Re: Weekend

Sleeping porches....You reminded me of when I used to visit my sister at
Montevallo in Alabama when she was teachin university there.  She rented the
gatekeepers cottage.  When I stayed there I slept on the porch.  Very
pleasant.
Kitty
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Aplfgcnys@aol.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 5:37 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Weekend


> Leave the plant outside and enjoy the beauty of the bloom.  You just don't
to
> be in a closed room with it.
>
> I do remember night-blooming jasmine - used to have one outside the
"sleeping
> porch."  I guess modern houses don't have sleeping porches any more, but
> they were nice on hot nights.  Now everybody would have air conditioning
and not
> smell the jasmine anyway.
> Auralie
>
> In a message dated 05/08/2004 6:27:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> jsinger@igc.org writes:
>
> > It keeps getting closer to full bloom, Aurralie. The bud is bright red
> > today and swollen. I have no doubt that the flower smells a tad foul.
> > Many of these tropical blooms, such as the voodoo lily, do. Story is
> > many of the major tropical pollinators also feed on carrion, which is
> > not a bad idea. Only means beauty comes at a price, as usual.
> >
> > Night blooming jasmine is another case in point. When it blooms, it
> > smells heavenly, as I'm sure you know from growing up down here. But
> > that great aroma immediately attracts butterflies/moths whose larvae
> > quickly turn the plants into a scandal.
>
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