Malodorous plants
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Malodorous plants
- From: "* B* <s*@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 11:53:31 PST
Recently Sean sent in a post about a stinking Buddleia, B.
madagascariensis. (Seeds???) I've long been attracted (maybe not the
right word...blowflies come to mind) to stinky plants, and grow both
things called Voodoo Lily (Dracunculus and Sauromatum), Stapelias, and a
really odd-not-quite-rotten-smelling Epiphyllum. I'm eagerly awaiting a
start of a nice lush Smilax species from Arkansas that smells like
carrion. Mom promised! But it's especially fun to find a member of an
otherwise pleasant-smelling genus that really knocks your (sweaty gym)
socks off. I really should be growing Lilium martagon but haven't
gotten around to it. Pretty *and* ugly smelling. And Eryngium
caeruleum, I've found, really does smell like dog s***. The bees are
absolutely nuts for it though. "Say it with flowers" takes on a whole
new meaning...
Anyone else come across malodorous members of usually sweet-scented
plant families?
Bob
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