RARE EVENT: Meg the corpse flower has bloomed for the first time at the Houston Museum of Natural Science's Cockrell Butterfly Center.
A rare bloom is happening right now at the Houston Museum of Natural Science's Cockrell Butterfly Center.CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX 26 NEWS APP
"Meg is actually a very young plant for a corpse flower, so this is actually her first bloom. So that's why we're super excited," says Lauren Davidson, Cockrell Butterfly Center manager. "Corpse flowers only bloom every few years. Every other year, they go into a leaf stage, so they shoot one leaf up, get energy from that leaf through photosynthesis, store that energy and eventually when they get enough they finally bloom. So it takes a long time.
Once open, the flower doesn't last long. The museum says Meg will be on exhibit until the bloom shrivels, which could happen anytime between Wednesday night and the weekend.
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