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Botanical bad smell problem.

Duncan Adams duncan at hafod.demon.co.uk
Fri Nov 29 04:20:51 EST 2002


>
> Do you have any stapeliads?

No.  We looked them up in our reference book, and we definitely don't have
any.

>Stapelia spp in particular are called
> 'carrion flower' because of the putrid and/or sewage-like smell of
> their flowers, which are fly-pollinated.

None of the cacti or succulents are flowering right now, anyway.  Thanks for
trying, though.  Any other ideas?

TIA

Duncan Adams.
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