Phal venosa ('Round' x 'Dark Red')

[rangiku]

Great shape and color, Pete. Good growing. Do you grow in a greenhouse?

Does it smell like ham?

[Pete]

Originally Posted by rangiku

Great shape and color, Pete. Good growing. Do you grow in a greenhouse?

Does it smell like ham?

No, I grow indoors under lights. I am a relatively new grower with only a year of experience growing phals. I have learned alot in that first year and have improved my culture along the way. I will be hard pressed to replicate a greenhouse environment, but I think that I will still be able to grow pretty well. I do plan on building a greenhouse at some point in the not too distant future.

The venosa flower does have a fragrance, but I would call it a "smell" more so than a fragrance. Kinda like day old wet towels....

[rangiku]

I have a venosa, it smelled like ham. I've read somewhere that venosa smell like cut up catepillars, not an image I care for or an odor I'm familiar with. I'll stick with ham for now.