These 'meg'-a monsters are taking over - but in the best way! Here's where you can have a jaw-dropping time with sharks and see a corpse flower bringing the funk.
These "meg"-a monsters are taking over - but in the best way! Where to see sharks and more in this weekend guide.What's that smell? It's Meg, the tropical plant causing quite the stink at the Museum of Natural Science. Fans are awaiting the plant to bloom and, when it does, unleash a powerful odor akin to rotting flesh.
Aside from wicked stinks, Broadway smash Wicked begins a bewitching run. Rocker Olivia Jean ghosts Houston - in a good way. A tattoo fest draws up fun for inked-up locals, while the Houston Botanic Garden goes bananas celebrating the world's favorite fruit."Meg" the corpse flower at Houston Museum of Natural Science
"Meg" the corpse flower is bringing the funk - literally - at the Museum of Natural Science. Not only is this flower quite the sight, but it's also quite the smell. The flower known officially as Amorphophallus titanum recently started to sprout her spadix, a sign of imminent bloom. In 2010, "Lois" the corpse flower caused quite the stink. "Meg" - named for the 50-foot shark at the museum - is smaller than Lois, but promises a bigger odor. Lucky us.
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