Abstract: The volatile oils from different organs of Camellia ‘Kramer’s supreme’ flowers were extracted by HS-SPME and analyzed by GC-MS. Eighty-nine, eighty and twenty-one kinds of compounds were detected from the integral flower, petals and stamens, respectively. The aroma components were consisted of monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, benzene compounds, alkanes, alcohols, straight chain olefins, aldehydes, ketones. The relative content of linalool is the highest in the compounds list, followed by cis-linaloloxide, methyl salicylate, tetradecane, etc. A significant difference exited between petals and stamens. The relative contents of linalool in petals and stamens were 15.12% and 63.97%. Alkanes and aromatic hydrocarbons were rare in stamens. The absolute amount of aroma components from all petals was three times over to that from all stamens in a same full flower, but the results were converse when comparing the weight of two sample. It indicated that petals and stamens had the same contribution to the fragrance of ‘Kramer’s supreme’.

Key words: Camellia, fragrance, floral organ, HS/SPME