotlight the incredible scent some of these plants have . Perhaps one of the public ’s most favorites is Oncidium ‘ Sharry Baby ’ . Most people do not have it off it for its botanical name , but because of the fantastic fragrance it possess . The peak of this plant sense of smell intensely of umber .

Some , we call them our “ orchid groupies , ” come every year , and the first thing they ask is “ Where is the chocolate orchid ? ” They all want to sit down for a piddling while and bask in this unbelievable redolence .

The Orchid Show at the New York Botanical Garden

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