Uli Yes, I agree. Showy hybridized flowers tend to lose their fragrant. May I ask a latin name of the most fregrant wild purplish white freesia? Once I ordered "fragrant" freesia seeds from Silverhill Seeds, but unfortunately they had no fragrance. Thank you. Makiko On Sun, Sep 6, 2020, 5:32 AM Johannes-Ulrich Urban via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Dear All, > > It is reassuring to read that the fragrance of Amaryllis belladonna is > made of the same components, or at least partly, as Freesia fragrance and > lavender. Thank you for that information. I can detect both very clearly, > the fragrance of a bunch of scented Freesia will waft through the whole > garden. But interestingly, with Freesia as well, there are many showy > hybrids without any fragrance whatsoever. The naturalized small whitish > purplish „wild“ Freesia has the strongest scent. > Dutch wholesale Freesia producers list their Freesia fragrance in three or > four qualities from none to very strong. > My Amaryllis Rose Foncé are definitely hybrids, the intense color, the > height of the inflorescence and most of all the fact that the flowers are > arranged almost radially show Brunsvigia parenthood. In the species the > flowers face to one side. > I have never had a Brunsvigia flower, are they scented? So the fragrance > might have been lost in the process of hybridization. > I also grow some of the local pale rose belladonna bulbs but they are not > out yet. > Yes, Amaryllis belladonna has produced quite a few hybrids with the said > Brunsvigia, Nerine and Crinum. > > > Bye for now > > Uli > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…