The sweet vanilla smell of Ferraria

Paul Licht plicht@berkeley.edu
Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:49:21 PDT
I've always loved the vanilla fragrance of Ferraria crispa but with age 
have had increasing difficulty in bending over to savor it fully. 
Berkeley is in the third day of a heat wave (high 80's) and much to my 
delight, the whole area around them is now filled with their heady 
odor.  This odor comes from what I describe as the standard white form 
and I've often been struck how weak or even absent it is in the ones 
with darker flowers. We label the latter as 'sp.' but I've been told by 
several that they are forms of F.crispa, even though they tend to have 
less fragrance, bloom earlier and grow more vigorously. I guess there 
are tradeoffs.
Paul

 Paul Licht, Director
Univ. California Botanical Garden
200 Centennial Drive
Berkeley, CA 94720
(510)-643-8999
http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/ 



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> On 19 Apr 2009, at 18:24, James Waddick wrote:
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>>  Where is the 'horse's mouth' when you need an authoritative answer.? 
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> That's easy to provide. I'll make a point of buying some commercial 'White 
> Splendor' this fall and comparing it to the "other white Anemone blanda."
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