THE TOP 5 POSTS CONTEST WINNER(S)

It turns out that no one correctly guessed all 5 of the most-viewed posts on this blog, but GAIL was the first to come close with 4 out of 5. She wins the big box of random perfumey things, which I'll send as soon as I get a chance. CELINA is the runner-up, also with 4 out of 5, so she will get a small box of something perfumey.

So here are the all-time top five, going from most viewed to least:

1. Ambrette Seed, Okra, and Botanical Musk (this is the one no one guessed! Okra is a delicious food.)
2. Topiary Tree Torture (do the S&M crowd somehow find this by googling? Is there an S&M device called a "topiary tree"? Can we invent one? Patent it and sell it? Name a perfume after it?
3. The Making of a Summer Fragrance: Dendrobium moniliforme
4. Fragrant Phalaenopsis: Javanica
5. Turmeric in Food and Perfume

I would never have guessed any of these myself, but presumably the stats don't lie.

I 'm leaving tomorrow morning for Memphis, Tennessee, where I'm giving a talk on orchids for the Memphis Orchid Society. Once I get back, I go into final frenzy mode on a grant application that I just found out was due 10 days earlier than I thought. This probably means that I may not post here again until late next week, but never fear, I'll be back sooner or later!

[Topiary troll face and okra plant photos adapted from Wikimedia]