Do Pachypodium saundersii flowers have a discernible scent?

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Nick_G
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Do Pachypodium saundersii flowers have a discernible scent?

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My two young plants are in bud for the first time. They live on our south facing bedroom windowsill and are doing well, I like them a lot. My wife who has a very keen sense of smell detests perfumed flowers and to maintain domestic harmony I may need to move them or remove the buds. Rowley in his handbook (for P.lealii) states ' They are reputed to have a sweet perfume , but I have not noticed any.' , so maybe, maybe not.
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Re: Do Pachypodium saundersii flowers have a discernible scent?

Post by purzo »

hi Nick, mine definitely had faintly scented flowers until I inadvertently killed it by moving to a too chilly greenhouse over winter. Sweet smelling is probably accurate but I had to get up close to be able to detect it. Each flower only lasted a few days but as the plant grew there tended to be plenty of them. Mine was also kept on a South facing windowsill but as it got bigger the branches became a bit spindly hence the disastrous move to the greenhouse for more light.
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Re: Do Pachypodium saundersii flowers have a discernible scent?

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Thanks Gary, any scent would be more than my wife could stand. How cold was the greenhouse that did in your saundersii? I think I'll put them in our conservatory that gets down to about 8C, she'll still moan but we may stay married. They should be OK at that temperature I would think.
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