Having experienced 8 so far in the Garden here, I can tell you to expect a large rotting rat odor for at least 12 hrs if not a bit more. Paul Paul Licht, Director University of California Botanical Garden 200 Centennial Drive Berkeley, CA 94720 (510)-643-8999 http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/ On 5/1/2012 12:54 PM, elilium71@roadrunner.com wrote: > Hi all, > Anyone in the Niagara Peninsula, Western New york or Southern Ontario you might want to take a look. > http://blog.niagaraparks.com/news/… > It is expected to bloom today or tomorrow. I hope to get up there on Saturday. > Has anyone experienced the bloom's fragrance personally? What should I expect? > Thanks, > Eric Duma > NY side of the lake > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >