No matter how good your sense of smell may be,your genetic make up may be such that you cannot smell certain aromatic hydrocarbons.I have grown and crossbred hippeastrum and roses sixty years and have encountered this many times. Sometimes,in a family of several children,one of the parents could smell the fragrance and some,but not all of the children,could smell the fragrance.I have one rose,which looks a lot like cecel Brunner,bush and flower,but smells like licorice.A large percentage of people can't smell anything.
Del
On Friday, January 22, 2021, 10:03:09 AM CST, fred--- via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote:
I recently purchased Amaryllis ‘Picasso’ from Scheepers - billed as “the most fragrant of all Amaryllis” - it send up three vigorous stalks, bloomed beautifully, but there is absolutely zero fragrance.
I tried detecting it at all times of day. (My sense of smell is good, so …) nothing.
When I emailed Shceepers they assured me that I received the correct product. I know some of the papillo strains are said to be fragrant, and of course A. belladonna. But I was counting on a fragrant bloom from A. ‘Picasso".
Anyone have any similar experience with Amaryllis ?
Fred Bové
San Francisco CA
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