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Carnivorous plants the hot topic at lecture

Wednesday, September 08, 2010 12:00 AM | Printer friendly version | E-mail to a friend |

KANNAPOLIS — Carnivorous plants will be the focus of a discussion tonight at the N.C. Research Campus.

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte kicks off its Tuesday night lecture series with “ Plants That Eat Insects and the Myth of the Man-eating Plant,” presented by Dr. Larry Mellichamp from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the core laboratory event room in Kannapolis.

The seminar is free and open to the public, offering an opportunity not only to learn about botany but also to see the inside of the copper-domed David H. Murdock Research Institute, which features the largest painted ceiling in the Southeast.

Mellichamp is a professor of botany and horticulture at UNC-Charlotte, where he has taught for more than 30 years. He is also director of the university’s botanical gardens, which are an important resource in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The gardens have a great diversity of interesting plants — both indoors and out — that represent the world’s most unusual flora. Thousands of people from all over the world visit each year.

Lectures will continue on Tuesday nights through September.

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