Someone else on another board brought this to my attention. Im sure someone else has already heard of this.
Prof. Chia Tet Fatt from the National Institute of Education (NIE) has made glow in the dark orchids. He used firefly genes and put them into orchids, prob a dendrobium sp.. As a result he got orchids that glow green when it gets dark. The orchids use their own energy to become bioluminescent, and its the entire orchid, stalk, leaves, roots, flower and all that ligths up.
I wish we could all get one of these orchids as a halloween present.
Here is the link to the full article from The Central Missouri Orchid Society.
http://cmos.missouri.org/2003Dec14.htm
OOOHHH Glow in the Dark Orchids!
Threaded Mode
