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MEDIA ADVISORY: Public invited to visit blooming corpse flower at SF State greenhouse
Free open house event this weekend for visitors to see and smell corpse flower
SAN FRANCISCO, June 26, 2009 -- The public is invited to view -- and smell -- SF State's giant corpse flower this Sunday and Monday. The corpse flower, or Titan Arum, is famous for its death-like stench and its huge central flower structure. The plants, which grow in the wild only in Indonesian rainforests, flowers on an unpredictable schedule and bloom for only a 24 to 48 hour period.
The corpse flower is growing in the University's new state-of-the-art greenhouse. The twelve-room facility houses cool humid, warm humid and arid plant collections and supports research in rain forest conservation, also drought resistance, native California plants and pollination biology.
WHAT:
Public invited to view the corpse plant
and tour the University greenhouse
Admission is free.
WHEN:
Sunday, June 28, 2 to 6 p.m. and Monday, June 29, 2 to 6 p.m.
WHERE:
San Francisco State University's main campus
located at 1600 Holloway (at 19th Avenue). The greenhouse is located north
of Hensill Hall, just south of Stonestown Mall.
See www.sfsu.edu for directions and map.
WHO:
The greenhouse is open to the general
public.
Media are also invited to attend. Media visits and interviews can be arranged
on Friday June 26. Contact Elaine Bible at 415-405-3606 to
arrange interviews.
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SF State is the only master's level public university serving the counties of San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin. The university enrolls more than 30,000 students each year. With nationally acclaimed programs in a range of fields -- from creative writing, cinema and biology to history, broadcast and electronic communications arts, theatre arts and ethnic studies -- the University's more than 140,000 graduates have contributed to the economic cultural and civic fabric of San Francisco and beyond.
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