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Originally Posted by Paul
[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][COLOR="green"]This is another that I would have to say is most definitely not a compact grower. It is a mini (plant well under 6inches tall). Flowers have a sweet fragrance. Blooms intermittently for me throughout the year.
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Are you sure you're thinking about the rigidum? Mine are very small.
I consider anything under 6" to be compact. I have been growing 2 for several years...one on a mount and one in a tiny clay pot. Very small...rambling a bit, yes...but easily kept under lights or on a window sill.
As for the smell...I think they stink. To me they smell like moth balls. The fragrance is the reason I've nearly gotten rid of them several time...can't stand it. But, I always end up keeping them because they are reliable bloomers and they put on a nice show for quite awhile.
Mini - no...but I definitely consider these compact/short growers. The one in the pot...that's a 4" pot but the plant it actually in an even smaller pot sitting inside that 4" pot.
Not a big fan of that one either and know a number of other folks who would agree. I remember, one year, a gent -- a member of my old os -- who brought a 3 or 4 spiked plant to put in the society's display. I had commented that it must have been a bear to try and bring such a big plant in their car without breaking any of the spikes. He commented that although that was indeed challenging, the worst part was the stench. Being stuck in the closed confines of the car with that many Sharry Baby flowers emitting their fragrance he found to be downright nauseating. Despite being the middle of winter, he had found it necessary to roll the windows down part way intermittently to "clear the air." 
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