pbs] Ferraria
Paul Licht (Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:09:16 PDT)
Jane
I couldn't disagree more. Our F. crispa, at least the whiter ones, have
an incredibly sweet fragrance of vanilla.
Paul Licht, Director
Univ. California Botanical Garden
200 Centennial Drive
Berkeley, CA 94720
(510)-643-8999
http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/
On 8/26/2010 6:04 PM, Jane McGary wrote:
Marguerite wrote
As I was sorting through the bulbs, I found a container of Ferraria
crispa that I got from the BX several years ago. It has never
bloomed, but keeps throwing off bulbs. I have had it in a ten inch
wide and deep container and treat it like the other tender
bulbs.(feed once lightly and start water when leaves show; water it
modearatly until they die back, let it dry in summer.
Are there other tricks to make it perform?
Actually, Marguerite, you're fortunate that it has not flowered. Of
all the bulbs I've ever grown, Ferraria crispa has the most offensive
odor. To me it's worse than some of the aroids that smell like manure
or carrion, because it's an awful smell that seems to have no cognate
in the rest of nature. I put up with it (in the solarium) for two
years and threw it away.
Jane McGary
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