FRAGRANT ORCHIDS (SPECIES)

Genus C

Compiled by Sydney H. Yearron
Member of the Victoria Orchid Society
Victoria, B.C. Canada


GENUS  SPECIES   CODE

Cadetia	

	hispida	SW vanilla



Caladenia

	alata (carnea etc)

	augustata	S musk

	carnea (alata) (arethusa catenata)	S musk, honey

	" var gigantea

	petersonii var suavoleans	S

	testacea	honey



Calanthe

(Limatodes)	izu insularis	S floral

	stricta (sieboldii)	orange peel



Calceolus

	alternifolia (marianus)

		(Cypripedium calceolus)



Callista

see Dendrobium



Caloglossum

	flabellatum (Cymbidiella

		flabellata etc)

GENUS	SPECIES	CODE

Calopogon

	pulchellus



Calypso

	bulbosa



Calyptrochilum

	chrystianum (mombasense) (orientale)

		(Angraecum c)	F

	imbricatum



Camarotis

	rostrata (purpurea) (Aerides rostratum)	S



Capanemia

	micromera

	uligiosa



Catasetum

(Monachanthus)	abruptum (luridum) (Anguloa abrupta)

	adnatum (atratum)

	appendiculatum	spice

	atratum (adnatum)

	barbatum (spinosum)

		Monachanthus viridis)

	bicolor (gongoroides)

	bungerothii (pileatum)	XS

	calceolatum (russellianum)

	callosum

	ciliatum (discolor)

	cirrhaeoides

	claveringii (macrocarpum)

	collare	wintergreen

	christyanum

	celtoideum (?)

	dilectum var suave

		Dressleria dilecta var s)

	discolor (ciliatum) (roseo-album)

		viridiflavum)	rye bread, caraway

	expansum

	fimbriatum (Myanthus fimbriatus)	VS I spice

	floribundum (macrocarpum etc)

	garnettianum	VS

	glaucoglossum

	globiflorum

	gongoroides (bicolor)

	gnomus

	inapterum (purum etc)

GENUS	SPECIES	CODE

Catasetum	integerrimum (maculatum) (not Keith)

	longifolium (Monachanthus longifolius)

	luridum (abruptum) (Anguloa abrupta)	S

	luxatum (Mormodes l)

	macrocarpum (clavingerii) (floribundum)

		(tricolor (male flowers))

		(tridentatum)	S spice

	macroglossum

	maculatum (integerimum Keith)

		(oerstedii etc)

	microglossum

	naso

	oerstedii (maculatum) (rostratum)	S

	pileatum (bungerothii)	S SW

	planiceps	spice

	punctatum

	purum (inapertum) (semiapertum)

	rhamphastos (tabulare)

	roseum (Clowesia rosa) (discolor etc)

	rostratum (oerstedii etc)

	russellianum (calceolatum) (Clowesii r)

		(male flower)

	saccatum (male flower)

	saccatum christyanum

	"var chrystyanum

	scurra (warscewiczii)

	semiapertum (purum etc)

	serratum (viridiflavum)

	spinosum (barbatum)

	tabulare (rhamphastos)

	tenebrosum	spice, citrus

	thylaciochilum	SW N

	tricolor (macrocarpum)

	tridentatum (macrocarpum etc)

	trulla

	viridiflavum (serratum)

	warscewiczii (scurra) (Clowesia w)	lemon, roses 

	N+ xtapiriceps



Cattleya

(Laelia *)	aclandiae (Epidendrum a)	S spice*

	acuminata	*

	albida

	alexandrae (elongata)

	alutacea (velutina etc)

	amabilis hort (intermedia etc)

	amethystoglossa (guttata forma prinzii)	spice*

	anceps

GENUS	SPECIES	CODE

Cattleya	arembergii (loddigesii etc)	F

	aurantiaca	F

	aurea (labiata sub var aurea)	* lemon

	autumnalis

	bicolor (Epidendrum b)	S I pinks

	" var duveenii	S

	bicolor brasiliensis

	brownii

	bulbosa (walkeriana etc)

	citrina (karwinski) (Encyclia c)

		(Epidendrum citrinum) (Sobralia c)	spice

	chocoensis (labiata var quadricolor)

		(labiata var trianae)	*

	crispa

	dawsonii (labiata var lueddemanniana)	(C.l)

	discolor

	dowiana (labiata var d)	SW citron, soapy

	edithiana (mossiae)

	elatior (guttata) (sphenophora)

	eldorado (labiata var e) (virginalis)

	elongata (alexandrae)

	epidendroides (luteola etc)	*

	flava

	flavida (luteola etc)

	forbesii (vestalis)

		(Maelinia paradoxea)	S

	fragrans (velutina etc)	S

	" var Wageneri	SW

	gardneriana (walkeriana etc)

	gaskelliana (labiata var g)

	" var alba

	gigas (labiata var warscewiczii etc)	*

	gouldiana

	granulosa (Epidendrum granulosum)	VS SW pepper

	N+ guatemalensis	C

	gutatta (elatior) (sphenophora)

		(Epidendrum elatior)	VS SW medicinal

	" var forma prinzii (amethystoglossa)

	" var alba

	" var leopoldii (Cattleya l)	lilac

	harrisoniana	F

	N+ Hardyana

	intermedia (amabilis hort)

		(Epidendrum intermedium)	SW

	iricolor

	jenmannii	SW

	karwinski (citrina etc)

	labiata	VS

GENUS	SPECIES	CODE

Cattleya	" sub var aurea

	" var dowiana (C. d)	S

	" var eldorado (C. e)

	" var gaskelliana (C. g)

	" var lueddemanniana (C. l)

		(C. dawsonii)	S

	" var mendelii (C. m)

	" var mossiae var atropurpurea,

	var picta	S

	" var percivaliana (C. p)	S

	" var quadricolor (C. chocoensis etc)	S

	" var rex (C. r)

	" sub var schoederae (C. s)

	" var triannaei

	" var warneri (C. w)	S

	"  var warscewiczii (C. gigas) (C. w)

	lawrenceana	VSW

	leopoldii (guttata  var  l)	*

	lobata

	loddigesii (arembergii) (maritima)

		(vestalis) (Epidendrum l)

	" var amethystina

	lueddemanniana (dawsoni)

		(labiata var l) (speciosissima)

	luteola (epidendroides) (flavida)

		(meyeri) (modesta) (Epidendrum l)	I

	maritima (loddegesii etc)

	majalis

	maxima (Epidendrum  m)

	mendelii (lobiata  var  m)	S

	meyeri (luteola etc)

	micrantha (Epidendrum  boothii)

	mossiae (edithiana) (labiata var m etc)	SW garlic

	" var fimbriata	VS

	" var reineckiana (hort)

	mossiae coerulea

	nobilior (walkeriana etc)

	odoratissima (violacea etc)

	ovata (Epidendrum  violaceum  LODD)

	pendula (Odontoglossum  pendulum)

	patinii (skinneri)	*

	penduncularis

	percevaliana (labiata var p)	musty, soap

	porphyroglossa	S SW

	princeps (walkeriana etc)	*

	pumila	*

	purpurata

	quadricolor (labiata var q etc)

GENUS	SPECIES	CODE

Cattleya	regnellii (schilleriana)

	rex (labiata var r)	*

	rubescens

	schilleriana (regnellii)	SW

	" var superba	S

	schroederae (labiata sub var s)

	skinneri (patinii) (Epidendrum

		huegelianum)	F I

	speciosissima (lueddemanniana)

	sphenophora (guttata)

	superba (violacea) (Rchb. F)	*

	superbiens	*

	tibicinis

	trianaei (labiata var t)

	tuberosa (walkeriana etc)

	N+ victoria-regina

	velutina (alutacea) (a. var velutina)	SW spice

	vestalis (forbesii etc)

	violacea (odoratissima) (superba)

		(Epidendrum v)	S spice

	virginalis (labiata var v)

	walkeriana (bulbosa) (gardneriana)

		(nobilior) (princeps) (tuberosa)	VS

	" var alba

	warneri (labiata var w)	S spice

	warscewiczii (gigas) (labiata var w)



Caularthron

	bicornutum (Diacrium b etc)

	bilamellatum (Diacrium b)



Centragenium

	setaceum (Pelexia setacea)	F



Cephalanthera

	damasonium	vanilla

	falcata



Chamaeangis

	odoratissima	S

	orientalis	S D narcotic

	rusicola	VS



Chelonanthera

	rochussini (Coelogyne r)	S

	speciosa (Coelogyne s)

	sulphurea

		(Coelogyne crookwittii sulphurea)

GENUS	SPECIES	CODE

Chiloschista

	lunifera



Chondrorhyncha

	amazonica (Warscewiczella a)

		(Zygopetalum amazonicum, lindeni)	S

	aromatica (Warscewiczella wendlandii)

		(Zygopetalum a, wendlandii)

	chestertoni	VS

	discolor (huntleya) (Warrea,

	Warscewiczella, Zygopetalum d)	S

	fimbriata (Stelis fimbriata)

	flabelliformis (fragrans)

	(Warscewiczella, cochlearis, f)

	fragrans (flabelliformis etc)

	lipscombiae (marginata etc)

	marginata (huntleya) (lipscombiae)

		(Warrea marginata)

		(Zygopetalum fragrans)

	wailesiana (Warrea, Warscewiczella w)

		(Zygopetalum wailesianum)



Chysis

	aurea

	" var bractescens (bractescens)

		(Thorvaldsenia speciosa)

	bractescens (aurea var bractescens)

		(Thorvaldsenia speciosa)

	costaricensis (laevis)

	laevis (costaricensis) (tricostata)	S

	tricostata (laevis etc)



Cirrhaea

	dependens (fuscolutea) (livida)

		(tristis)

	loddigesii (Gongora galeata)

	obtusata



Cirrhopetalum

see Bulbophyllum



Cleistes

	diverticata (Arethusa, Pogonia d)



Cleisostoma

	cristatum (Pelatantherea cristata)

	dicroanthum	S SW exotic

	ionosmum (Trichoglottis I)

GENUS	SPECIES	CODE

Cleisostoma	rosea (Trichoglottis rosea)

	tridentatum (Sarcanthus tridentatum)



Clowesia

	dodsoniana	VS

	rosea	spice, cinnamon

	russelliana (Catesetum r)	SW

	warscewiczii	S lemon



Cochleanthes	

	aromatica

	candida



Coelia

see Bothriochilus



Coeliopsis

	hyacinthosma	VS SW



Coeloglossum

	asperata	licorice

	viride (Gymnadenia, Habenaria,

		Orchis, Platanthera viridis)

		(Sarcochilus v)	F honey



Coelogyne

	albolutea

	asperata (lowii)

	barbata	I musk

	borneensis

	brachyptera (parishii var. b.)

	chloroptera

	coronaria (Eria c etc)

	corrugata (nervosa)

	corymbosa	spice

	cristata (speciosissimum)	I spice, hyacinth

	crookwittii (sulphurea)

	cumingii

	dayana (quadrangularis)

	densiflora (massangeana etc)	musk

	elata (holochila)

	fimbriata (broughtonia linearis)	musk

	flaccida	XS musk

	foerstermanni (kingii)

	fragrans

	graminifolia

	holochila (elata)

	huetneriana	VS musk

GENUS	SPECIES	CODE

Coelogyne	" var lactea (c. lactea)

	integra

	lactea (huetneriana var l)

	lamellata	S

	lawrenceana

	lentiginosa	musk

	lowii (asperata)

	macrobulbon (rochusseni etc)

	massangeana (densiflora) (tomentosa)

	merrillii	F

	mooreana

	mossiae

	nervosa (corrugata)	F

	nitida	S lilac, hay

	ochracea

	odoratissima (cristata)

	ovalis (pilosissima)

	pandurata

	parishii (brachyptera)

	" var. brachyptera (C.b.)

	peltastes

	pilosissima (ovalis)

	plantaginea (rochusseni etc)

	quadrangularis (dayana)

	rhodeana

	rochussenii (macrobulbon) (plantaginea)

		(Chelonanthera r)	VS vanilla

	sanderae

	sanderiana

	salmonicolor (speciosa var s) (?)

	schilleriana

	sparsa

	speciosa (Chelonanthera s)	musk

	" var salmonicolor  (C.s.)

	sulpheana (crookwitti)

		(Chelonanthera s)

	testacea	F

	trinervis	S

	tomentosa (densiflora etc)	musk

	viscosa



Coilostylis

	emarginata (Epidendrum e etc)



Colax

	harrisonae (Bifrenaria h)

	jugosa (racemosa) (Adipe r etc)

		(Maxillaria j) (Zygopetalum jugosum)

GENUS	SPECIES	CODE

Comparettia

	falcata



Coryanthes (all)

	albertinae

	alborosea

	bergoldii

	bicalcorata

	biflora

	boyi

	bruchmulleri (bungorothi)

	bungorothi (bruchmulleri)

	elegantium (wolfii)

	hunteriana

	leucocorys	S mint

	macrantha (Gongora m)	S

	macracorys

	maculata

	nitida	SW

	parkeri

	rodrigueza

	speciosa

	summerana

	trifoliata

	wolfii (elegantium)



Corymborchis

	veratrifolia



Cottonia

	championi (Vanda bicaudata etc)



Cranichis

	lancasteri	SW



Criosanthes

	arietina (Cypripedium arietinum)



Cuitlauzina

	pendula (Odontoglossum pendulum)	lemon



Cycnoches

	albidum (egertonianum var a)

	amesianum (cooperi) (pentadactylum)

	amparoanum (egertonianum var a)

	aureum (egertonianum var a)

	chlorochilon (ventricosum var c)	S

	cooperi (amesianum) (pentadactylon)

GENUS	SPECIES	CODE

Cycnoches	cucullata (loddegesii)	honey

	densiflorum (egertonianum var d)

	dianae (egentonianum var d)

	egertonianum

	" varieties

	glandiferum (egertonianum var g)

	guttulatum (egertonianum var g)

	haagii (versicolor)

	lehmanni

	loddegesii (cucullata)

	mesianum

	pachydactylon (egertonianum var p)

	pauciflorum (egertonianum var p)

	pentadactylon (amesianum) (cooperi)	chocolate

	peruvianum (egertonianum var p)

	powellii (egertonianum var p)

	rossianum (egertonianum var r)

	stelliferum (egertonianum var s)

	stenodactylon (egertonianum var s)

	ventricosum (egertonianum var v)	VS sunripe bananas

	" var chlorochilon (Cycnoches c)	cinnamon

	" var warscewiczii

	versicolor (haagii)

	warscewiczii (ventricosum var w)



Cymbidiella

	flabellata (perrieri) (Caloglossum,

		Cymbidium, Limodorum flabellatum)	vanilla

	rhodochila (pardalina) (Cymbidium r)



Cymbidium

	acutum (dayanum etc)

	affine

	akame-sosin (rubrigemum)

	alborubens (dayanum etc)

	albuciflorum (madidum)	F

	aliciae	F

	aloifolium (finlaysonianum etc)	INV

	aphyllum (Dendrobium pierardii)

		(Limodorum a)	INV

	andersoni (Cyrtopodium a etc)	SW

	arrogans

	aspidistrafolium (ensifolium etc)

	atropurpureum (finlaysonianum etc)	cocos oil

	canaliculatum	SW

	" var sparkesii(?)

	" forma aureoleum(?)

	chinense (ensifolium etc)

GENUS	SPECIES	CODE

Cymbidium	chuen-lan

	chloranthum (pulchellum)

		(sanguinolentum) (variciferum)	F ? INV

	cochleare (Cyperorchis cochlearis)	VS WIN V

	cordigerum (Epidendrum atropurpureum)

	cucullata (Brassavola

	appendiculata etc)

	cuspidatum (ensifolium etc)

	cyperifolium (haematoides)

		(viridiflorum)

		(Limodorum longifolium)	S

	dayanum (acutum) (alborubens)

		(shimaran) (simonsianum)	INV

	dependens (Cirrhaea d)

		(Cattleya loddigesii, tristes)

	eburneum (syringodorum)	SW paper white 				narcissus, lilac

	" var parishii	VS

	ecristatum (ensifolium etc)

	ensifolium (aspidistrafolium)

		(chinense) (cuspidatum) (ecristatum)

		(estrictum) (fragrans) (gyokuchin)

		(hoosai) (javanicum) (japonicum)

		(micans) (munroianum) (sinense)

		(xiphifolium)	S VSW lime, violets

	estrictum (ensifolium etc)

	faberi	musk, lime, jasmine

	finlaysonianum (aloifolium)

		(atropurpureum) (pendulum)

		(tricolor) (wallichi)	MINV

	flabellatum (Cymbidiella f etc)

	flabelliforme

	floribundum (pumilum)

	formosanum (tosyaensis)

		(Chondrorhyncha,

		Cochleanthes flabelliformis) 	S

	forrestii

	fragrans (ensifolium etc)

	gibsoni (lancifolium)

	giganteum LDL.f (Iridorchis gigantea)	F

	" var lowianum (lowianum)	IINV

	glaucum (Dichea glauca etc)	C

	goeringii (China) (virescens LDL)	SW I floral

	gracillimum (piyanon)

	grandiflorum (hookerianum)

	gyochin (gyokuchin)	(!)

	gyokuchin (ensifolium) (gyochin)

		(soshin)	S

GENUS	SPECIES	CODE

Cymbidium	haematoides (cyperifolium etc)

		(Cyperorchis h)

	hookerianum (grandiflorum)

	hoosai (ensifolium etc)

	iridifolium (albuciflorum) (madidum)	C

	kanran (linearsepalum) (purpurea-

		hiamale)	lemon peel

	japonicum (ensifolium etc)

	javanicum (ensifolium etc)

	lancifolium (gibsonii)

	linearsepalum (kanran etc)

	lowianum (giganteum var lowianum) 

	madidum (albuciflorum) (iridiflorum)	IINV

	mastersii (micromeron) Cyperorchis m)	SW almonds

	micans (ensifolium etc)

	micromeron (mastersii etc)	INV

	moschatum (Dendrobium m)

	munroianum (ensifolium etc)	SWINV

	muricatum (Dicheae muricata)

	niveo-marginatum	INV

	nodosum (Brassavola nodosa etc)

	oiwakensis

	parishii (eburneum var p)

	pendulum (finlaysonianum etc)

	perrieri (Cymbidiella flabellata)

	pianon (tortisepalum)

	piyoran (gracillimum etc)

	polyphyllum (Epidendrum p)

	pulchellum (chloranthum)

	pumilum (floribundum)	C

	purpurea-hiemale (kanran etc)

	qiubeiense

	rhodochilum (Cymbidiella rhodochila)

	rubrigemum (akeme-sosin)	honey

	sanguineum (chloranthum)

	sanguinolentum (chloranthum)

	soshin

	shimaran (dayanum etc)

	simonsianum (dayanum etc)

	sinense (ensifolium etc)

	soshin (gyokuchin etc)

	suave	SW

	suavissimum	INV

	subulatum (Trichopilia subulata etc)

	syringodorum (eburneum)

	tortisepalum (pianon)

	tosyaensis (formosanum)

	tracyanum	S (in cult) peach

GENUS	SPECIES	CODE

Cymbidium	tricolor (finlaysonianum etc)	INV

	tryptera (Laelia t etc)

	tsukenensis

	unnenduisesus

	variciferum (chloranthum)	lemon peel INV

	violaceum (Cattleya violaceum HBK)

	virescens LDL (goeringii)	vanilla

	viridiflorum (cyperifolium etc)

	wallichi (finlaysonianum etc)

	xiphifolium (ensifolium etc)



Cynorkis

	uniflora (Gymnadenia u)



Cyperorchis

	babae	S SW

	haematoides (Cymbidium h)

	mastersii (Cymbidium m etc)	SW almonds



Cypripedium

	acaule (humile)	watermelon

	alternifolius (calceolus etc)

	arietinum (Criosanthes arietina)

	calceolus (alternifolius) (marianus)

	(Calceolus a etc)	VS musk

	" var flavescens (flavescens)

	" var parviflorum (parviflorum)

	" var pubescens (pubescens)

	" var vegonum (vegonum)

	candidum	F

	fasciculatum

	flavescens (calceolus var f)

	himalaicum	S

	humile (acaule etc)

	marianus (calceolus etc)

	montanum	SW

	parviflorum (calceolus var p)	rose, musty

	pubescens (calceolus var p)	SW rose, musty

	vegonum (calceolus var v)



Cyrtopodium

	andersonii

	palmifrons



Cyrtorchis

	arcuata (ssp variabilis)

		(Angraceum arcuatum)



GENUS	SPECIES	CODE

Cyrtorchis		(Listrostachys arcuata)	VS SW E N

	" ssp variabilis

	"  ringens	clover

	brownii

	chailluana (Angraceum chailluanum)

		(Listrostachys chailluena)	S

	injolaensis

	monteirae (Listrostachys m)

	praetermissa	S lily of the valley

	variabilis	SW E





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