Laeliocattleya Floralia's Azul 'Sandra' x Cattleya amethystoglossa coerulea 'Blue Sky

[Jeff214]

Originally Posted by isurus79

I just googled "describe bradford pear flower scent" and the results were pretty bad!!!

If you get sick of the scent, let me know! I'll trade you something for it! lol

Bradford pear trees are planted all over Nashville, TN and it was awful. It would be raining pollen for a few days each spring and everything would be covered by it. The scent was intense and permeated by city! I don't think it smelled like rotting fish......but I will leave that colorful description to your google search results

The scent of this hybrid isn't so bad, and it isn't noticeable (thankfully?) unless I'm up against it. I really dislike dividing bifoliates (or rather that it hates me!), but if I end up dividing this thing up, I'll send it to you!

[Diane56Victor]

Oh dear!
I've got a very small, but rapidly growing Cattleya amethysoglossa for the spotted blooms!

All this talk of 'fragrance' has got me worried. I thought the rotting fish sounded bad.....then I Googled about the pear trees

[isurus79]

Originally Posted by Diane56Victor

Oh dear!
I've got a very small, but rapidly growing Cattleya amethysoglossa for the spotted blooms!

All this talk of 'fragrance' has got me worried. I thought the rotting fish sounded bad.....then I Googled about the pear trees

I love the scent of ameythystoglossa and it doesn't smell like rotting fish!

[Diane56Victor]

Originally Posted by isurus79

I love the scent of ameythystoglossa and it doesn't smell like rotting fish!

Phew! Thank goodness for that.

How big do the amethystoglossa need to be before they could be considered blooming size?

[isurus79]

Originally Posted by Diane56Victor

Phew! Thank goodness for that.

How big do the amethystoglossa need to be before they could be considered blooming size?

Probably 1.5 to 2 feet tall. Polyploid plants will be closer to 2 feet tall before blooming.

[Diane56Victor]

Thanks Stephen, mine has lots of growing to do then, but after listening to your video I have moved it from the centre of some seedlings to the front where it will get better light

[isurus79]

Originally Posted by Diane56Victor

Thanks Stephen, mine has lots of growing to do then, but after listening to your video I have moved it from the centre of some seedlings to the front where it will get better light

No problem! Here's a video comparing blooming sized plants that are diploid vs. polyploid.

[SouthPark]

Originally Posted by estación seca

It's not as bad as rotten fish. Look up surströmming. People in Alaska also prepare fish heads and beaver tail this way.

hahaha! Nice one ES. Another one is the finnish folks ------ burying sharks in the gravel sand - maybe at the beach or somewhere, and then digging them up later to eat after having fermented heheh. Hákarl ----- says iceland. But the finnish do that stuff too.

[Shadeflower]

The dried fish in Iceland is a little like beef jerky.
It doesn't smell any worse.

They call it hardfiskur. It's really hard, like chewing on a twig but it then softens up as you chew it.

Well like beef jerky just made out of fish. It's really not as bad as it sounds.
Was quite nutritious. We took some on our hikes and it was a great snack.
Probably one of the most memorable things in Iceland. Not that Iceland isn't memorable. It's got volcanoes, puffins, glaciers, and some of the best scenery I've experienced.
Sadly no orchids