☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Posted May 18, 2015 I just bought one ... and v excited!!! does anybody know if its one of those that have been genetically modified with firefly bacteria or whatever they drench the plants with that soaks in and changes their dna to emit light? and does anyone else have one yet? 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gimli Posted May 18, 2015 SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
myco Posted May 18, 2015 wtf is this for real? I must have one Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
El Presidente Hillbillios Posted May 18, 2015 Are they just injected with dye, like those poor glassfish? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zed240 Posted May 18, 2015 "Glowing Wonder" All info I can find is pretty much in German, might have to get EG onto this. ;) http://translate.google.com.au/translate?hl=en&sl=de&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.de%2Fitm%2FEchinocactus-Grusonii-Glow-in-the-Dark-Glowing-Wonder-%2F171784987939%3Fpt%3DLH_DefaultDomain_77%26hash%3Ditem27ff2ee523%26usg%3DALkJrhizP-x9EhTRtmrmCkhF-m88kBq-EA https://www.facebook.com/glowingstarinthedark http://translate.google.com.au/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.amazon.de/Echinocactus-Glow-Dark-Glowing-Wonder/dp/B00FWUWOAW&prev=search Every picture I can see the spines look weird and kind of fuzzy. I wonder it they haven't just treated/painted the spines with glow in the dark paint? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nut Posted May 18, 2015 I would almost risk the watch list for one of those if they are the full dna job. Shut up and take my money indeed!!! Bring on the glowing loph and ariocarpus!!! I want a variegated crested one of each by Xmas . Someone make it happen now!!! Money AND sexual favours for the creator/s 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Philocacti Posted May 18, 2015 I believe they insert GFP gene in the cactus' genome. They've done it with pigs, rats and mice. This gene is from a jelly fish not a firefly. The firefly's glowing mechanism needs ATP to glow, so it only glows at certain time. Congrats my friend , but I dislike these somehow that a passed to offers on them. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wert Posted May 18, 2015 Wow thats mega interesting. Even hearing about its use on animals caught me by surprise. Interesting indeed. Great find if there really gene modded. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evil Genius Posted May 18, 2015 Their site is dutch so cant really read it but it´s very likely just painted with Glow in the dark paint. Read a couple customer reviews that werent really happy because this wasn´t somehow communicated. Again, cant say anything for sure but it reminds me of that blue orchid that my gf bought for her mother, which ended up being painted blue. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anodyne Posted May 18, 2015 Pretty sure it's just coated with glow-in-the-dark paint. The spines in the ebay photos it look like they're coated with something. I imagine those ridged spines on grusonii would hold paint really well. They still look cool, but you can probably make one at home & avoid the import hassles. Sorry TH, hope I'm wrong, but I believe splicing those glowy genes into plants is a tricky business - I'd be surprised to find one for $8 on ebay, and I'd expect to see way more fuss about the production process. Maybe ask these guys to make a cactus next! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Posted May 18, 2015 Are they just injected with dye, like those poor glassfish? no thankfully , i think im on to it already with the GM bacteria wash that enters plant n soaks into its jeans theres a university here in uk that developed it , is all i can find out so far .. and tbh thats from a dirt rag newspaper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Posted May 18, 2015 (edited) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2321865/Glow-dark-plants-developed-replace-street-lamps.html edit - sorry i added a link thinking i found it but it was anodynes and im in a hurry and got confusa Edited May 18, 2015 by ☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Posted May 18, 2015 Their site is dutch so cant really read it but it´s very likely just painted with Glow in the dark paint. Read a couple customer reviews that werent really happy because this wasn´t somehow communicated. Again, cant say anything for sure but it reminds me of that blue orchid that my gf bought for her mother, which ended up being painted blue. ooooh yeh those orrible orchids keep cropping up here everywhere i know em well im hoping its the plants for street lighting GM thing that uk university developed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Posted May 18, 2015 (edited) http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Echinocactus-Grusonii-Glow-in-the-Dark-Glowing-Wonder-/171784987939?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_77&hash=item27ff2ee523 DO NOT BUY this ^^^ plant IT'S SPRAY PAINTED ! Edited May 27, 2015 by ☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Posted May 18, 2015 I would almost risk the watch list for one of those if they are the full dna job. Shut up and take my money indeed!!! Bring on the glowing loph and ariocarpus!!! I want a variegated crested one of each by Xmas . Someone make it happen now!!! Money AND sexual favours for the creator/s rawrz , you know it makes sense mines going to be very fkn far away from my main collection , at someone else's house lol x] just in case. I felt the same way about these sexy little sweeties ... mmmm fk , i swear they're like fkn sugar frosting coated and ill bet they would like some fruit salad lipsalve scenting *creams* ... check these out too they defo need the glow in the darkiness so long as it doesnt like, i dnno... , fuck with them / fk em up . GM an all (maybe over cautious but knows fuck all about GM cept bad shit) and could you imagine these printed on panties ... x] I dont usually like varigates but ffffff .. dang imagine if they glowed too 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Posted May 18, 2015 (edited) wtf happened to my post? dang - looks ok now , mustve been my comp or at my end the issue was had phew Edited May 18, 2015 by ☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darklight Posted May 18, 2015 IME GFP does not glow in the dark, not to the extent that it is visible with the naked eye, unless there have been some recent changes made. If that cactus has been modified with standard GFP, you probably won't see it glowing at all unless you flood it with a particular type of blue light seen through a particular screen of orange Chlorophyll successfully transformed with GFP glows *red* under that light regime, and it's only the really transparent cells, like root tip cells, which can be easily seen as glowy under a fluorescent microscope So unless you cut the cactus open and viewed a slice of it under a fluorescent microscope with those screens, you'd see fuck all glowy. Might be more visible if it were variegated or albino, no idea. Doubt it but. And you'd still need the blue light to see it Just leaving the cactus next to the bed at night in it's pot would give you nada OTOH I wonder, if it were transformed with that compound which makes glowy mushrooms glow- now *that* is visible without special visuals. CBF searching... it's a different compound. Can't remember And I could be wrong, it's not a field I follow. Teks change all the time and fast ( edit: yes there have been considerable advances in the number of fluorescent proteins available ) If you were caught with one of these you would be in vast amounts of trouble unless it was specifically licensed for release by the Office of the Gene Technology Regulator. Federal. Expect major headlines, absolutely no mercy, expensive legal bills and complete shitstorms for anyone else trying to import anything at all And remember- I could be wrong. Teks change all the time. I have repeated this for emphasis Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darklight Posted May 18, 2015 OK, I'm wrong. So out of touch 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darklight Posted May 19, 2015 Good fucken grief... those glowy plants look so great and all, but how would you turn them off? Imagine having them as streetscape plants near your house, you'd go nuts. I hope they were non-viable via sexual reproduction and not weedy by vegetative division. Glowing lantana... can you imagine? The horror... the horror... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anodyne Posted May 19, 2015 Yeah I don't even wanna think what those plastic-Santa-and-fairy-light neighbourhood maniacs would do if they got their hands on glowing plants... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kykeion Posted May 20, 2015 Well, I hate to burst the bubble of excitement, but: http://perrone.blogs.com/horticultural/2015/01/glowing-wonder-cactus.html http://www.glowingstarinthedark.info/ But on a more promising note: http://www.dezeen.com/2014/01/13/worlds-first-glow-in-the-dark-plant-genetically-engineered/ http://bioglowtech.com/Home.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zelly Posted May 21, 2015 But on a more promising note: http://www.dezeen.com/2014/01/13/worlds-first-glow-in-the-dark-plant-genetically-engineered/ Each plant has a life cycle of two to three months. How unfortunate that the creators of these genetically engineered plants dont also have a life cycle of 2-3 months. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kykeion Posted May 21, 2015 How unfortunate that the creators of these genetically engineered plants dont also have a life cycle of 2-3 months. Right? Although I have a greater disdain for the assholes that "own" the transgenic genes and sue out of existence farmers who's crops are polluted by these genes at no fault of their own. I really should sue my neighbors for stealing my apples when they fall off my trees and onto their side of the fence. Sorry to derail... so back on topic non-controversial glowing cacti! Here and Here 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ Posted May 27, 2015 *adjusted quote* How unfortunate that the sprayers and sellers of these spray painted plants dont also have a life cycle of 2-3 months. gah how could they spray a cactus with glow in the dark paint those cruel bastages! daren't feedback on it yet cuz it'll be a round of fx PLEASE DONT BUY ONE THAT I BOUGHT unless you like spray on glow in the dark paint to the point you can hardly see the poor cactus Share this post Link to post Share on other sites