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Corpse Flower at Houston Museum of Natural Science promises to live up to name
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HOUSTON — Roses are red and violets are blue, but at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, a corpse flower named "Meg" is expected, to smell, too.
“I’ve never seen a flower like that," Amia Adams said....
“The reason that it was called a corpse flower is because it kind of smells like death," Davidson said....
“Because of the pollinators that it is trying to attract. So the things that are attracted to this flower are not butterflies or bees, but it's mostly actually flesh flies and carrion beetles. so these are insects that go to rotting meat to lay eggs," Davidson said.
And while corpse flowers, which are native to Sumatra, bloom multiple times in their 30 to 40-year life span, each short-lived “florescence” only happens about once every 5 to 10 years.
“I’ve never seen a flower like that," Amia Adams said....
“The reason that it was called a corpse flower is because it kind of smells like death," Davidson said....
“Because of the pollinators that it is trying to attract. So the things that are attracted to this flower are not butterflies or bees, but it's mostly actually flesh flies and carrion beetles. so these are insects that go to rotting meat to lay eggs," Davidson said.
And while corpse flowers, which are native to Sumatra, bloom multiple times in their 30 to 40-year life span, each short-lived “florescence” only happens about once every 5 to 10 years.
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