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I got my firefly petunias from light.bio around a month or so ago and they're now just starting to take off. This picture was taken in a dark room with no windows, though I'm sure the phone brightened

https://cdn.masto.host/enosmtown/media_attachments/files/114/673/675/044/476/803/original/0a883fe496215b04.jpg

I got my firefly petunias from light.bio around a month or so ago and they're now just starting to take off. This picture was taken in a dark room with no windows, though I'm sure the phone brightened it up a bit. They aren't as bright as I was imagining, but I still find them neat.

@houseplants

#plants #flowers

movies @lemmy.world - 6mon

I got some Spring of last year! I have ‘em outside. Not terribly impressive but a fun novelty.

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Matt Clifton - 6mon

@movies Aye! I agree. It would be cool if one day they could make them maybe 10 times as bright with other color options. Yours lasted through the winter? That is nice to hear.

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Doxatek - 6mon

It's not a light bulb lol. If it were ten times as bright the plant would exhaust it's own energy and die

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Matt Clifton - 6mon

@Doxatek lol. This picture oversells how bright they are. A guesstimate on my part would be a 10x increase would bring it up to the level of a glow in the dark sticker.

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Doxatek - 6mon

That's true. Fluorescence is just metabolically expensive.

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swelter_spark @reddthat.com - 6mon

I'm glad these are still being sold. I first read about them last year, but was moving at the time. I'd really like to get some.

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Wutchilli @feddit.org - 6mon

I wish they would ship to europe, i allways wanted one of those.

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fossilesque - 6mon

God, I want some of these so bad. They are so fun. I gotta sort the plants I have still haha.

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FrostyTrichs @crazypeople.online - 6mon

This is so cool. Thank you for sharing!

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zod000 @lemmy.ml - 6mon

I got my wife some of those last year. I wish they had lasted longer, but we couldn't find a balance of sunlight that they liked. And yeah, they not all that bright, but still super cool.

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ssillyssadass - 6mon

Those look damn cool. I'm not really a plant person, but I'd be sure to try to change if I could get some of those. Doesn't look like they ship to Europe though.

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Lommy @lemmy.world - 6mon

I'm afraid no reputable seller does, as the EU has a ban on gene-edited organisms like plants and fish. Understandable but i'd sure would have liked to have a tank filled with Glofish

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