Please Help Name This Aroid

johngrimshaw@tiscali.co.uk johngrimshaw@tiscali.co.uk
Fri, 04 Jun 2004 09:16:08 PDT
Dracunculus is one of the few plant names my brother knows, it having been
firmly imprinted on his nasal passages at a tender age by the clump I used
to have. He calls anything with a stinky flower, and many things that aren't
particularly so, 'dracunculus'.

John Grimshaw





Dr John M. Grimshaw
Garden Manager, Colesbourne Gardens

Sycamore Cottage
Colesbourne
Nr Cheltenham
Gloucestershire GL53 9NP


Website: http://www.colesbournegardens.org.uk/
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Waddick" <jwaddick@kc.rr.com>
>
> Dear Judy;
> Dracunculus vulgaris to a T.
> I have my sixth flower about to open. I hear it can get to 7
> ft and the odor must be amazing.


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