The Onion & Corpse Flower (insert creepy music here) and other stuff.

From an email from my friend Rick:



The Houston Museum of Natural Science (HMNS) has, among the other plants, one called a "Corpse Flower". They rarely bloom.

There is a live webcam trained upon this plant so that when it blooms (any day now), many folks can see it.

Not only that--but people can tweet *the plant*. I believe the plant's name is Lois, although it looks like a near cousin to Audrey II.

Here are some links:

http://www.hmnsmedia.org/CorpseFlower/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hmns/sets/72157624313053793/

(Thanks Rick!)

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