It really smells like butter!

19 years ago

Okay, my mom has had a Hoya carnosa (I think, the common one) for years. Well, I have been growing orchids for quite a few years now and decided to get myself a Hoya. I found one at Home Depot and it is a DS-70 or tsangii even though it wasn't labeled as such. Anyway, I bought it back in April and it has now bloomed and by gosh, it really smells like a squirt of movie theater popcorn butter! It is crazy. Tiny little reddish flowers, but really cute. It has grown like gang busters since I got it and now has about 7 peduncles on it all in various stages of growth. One is in bloom and another should open in a few days since it is loaded with fat buds. My wife thinks it is the craziest thing to smell like butter!

Just had to share. Hopefully I can get a picture of it this weekend. What a great Hoya!

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shiver
19 years ago
I have heard people here say the same thing about DS-70 smelling like butter, and I always thought that was weird too. My DS-70 is just a baby cutting so it hasn't bloomed yet, but I'm not sure how I'll react to flowers that smell like that---maybe I won't like it. I just can't imagine that a flower could smell like...well, butter!

Looking forward to seeing your pic...
phrankie
19 years ago
i thought my tsangii smelled like caramel, my boyfriend said butter, so we decided together that it smells like caramel corn. that's all i think about now when i smell it.
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Denise
19 years ago
My tsangii blooms constantly and I've never detected even a hint of fragrance, not even with my nose against the flower. I feel like I've been gyped! I have two EA tsangiis, and one other that might be a different clone (that one sits above my sink in a north window and has yet to bloom...) Maybe it will smell if it's a different clone. I can hope!!

Denise in Omaha
ines_99
19 years ago
Denise, my nose must be the same as yours, I don't get much scent from this one either, a slight floral if anything at all.