Pancratium

Tony Avent tony@plantdelights.com
Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:26:43 PDT
Jim:

I've never smelled any bad odor from Pancratium foetidum, but then 
amorphophallus don't bother me, so I'm obviously not a good judge. 
Despite the name, it is an extraordinarily beautiful plant. We grew ours 
from Archibald seed....I usually order anything with the epithet 
foetidum as that often yields some of the more curious plants.

Tony Avent
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Jim McKenney wrote:
> Thanks, Tony and Tim.
>
> Tony, I didn’t know the name Pancratium foetidum, but thanks to Google I see
> that it’s a Moroccan species. I haven’t noticed too many Moroccans in the
> neighborhood here. 
>
> When I think of Pancratium, I think of the Mediterranean sea lilies, I
> remember some of the moving descriptions of them blooming out of the sand in
> moonlight and pouring out a delicious scent.
>
> But Pancratium FOETIDUM: uh, does it really stink? Just my luck – the only
> one which might perform well here is the black sheep of the family.  
>
> Jim McKenney
> jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com
> Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, 39.03871º North, 77.09829º West, USDA zone
> 7; Pancratium foetidum - not the black sheep but the goat of the family. 
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