From: "C. J. Addington" <cjaddington at comcast.net> on 2007.06.23 at 21:34:23(15840)
Hello aroiders!
I'll just throw in my two cents and agree with Julius here. There ARE
pleasantly scented A. bulbifer, and the biggest one in our school greenhouse
is a prime example. If you stuff your nose right in it at its peak of odor
you get a touch of "natural gas leak", but from a couple of feet away the
overall effect is a floral, slightly sweet, subtle scent. The teachers at my
school have all had an opportunity to smell other species - konjac, henryi,
etc. - and all agree that those species stink up a storm, but they all also
agree that bulbifer is the most pleasant of the bunch. I suspect there is a
lot of natural variation - even within a species - and odor probably can
vary quite a lot.
My other big interest is the genus Arum, and the smells in that genus
are extremely variable. Different clones of Arum sintenisii, for example,
can vary from pleasantly fruity and candy-like, to pungently over-ripe and
rotten, to odorless. The joy of genomes!
Cheers,
C.J.
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On 06/23/2007 02:55, "Julius Boos" wrote:
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>
> Dear Amorphofriends,
>
> I have just received a note from ANOTHER friend and grower confirming that
> he too has A. bulbifer in his collection which produce good-smelling blooms
> which he can display indoors!
> I have waited, literally for YEARS, for someone, ANYONE to notice this 'good
> smelling' A. bulbifer (THANKS, C.J. !!), as when I FIRST brought this topic
> up years ago as I remember it, everyone who pitched in to that discussion
> back then said that there was no such plant! They thought that ALL A.
> bulbifers stunk! I even remember suggesting that maybe there was a 'ringer'
> in this group, perhaps ANOTHER species which might closely resemble A.
> bulbifer, but smelt GOOD! All said 'no way!!" So---I retreated into my
> shell, shut up, and waited to hear if ANYONE else had experienced or smelt
> what I had witnessed at The Mounts Bot. Garden sale those many years ago at
> C. Mc. D`s booth!
> Now, years later, we have confirmation from TWO NEW people who say that they
> too have experienced the 'good smelling' A. bulbifers!
> And yes, j b, I too agree that it does not make evoloutionary 'sense' to
> have a plant utilizing TWO attractant scents, but then again, it just might
> work, as pollinators of DIFFERENT types may still get the job done on BOTH
> clones/vars, which, in evoloutionary 'time' (millions of years), may lead to
> the production of a recognisable NEW species??!! Cross-pollination of one
> var. by the other might be interesting!!
> What say yee now, all other growers of this plant?? Does anyone else have
> information or suggestions to add to this discussion??
>
> The Best to all,
>
> Julius
>
>
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