Tropicals & Tender Perennials: favorite bloom scents?, 1 by plantladylin

plantladylin wrote:
Hoya24/Doug: I just can't imagine having to move tons of plants inside every winter and then back out in spring. My family has been in Florida for 40 years and even though the summer heat and humidity gets to be more and more unbearable each year, I will take the winters here any day! We are having nice fall type weather this week with low humidity and temps during the day in the mid 70's. I think tomorrow is supposed to be 69! Wonderful weather! I love the low humidity too but we are under fire watch because it is so dry.


Regarding those Hoya's with the awful smell - Yuck! I'm not sure which would be worse, Elephant dung or Rotting flesh. I've been to the County Fair and the Zoo and remember the smell of the Elephant area! I think I'd take that over the rotting meat smell .... but wouldn't want to have to smell it for very long.


I wonder why they would have a Stapelia listed with Hoya's? I have a Red Dragon Flower Huernia, that someone told me the bloom would smell bad, mine has a little flower on it right not but it doesn't have any scent at all. I just don't think I could own a plant for long that had a flower with a nasty scent! I know those rotten smelling ones are for a purpose of attracting flies and bugs but I sure don't want them in my house or yard. LOL.