Re: Re: hybridizing...

 

I believe it's the crushed leaves that are supposed to be the smelly part. Sometimes it's likened to the smell of beef.

R

From: Dennis Kramb <dkramb@badbear.com>
To: iris-species@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, June 3, 2013 1:29 AM
Subject: Re: [iris-species] Re: hybridizing...

 
It is certainly musky.  But I wouldn't call it fetid.  :-)  I think those scientists were being mean when they named it that!

Dennis in Cincinnati



On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 8:44 PM, Mark A. Cook <b*@bellsouth.net> wrote:


Dennis,
     So that is what Iris foetidissima looks like.  Quite nice.  Is it a âstinkyâ plant as the name implies?
 
Mark A. Cook
b*@bellsouth.net
Dunnellon, Florida. 





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