Anyone ever smell a kolopakingii?

[weiweidc]

I was wondering if anyone else has the same reaction I did to smelling a kolopakingii. Can you describe the scent ? I will share my opinion after others have offered theirs

 

[My Green Pets]

Cat urine? Dirty socks?

 

[troy]

A musty sweet smell

 

[AdamD]

Yes, can smell like cat urine. Or as sweet as honey. Just depends on the plant.

 

[Wendy]

Cat pee!

 

[weiweidc]

Yes definitely like stale urine or unwashed clothes. Amazingly pungent and wafts very far. The paph is going back to the greenhouse. Do any of the other multiflorals smell as strongly?

 

[Camellkc]

Smell like Cat pee in my opinion.

 

[Linus_Cello]

Yes definitely like stale urine or unwashed clothes. Amazingly pungent and wafts very far. The paph is going back to the greenhouse. Do any of the other multiflorals smell as strongly?

I think some of the long petal phrags smell like sweat or pee.

 

[gego]

I think i can tell who have cats.

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[My Green Pets]

I think i can tell who have cats.

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LOL

 

[AdamD]

Do any of the other multiflorals smell as strongly?

In my opinion, rothschildianum smells strongly of black pepper up close, but it doesn’t travel.

 

[tomkalina]

Definitely cat urine. Drove down to St. Louis for judging back when I was a student judge and had a kolo with 8 flowers open in the back seat. It's a four hour trip and I was tempted several times to dispose of the plant at one of the many rest stops on US 66. The smell got to be over-powering.....plus the plant wasn't awarded........

 

[NYEric]

lolz!