{"id":25,"date":"2005-02-24T10:42:17","date_gmt":"2005-02-24T14:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/anderkoo\/2005\/02\/24\/flagrant-fragrance\/"},"modified":"2005-02-24T10:42:17","modified_gmt":"2005-02-24T14:42:17","slug":"flagrant-fragrance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/anderkoo\/2005\/02\/flagrant-fragrance\/","title":{"rendered":"Flagrant Fragrance"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Since
\nthis weekend our living room developed an incredibly strong floral
\nscent that defied explanation. We searched for anything that could be a
\nculprit — there are quite a lot of houseplants in the front window,
\nand for a while we theorized that the smell might be from something
\ndead or rotting. It was very <\/span>pungent, enough to make me asthmatic and Rachel nauseous.\n<\/p>\n

In my hunt for the source I completely overlooked our innocuous
\n“corn plant” — you know, the ubiquitous long-stalked leafery found in a home
\nor office near you. As it turns out, this plant, which I have owned for over 8
\nyears, had suddenly shot out a very exuberent flower stalk that was
\nthrowing pollen and dripping nectar everywhere. Here’s a closeup<\/a>
\nof the flowers after I chopped them off. Later on I threw them into the
\nsnowy backyard — somewhat regretfully, since if they had flowered in
\nthe summer I would have been happy for their fragrance in a room with
\nopen windows. But in the dead of winter with the windows shut tight, it was us or them.\n<\/p>\n

Some quick internet research this morning turned up the scientific name of these plants: Dracaena Fragrans<\/i><\/a>. “Fragrans” indeed!\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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