Comment on My bioluminescent petunia

happybadger@hexbear.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Zetta@mander.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I used the night sight feature on my phone’s camera for this photo, however I would say the brightness level is pretty accurate to the naked eye once your eyes adjust.

  Perhaps a tad dimmer in real life, but it provides enough light to faintly illuminate really close objects such as my hand. It’s super cool

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  • happybadger@hexbear.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Super neat. At some point I need to intern at a plant breeding lab just to inject that into all of my houseplants that can tolerate it. Right now I’ve got a mix of pothos, hoyas, philodendrons, and jasmines trailing around my house and it’d be so much better if they were one long nightlight.

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    • Zetta@mander.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I really hope this company (and others) are successful, it would be so awesome to have a variety of plant species available in GMO bioluminescent forms lol.

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