I also smell a very pleasing fragrance from Amaryllis belladonna. However, it's true that even people with highly sensitive noses can be anosmic (unable to smell) to certain scents. I wish my A. belladonna would flower sometime, but I've had them for years with no result. Someone told me they needed to be grown moist, but surely that's not true, since they naturalize in California. Jane McGary Portland, Oregon, USA, very nice weather here and no, we are not on fire. On 9/4/2020 3:37 PM, Randall P. Linke via pbs 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: > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…