David [Janvrin] posted a most interesting comment about fragrance judging. Fragrance is certainly one aspect of orchidology that deserves being studied by serious orchidophiles. Biologists analyze orchid fragrances to identify species and study how they have diversified.
************** David wrote : "In AOS Orchids magazine a few years ago there was an article about fragrance judging at a specific show in the US - I think it was New York." Could someone provide the precise reference to that article ? ************** David also wrote : "The Japanese perfume house Shiseido annually releases a limited production fragrance based on an orchid... I have... smelled their Energizing perfume & found it reminiscent of Cym goeringii." That is interesting that one would associate a particular species to a perfume. When a new perfume is released commercially, one often reads that it contains an orchid note : which species (more or less 30 000) or hybrid (more or less 120 000) was used ? Of course, when 'a vanilla note' or 'sharry baby orchid note' is mentioned in the description of a perfume, we get the idea (smile...) ! Less informative are the mentions 'wild orchid', 'black orchid', 'white orchid', 'purple cattleya orchid' and 'white cattleya orchid' notes. ********************* David wrote : "there's not a lot available on orchid fragrance." Few books but many articles are available : for example, DAMON, Anne A. and CRUZ-LOPEZ, L. 2006 'Fragrance in relation to pollination of Oncidium sphacelatum and Trichocentrum oerstedii in the Soconusco region of Chiapas, Mexico' in Selbyana, Vol.27, no.2, pp.186 - 194. CHEN, Zhilin 2006 'Hai to Haraenopsis, new breeding direction seeks fragrance by crossing Haraella with Phalaenopsis' in Phalaenopsis, Vol.15, no.3, p.13. GERLACH, Guenter: 2005 'Pollination and fragrances in the tribe Maxillarieae' in Proceedings of the 18th World Orchid Conference, March 2005, 2005, pp.578 - 583. ************** Regards, Viateur _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
