HI Howard
love the flower and it more special when its a gift.
I have three doing the same thing. twenty eight in ny the other night and sixty five now

Richard

Cool bloom, Howard! Great gift too! =)

I like those kinds of gifts!!!!! Nice flower.
kathi

Still don't see how we overlooked that bloom when I was visiting you yesterday. Nifty flower!

Beautiful! It's always worth the wait for something like this.

Great. I would love to see Karyn's collection. She gave me a few different kinds also. Mine didn't bloom, so still waiting.
Stush

Very nice and so pretty! Too bad they smell bad.

Yeah, how did you boys missed the smell? LOL!

Smell? Well I didn't put my nose into the flower. Didn't notice any smell in the room. I heard the big red ones smell, I didn't notice any on mine. But mine is med sized. I heard the yellow ones are milder but don't know. When the rest of mine bloom, maybe I'll find a stinky one.

Camellia,

Some of them (gasp!) actually smell sweet, with aromas of lemon and chocolate, but yes, most of them start at 'old used socks' and get worse.

LOL!

Lemons and chocolate sounds yummy!

Just a funny ha ha. I purchased a Stapelia 'Carrion Plant'. No ID just a picture. Saw a post that the person who bought one said, 'I like the smell of carrots', so that will be a nice plant. Boy is she going to be disapointed. Best to make sure what you read. Some how I always think of this whan I see the word 'Carrion'.