Fragrance?

Yes. A pungent floral scent which varies through out the day.

I remember C. cristata having kind of a fresh aroma. Or maybe a little medicinal.

Very easy to grow here, readily available and cheap. Easier than C. cristata which gets very large and needs a cool spot to get it through summer.

We wont go into the cool and dry rest. It is just too confusing!

Often grown in hanging basket mainly to let the flowers display a bit better

It is much easier than my cristata, which is still out in my minimally heated green house. I am experimenting with it and a few others.

For Unchained Melody cool was into the mid 50s at night and dry was watering every 10ish days without fertilizer.

And the fairrieanum is a trooper. It has been blooming since early December.

Thanks for showing, now I know what to look forward to. I have a small (un-bloomed) division and it looked like a new growth starting to form but maybe it`s an inflorescence! Mine is outside (temps down to near freezing) and gets watered once a week.

I am excited about the prospect that it is fragrant, that is always a big plus. My favorite fragrant orchid is Blc. Hawaii Stars 'Paradise', which has B. Little Stars as one parent. The perfume is so strong that I could smell it when I just walked by the shade house in summer.

So pretty