[aroid-l] Amorphophallus perfume

From: LMassey628 at aol.com on 2004.06.24 at 14:44:33(11671) In a message dated 6/24/2004 10:38:11 AM Eastern Standard Time, Ronmchatton@aol.com writes: I agree that the odor isn't that bad. Several flowered this year and we +More hardly noticed them. It isn't a constant odor and, at least with the clones I have, you need to be quite close to smell them. Amorphophallus paeoniifolius is another story. We had neighbors two houses down tracking down the odor. The first time my paeonifolius bloomed our neighbor across the street came over and asked if I thought the sewer had backed up. And a few years later I heard a terrible noise on the metal roof of our porch and when I went out to look there was a flock of vultures. The odor had even fooled them. I definitely would not want a paeonifolius in the house at blooming time. Linda

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