10 years ago I also shared this (probably not uncommon) idea of genetically altering flowers for UV reactive colors (or even phosphorescence). Imagine flicking a black-light on in your backyard during a party and having rainbows of fluoro-flowers glow in the night. Perhaps even getting flares and multi-color streaks using multiple fluorescent protein and/or viruses such as those used in tulips. I still stunned this still hasn't taken off more since non-edible plants wouldn't cause much controversy, and what with Avatar's bioluminescent Pandora, people obviously are keen to this other-worldly, futuristic aesthetic. I know it's been done before but never seemed to enter any markets. Maybe it's very challenging, but using genetic tricks to create weird and unusual decorative plants could be a fun future project (cottage industry?) when it becomes more affordable. Certainly the new potential forms of floral beauty through genetic tinkering will prove to be diverse and inexhaustible.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 10:01 PM, Michael Scroggins <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michaeljscroggins@gmail.com">michaeljscroggins@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
A short description:<br>
<a href="http://www.common-flowers.org/ComFlow-Description.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.common-flowers.org/<u></u>ComFlow-Description.pdf</a><br>
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An Interview with the Artist:<br>
<a href="http://bcl.biopresence.com/meets/bcl/" target="_blank">http://bcl.biopresence.com/<u></u>meets/bcl/</a><br>
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