Pakistan Gardening Forum

Salaams Izhar bhai, Well, when it comes to gardening, you are definitely a mile ahead of me. Ever since I started searching for information on plants I had come across your very helpful posts on GardenWed and other websites. I was actually going to pm you but thought it would be rude w/o introductio...

According to Top Tropicals the evening scented one is Artabotrys siamensis. The Australian expert says it is still A. hexapetalus but Thai variety ... Whatever, I just can't get the scent out of my head ... kind of like vanilla and juicy fruit gum mixed ... very earthly scent, as people describe it....

And I just finished posting a reply to one of your other threads! Yes, Shalimar should be propagating by the end of this month and Hussain should have the plants available by mid-September. Can't believe even people in Australia are having difficulty finding the Thai variety. And yes, it is the Thai...

Yes Farooq! Possible reasons your Artabotrys does not have a stronger scent. a) The scent of tropical plants is dependent on how humid the atmosphere is, especially at night. If you've got your hari champa in a place where there is strong breeze, you will barely smell it. It has to be kind of muggy ...

Salaams everyone! I am in Karachi. Gulshan-e-Iqbal to be precise, so away from the salty air of the Arabian Sea. Have always been interested in Botany and took interest in the subject during Intermediate and B.Sc. I have come back from United States a few years ago and am in the process of exploring...