Re: [aroid-l] Dracunculus canariensis(adult)

From: "Susan Cooper" coops at execpc.com> on 2002.09.13 at 13:39:42(9410) 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 +More 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.

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