The Ferraria crispa I grow (and I have probably three different ones I've grown from seed including the yellow form and another one I got from Telos that also keyed out to be F. crispa but was sold as something else) I don't think smell that bad so my experience is more like Pam's. There is one that has a vanilla scent which I like. Descriptions of the different species indicates that they don't all have a bad smell. Ones we saw in the wild in South Africa I don't remember being offended by, but I may not have gotten close enough. We've got some interesting pictures of F. crispa on the wiki as it is very variable and if you don't find the smell offensive, the flowers are awesomely weird and fascinating. I just wish the three other species I grew from seed would flower sometime. Mary Sue >Of all the bulbs I've ever grown, Ferraria crispa has the most >offensive odor. >Jane McGary Mary Sue Ittner California's North Coast Wet mild winters with occasional frost Dry mild summers