Prosthechea cochleata

[WaterWitchin]

OBro, understand completely. Mine would be in my living space if this is time of year it blooms, and I want it anyway. I have some great essential oils and a diffuser, so I can make it work if necessary. Plus a fan I often have on blowing out instead of in, regardless of temperature.

Now a corpse flower.... ummm, no.

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by WaterWitchin

OBro, understand completely. Mine would be in my living space if this is time of year it blooms, and I want it anyway. I have some great essential oils and a diffuser, so I can make it work if necessary. Plus a fan I often have on blowing out instead of in, regardless of temperature.

Now a corpse flower.... ummm, no.

And maybe you'll be lucky, get one like mine that doesn't smell at all. Clearly there are some cultivars like that.

[OrchidBro]

Originally Posted by WaterWitchin

Now a corpse flower.... ummm, no.

Yea, as cool an interesting as a corpse flower is I don't think I could handle that odor either.

[WaterWitchin]

I saw a Arum Cornutum bulb (VooDoo Lily) back in 2005 and had never heard of it. Bought two, gave one to a friend. Was working in an office at that time, and just sat it on a bookshelf by my desk, having been told it would just bloom without doing anything.

Well, it did start to bloom, crazy fun. Then I kept getting wafts of a horrendous stench (rotting meat). Couldn't figure out where it was coming from. Finally it bloomed enough I could tell where that smell originated. Whoops!!

Needless to say, it went outside and met its demise. Cool plant, but oh hellsno!

[Roberta]

[OrchidBro]

Never heard of that one before now but that story is truly hilarious. I would love to have been a fly on your office wall as you tried to figure out where the smell was coming from. You would think a vendor would mention something to you about the smell before you bought it but then again, maybe not, because then they would probably never be able to sell them.

[WaterWitchin]

OrchidBro... you would not have been a fly on the wall. You would have been a fly on the flower. That's the whole purpose of smelling like rotten meat...irresistible.

[OrchidBro]

Four buds open now and at least two more on the way.

[WaterWitchin]

Originally Posted by OrchidBro

Four buds open now and at least two more on the way.

I just simply love this one! It's high on my "NEED" list!

[DirtyCoconuts]

this thread makes me so excited for mine to grow!!!

i have a voodoo lily- its pretty stank, not gonne lie, they are an outside only plant LOL, between that and the bulbo Phal.....i clearly have a stinky flower problem