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 Plant Delights Nursery @ Juniper Level Botanic Garden 9241 Sauls Road Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 USA Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F USDA Hardiness Zone 7b email tony@plantdelights.com website http://www.plantdelights.com/ phone 919 772-4794 fax 919 772-4752 "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least three times" - Avent 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. > My Virtual Maryland Garden http://www.jimmckenney.com/ > BLOG! http://mcwort.blogspot.com/ > > Webmaster Potomac Valley Chapter, NARGS > Editor PVC Bulletin http://www.pvcnargs.org/ > > Webmaster Potomac Lily Society http://www.potomaclilysociety.org/ > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > >