phrag Lutz Rollke, rose like scent

[Kawarthapine]

I thought I was imagining things, but for the first time I am getting a mild rose like scent from the second flower on my first Lutz Rollke. The flower is about a week old. It's not very strong but definitely detectable mid day.

I did not think this hybrid or besseae hybrids in general carried floral scents.

Have I been living with my head in the sand or is this common?

Suggestions for other phrags that smell great would be appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[mrhappyrotter]

That is pretty extraordinary. Are you sure it's correctly labelled?

If you like that scent, Phrag. schlimii is your best best, as that's where the rose scent typically comes from. It imparts fragrance into many of its primary hybrids, such as Hanne Popow, Seymour Tower, and even things like Eumelia Arias and Carol Kanzer. Keep in mind that the hybrids can be hit or miss in terms of how much fragrance they get from schlimii, and it can vary quite a bit from clone to clone.

 

[Kawarthapine]

No question its a Lutz Rollke.

The scent was present on two days and on the following the flower dropped. Total bloom time for this flower was about 3 1/2 weeks.