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Lunarpunk is a subgenre of solarpunk with a darker aesthetic. It portrays the nightlife, spirituality, and more introspective side of solarpunk utopias. It can be defined as "Witchy Solarpunk." Aesthetically, lunarpunk usually is presented with pinks, purples, blues, black, and silver with an almost omnipresence of bioluminescent plants and especially mushrooms

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Glow way! Bioluminescent houseplant hits US market for first time (www.nature.com)

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Consumers in the United States can now pre-order a genetically engineered plant for their home or garden that glows continuously. At a base cost of US$29.00, residents of the 48 contiguous states can get a petunia (Petunia hybrida) with flowers that look white during the day; but, in the dark, the plant glows a faint green. Biotechnology firm Light Bio in Sun Valley, Idaho, will begin shipping a batch of 50,000 firefly petunias in April.

Engineered petunia emits a continuous green glow thanks to genes from a light-up mushroom.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Was going to order one because it's only $29 but damn, the shipping was $24.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago

Yeah, shipping plants is a pain in the ass. I've also done snails.

Shipping a live thing has so many variables. Current climate on both ends? And in between? Need to include a heat pack or cooler pack? Shit's going to die sometimes, gotta bake in refunds.

$24 is actually reasonable. Hell, I spend that to send computers around the US. $20-$30, here to anywhere.

But a TCO of $50+ is a bit much to satisfy my curiosity. Maybe they'll come to local places soon.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

I was too, until I read your thing

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

That's gotta be around 95% shipping! I'm still a bit tempted and can almost justify it if I consider it as insurance to make sure such a rare plant arrives safely. It's definitely misleading marketing to say it's $29, though.