Jane,
According to McGee in that book 'Nose Dive': Paperwhites: ocimene, benzyl
acetate,linalool, cineole, indole. Jonquils: methyl benzoate, ocimene,
linalool, indole, hexanol.
Forced Paperwhites for decades but Freddi hated them so we stopped decades
ago. Really should pick some up next season now that she's gone.
Best,
m
On Mon, Feb 7, 2022 at 1:40 PM Jane McGary via pbs <
pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote:
> Thanks to Uli for these lovely images! Here in the Pacific Northwest the
> drought has been ended this winter, but as he writes, the price of that
> is gray skies.
>
> The photos of Narcissus papyraceus in a coastal marsh were especially
> interesting. I was surprised to see the related Narcissus tazetta in a
> similar situation in nature, in a site that I'm sure never dries out. I
> haven't tried these species in the open garden, but their many hybrids
> certainly do well there. The fragrance of N. papyraceus ("paperwhites"),
> as Uli remarked, is pleasant to some but not all people. Different
> commercial paperwhites strains have different fragrances, and to me some
> are less pleasant than others. Among species, Narcissus jonquilla seems
> most pleasantly scented; I'm not sure if it's the "wild narcissus" used
> in perfumery. Probably some of these flowers' scents change as the
> flowers age, as is the case with hyacinths, which are hard to tolerate
> indoors after a day or two.
>
> Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA
>
> On 2/7/2022 2:09 AM, Johannes-Ulrich Urban via pbs wrote:
> > Dear All,
> >
> > For those of you who want to start the winter blues I have an instant
> remedy. Just look at the bright blue sky on some of the pictures. The price
> for that is…… we are desperate for rain.
> > I had a short excursion to one of my favorite places in the Algarve, it
> is the delta of a small river with a tidal swamp, every year there is a
> mass flowering of the native Narcissus papyraceus. It is very scented but
> the scent is not to everybody’s liking.
> >
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