Pancratium
Tony Avent (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
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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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