Orchidaceae
Sweet scented Lycaste
Lycaste aromatica
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Lycaste
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 芳香薄叶兰
- English
- Sweet scented Lycaste
- Japanese
- リカステ・アロマティカ
Synonyms
- Colax aromaticus (Graham) Spreng.
- Lycaste aromatica var. hartleyi Oakeley
- Lycaste aromatica var. hartleyorum Oakeley
- Lycaste aromatica var. punctata Linden
- Lycaste aromatica var. retroflexa Oakeley
- Lycaste aromatica var. retusa Lindl.
- Maxillaria aromatica Graham
- Selbyana aromatica (Graham) Archila
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 49 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Victor De la Cruz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Udo Schröter, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J Alejandro González Castillo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: orchidgalore from New York, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist ![Sweet scented Lycaste: SECTION Aromaticae Lifeform: Pseudobulb epiphyte Distribution: Mexico to C. America (79 MXC MXE MXG MXS MXT 80 BLZ ELS GUA HON NIC) Found in: [Northern America]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Lycaste_aromatica_%28Graham%29_Lindl._Edwards%27s_Bot._Reg._29%28Misc.%29_16_%281843%29_%2842309967611%29.jpg/1280px-Lycaste_aromatica_%28Graham%29_Lindl._Edwards%27s_Bot._Reg._29%28Misc.%29_16_%281843%29_%2842309967611%29.jpg)
Photo: snotch from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J Alejandro González Castillo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist ![Sweet scented Lycaste: SECTION Aromaticae Lifeform: Pseudobulb epiphyte Distribution: Mexico to C. America (79 MXC MXE MXG MXS MXT 80 BLZ ELS GUA HON NIC) Found in: [Northern America]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Lycaste_aromatica_%28Graham%29_Lindl._Edwards%27s_Bot._Reg._29%28Misc.%29_16_%281843%29_%2842262989162%29.jpg/1280px-Lycaste_aromatica_%28Graham%29_Lindl._Edwards%27s_Bot._Reg._29%28Misc.%29_16_%281843%29_%2842262989162%29.jpg)
Photo: snotch from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Sweet scented Lycaste: SECTION Aromaticae Lifeform: Pseudobulb epiphyte Distribution: Mexico to C. America (79 MXC MXE MXG MXS MXT 80 BLZ ELS GUA HON NIC) Found in: [Northern America]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Lycaste_aromatica_%28Graham%29_Lindl._Edwards%27s_Bot._Reg._29%28Misc.%29_16_%281843%29_%2840503906270%29.jpg/1280px-Lycaste_aromatica_%28Graham%29_Lindl._Edwards%27s_Bot._Reg._29%28Misc.%29_16_%281843%29_%2840503906270%29.jpg)
Photo: snotch from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Sweet scented Lycaste: SECTION Aromaticae Lifeform: Pseudobulb epiphyte Distribution: Mexico to C. America (79 MXC MXE MXG MXS MXT 80 BLZ ELS GUA HON NIC) Found in: [Northern America]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Lycaste_aromatica_%28Graham%29_Lindl._Edwards%27s_Bot._Reg._29%28Misc.%29_16_%281843%29_%2842309974901%29.jpg/1280px-Lycaste_aromatica_%28Graham%29_Lindl._Edwards%27s_Bot._Reg._29%28Misc.%29_16_%281843%29_%2842309974901%29.jpg)
Photo: snotch from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Sweet scented Lycaste: SECTION Aromaticae Lifeform: Pseudobulb epiphyte Distribution: Mexico to C. America (79 MXC MXE MXG MXS MXT 80 BLZ ELS GUA HON NIC) Found in: [Northern America]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Lycaste_aromatica_%28Graham%29_Lindl._Edwards%27s_Bot._Reg._29%28Misc.%29_16_%281843%29_%2842309972651%29.jpg/1280px-Lycaste_aromatica_%28Graham%29_Lindl._Edwards%27s_Bot._Reg._29%28Misc.%29_16_%281843%29_%2842309972651%29.jpg)
Photo: snotch from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Sweet scented Lycaste: SECTION Aromaticae Lifeform: Pseudobulb epiphyte Distribution: Mexico to C. America (79 MXC MXE MXG MXS MXT 80 BLZ ELS GUA HON NIC) Found in: [Northern America]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Lycaste_aromatica_%28Graham%29_Lindl._Edwards%27s_Bot._Reg._29%28Misc.%29_16_%281843%29_%2847959754452%29.jpg/1280px-Lycaste_aromatica_%28Graham%29_Lindl._Edwards%27s_Bot._Reg._29%28Misc.%29_16_%281843%29_%2847959754452%29.jpg)
Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.