Re: [aroid-l] Dracunculus canariensis(adult)
- Subject: Re: [aroid-l] Dracunculus canariensis(adult)
- From: "Susan Cooper" c*@execpc.com
- Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 09:39:42 -0400
Well of course I had to run home at lunchtime to sniff my Drac
canariensis bloom. I think it has a "chemical odor" which Harry says
smells like ethyl acetate. BTW, I have some seeds of this that are
ripening if anyone is interested- email me off list.
Susan
PS It is such a weed I'm surprised it is considered vulnerable.
> As Deni Bown (Aroids - Plants of the Arum Family) writes that on page
133
> the IUCN Red Book states that in 1997 it was vulnerable. Deni
mentions that
> the inflorescence apparently has a semen like odour.