I believe most people have Amaryllis belladonna hybrids. The average A. belladonna (true species) has a smaller light pink flower, that also does not have as tall a bloom stalk. It probably depends on the particular hybrid as to the fragrance. Much of the fragrance has probably been muted by hybridizing. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 4, 2020, at 3:38 PM, Randall P. Linke via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > I've always loved the smell of Amaryllis belladona. Once I had several > stems of them in a room inside that had been closed up during the day. On > entering the room the effect was almost narcotic. > > Different peoples senses could be a factor though. I once had an old rose > that about 80% of the people who smelled it got a citrus scent, the other > 20% smelled musk. > > Randy in Seattle, Washington. > >> On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 2:23 PM Johannes-Ulrich Urban via pbs < >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: >> >> Hello Laura, >> >> All the books say that Amaryllis belladonna is fragrant. But honestly, >> when I stick my nose into these flowers, and for sure I did...... there is >> not much to be detected. The only thing I can smell is a sour note like >> capers in vinegar..... difficult to describe but that is the closest I can >> get. >> I normally have a fine nose and can distinguish different notes in a >> perfume, and with my partner there is a frequent laughing disagreement >> between the two of us: he says that I must be hallucinating about something >> I smell and he does not at all. But I know that some people can smell >> things others cannot. Maybe Amaryllis belladonna has a fragrance I cannot >> detect. >> >> Smile..... >> >> 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/… _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…