Heyas,
just a warning to those who are tempted by the rather cool looking Voodoo Lily plants in the Morgan and Thompson flower catalogue:
Its also known as 'stink lilly'.... *grin*
I nearly ordered some, but looked it up on the web and found that in February and March, the flower reeks of carrion for quite some way... ewww!
Of course there is no mention of that in the catalogue (oops!)...
Cinnamon, who'd love to be fly on the wall in M&T's complaints department next spring, heh heh heh... >-)
First bees - then edible lilies!! = Tim
Oops, sorry, I totally failed to recognise the general heading of the topics.
*blush*
I'll improve upon this in future ;)
Cinnamon
Ps.: not sure about the lillies... but you can definitly eat bee brood -- stirfry like prawns, and its said to be delicious. :>
Just as obtuse - but why is home ground cinnamon not a patch on boring old Schwartz?? = Tim
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Hi Cinnamon - your post reminded me that I once grew one of these. It was only after I had planted it that I read somewhere about the smell factor. Apparently the smell is irresistible to flies and they will home in on it from miles around when in flower. I must say that I never saw this happen and it was an interesting-looking plant. I eventually moved house so don't know how it fared after one season. :o
For Tim on home-ground cinnamon - I've got something somewhere on this.
In Cairo spice markets, you had to ask for "dar sini" or the other stuff (name long forgotten). One was cheap and rough (but best for certain uses), the other fine and cinnamon (as in Schwartz). They came from different trees, I think, - but I'll need to go digging a bit.
All best, Gavin
AL-The flies that it attracts are the flies that effect pollination. It being a native of Indonesia U.K. flies may not appreciate it's attractiveness.