I was SO disappointed because in my last post I had lots of people warning me about how strong the smell is and I should be prepared. Still, I smelled nothing! I thought, "Surely these people are exaggerating for comedic effect." It turns out the flowers have to actually open and once they smell, THEY SMELL. I agreed with the sentiment that it smelled like jasmine, but only if jasmine punched you in the face then sat on your chest while you were down. It hit like a wall walking into the adjacent room. It got so bad my husband couldn't sleep so we sadly had to cut the flowers off to save our sanity. Guess what…. IT STILL SMELLS. It's definitely weaker but it's going to take some time for it to dissipate. I'm so happy my plant flowered, and I'm happy I got to experience it but wowza… What an experience it was!
by octopimythoughts
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What kind of plant is this? Does it flower often?
I wanted to know myself how they smelled, but mine committed suicide after 2 years of growing tall.
So what you’re saying is I should be very glad mine has never flowered in the 10 years I’ve had it?
My 20yo corn plant blooms 2x times a year. It is too sickenly sweet for me to tolerate plus the sap makes a mess and attracts ants. I have to chop the blooms off when they appear. However, it is amazing that the flowers only open and are fragrant at night. In the wild, it must be designed to attract some kind of night flying moth or bat.
For some real scented flower fun, snag a gynura aurantiaca! Gorgeous af with purple trichomes all over the leaves and weird little yellow flowers that smell like parmesan cheese
was the smell more intense in the evening? i have the same plant, it was a nice smell but too intense, i can’t handle strong smells and it gave me a headache