I want a houseplant with fragrant flowers which can stand a warm environment.

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I'm sure there must be some - I want something nice for my MIL, who can't see well but has excellent sense of smell, and lives in a nursing home which is of course very warm. My own favourite at this time of year, cyclamen, would last about 2 minutes before wilting!

Any ideas please?

Gardenia? They need lots of watering but will be happy in the heat and have quite a heavy fragrance.

Or early narcissi? Lovely light fragrance.

I'm sure you can get indoor Jasmine plants which smell lovely. Or you could plant/buy some hyancinth bulbs for early Jan/feb flowering (I know these aren't long lasting but smell gorgeous!)

How about something with scented leaves? My DM's got some kind of pelargonium that smells lemony. Not sure what it's called but I can ask if you like.

Thanks for the suggestions . Think it'd be too warm for narcissi, lovely though they are; I adore scented perlagonium (I've got one I bought the week DD was conceived, kept it going through cuttings for over 12 years and counting!) but you really have to rub the leaves to release the scent which MIL can't do.
Jasmine or gardenia ... mmmm. I'd forgotten about those, used to always get a jasmine this time of year. Only tried gardenia once, its flowers dropped off really quickly, probably I was doing something wrong with it - they do smell wonderful.

DH grows gardenias successfully, but keeps the pot in a saucer of water which is topped up constantly.

I like to take the flowers and float them in a bowl of water on the dinner table

No, its a good thing to do with dropped flowers - I do it with the camelias which litter our drive from next doors bush, and they don't even smell. (not for dinner parties, don't have those - just so as not to waste them)

Right, jasmine or gardenia with a saucer