Rodger wrote, Arum dioscorides - gross and disgusting, like a compost heap that's been >overwatered and gone into anaerobic decomposition > >Fritillaria camschatcensis - skunky; a real stinker. Enter a pot of this in >flower at a show and the entire hall will be scented with its effluvium. I find Arum dioscoridis forms I grow here to smell about like cow manure, which is not a scent one would seek out, but not one that is too offensive to rural dwellers. I never noticed a bad smell on Fritillaria camschatcensis, but I've never brought it indoors, where warm temperatures exacerbate odors. Perhaps my bad reaction to Ferraria crispa was due to having grown it indoors. Jane McGary