John, I love when PhD's speak of unquantifiable subjects like aroma! :o) On 5/9/06, John Lonsdale <john@johnlonsdale.net> wrote: > > > > On Mon, 8 May 2006 23:35:39 EDT Antennaria@aol.com wrote: > > > Close by is T. decipiens. Equally beautiful foliage > >with intense mottling, > > the stems reach about 7-8". I provide two photos, > >showing two dark red forms, > > each with different mottling, and a coppery-olive > >flowered form with lighter > > mottling. The red forms have no detectable scent when I > >sniffed (although, > > they had just begun to open), whereas the coppery-olive > >flowered form had a > > strong yet hard to pinpoint aroma... sort of sweet yet > >at the same time > > turpentine-like. Peculiar and intriguing. > > When you go into a woodland with Trillium decipiens > present, and the temperature is up in the 70s and 80s (as > it often is in late February and early March when they are > flowering in SW Georgia and S Alabama) the scent is > amazing. I hadn't pinned it down to color forms as Mark > has interestingly done, but the smell of ripe bananas is > overpowering. It is great that these Deep South plants > are doing so well in MA. > > Best, > > John > > John T Lonsdale PhD > 407 Edgewood Drive, > Exton, Pennsylvania 19341, USA -- > Eliah W. Lama > Twenty Six Hundred PCH 101 > Encinitas CA 92oo7 > http://www.global-green.org/ > http://www.global-green.blogspot.com/