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Friday, 26 May 2023
Stinky Meg | Corpse Flower to Bloom
The Cockrell Butterfly Center has a plant that’s about to make a big stink! Her name is Meg, named after the prehistoric Megalodon shark featured at the museum’s new SHARKS! exhibit. Meg is an Amorphophallus titanum, also called the Titan Arum but more commonly known as the corpse flower. You might remember our most famous […] The post Stinky Meg | Corpse Flower to Bloom first appeared on
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