On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:52:13 +0000 (UTC), FragileWarrior
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>And if you'd like to see a similar plant with a garbage-like odor, take a
>look at:
>http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2980579860065994325GDUtRa?
>vhost=home-and-garden
>It's a Voodoo Lily. It grows here in central Indiana (Zone 5b) and it
>*reeks* when in bloom. Cool flower, though.
We have Skunk Cabbage in New York-- To me it smells more like cat
urine than skunk-- But the flower sure is pretty.
And the latin name just rolls off the tongue;
Symplocarpus foetidus
http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/symplocarpusfoet.html
Jim
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>look at:
>http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2980579860065994325GDUtRa?
>vhost=home-and-garden
>It's a Voodoo Lily. It grows here in central Indiana (Zone 5b) and it
>*reeks* when in bloom. Cool flower, though.