I might just have to get one. The label says to not handle too much because of some type of alcohol.

They probably sprayed it with glow in the dark spray paint. It's just a novelty plant

Just in time for Halloween...

That's even worse than the straw flowers they put on cacti.

This plant would normally retail for a few bucks. Yet they spray it with a temporary coat of glow-in-the-dark paint and they jack up the price to five times what it's worth. Novelty plants are one of my greatest pet peeves. Mainly for the price gouging, but also for the unnatural things that they do to these plants.

Costa Farms is behind this gimmick... Glowee

I'd be pretty happy with a bioluminescent Sanseveria!! (sadly this is not GMO).

Seems to be done in a reasonable way that is not bad for the plant. I'm sure store employees have performed worse atrocities in care alone.

My key point is understanding and figuring out how it was done, if it's really that bad, and factual information not speculation.

Here are are some relevant articles:

http://pegplant.com/2014/10/23/glowee-glow-in-the-dark-houseplant/

http://www.ballpublishing.com/growertalks/ArticleComments.aspx?aid=1646

http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/2149888/glow-in-the-dark-sansevieria

Costa says it doesn't wash off (non-water soluble) and non-toxic.

Since the coating is transparent, I don't expect it to hinder photosynthesis greatly. Sans also have a fairly thick waxy leaf cuticle, so I can understand breathability is not a great concern either.

Not all coatings are impermeable so we may never know the % difference in gas exchange.

Certainly isn't glow in the dark spray paint, perhaps very fine glow in the dark particles with some wax or similar coating (like the wax they put on some fruit).

Either way, at least it looks normal in daylight. I prefer this over glued on flowers and rocks any day!

When I first saw it, I thought it was genetically engineered as well, eww.

Like the glofish danios

I'm with Mr. Blubs and others...doesn't seem right. There are plenty of other ways to illuminate plants - led lights, spotlights, etc, in order to show off their natural beauty. I get just as annoyed when I see waxed leaves (that "leaf shine" product - eww) on peace lilies, pothos, etc., especially in the gift sections of grocery stores. The plants look great as they are!

I am assuming that any new growth would not glow in the dark. They didn't look like the birdsnest sanseveria that I'm familiar with. Can anyone identify the sanseveria cultivar?

Shawn - To me it looks like Sanseveria trifasciata.

Futura Supra or something like that.

Isn't that a Hahnii?

Thanks Grace! Agree Sanseveria trifasciata cv. 'Golden Hahnii' looks like a good match. =)

I bought one last year, around 7$ at Walmart. Never glowed in the dark as far as I could tell. Just looks like a normal Sans.

It's definitely not a golden hahnii. A golden hahnii is colored very differently.

The costa farms site has pictures.

I'm pretty sure these are Futura Superba.

It's not as compact as a hahnii...

$15 bucks for a 4in pot is way more than i would spend on that.

Holy crap!

I got a 12 inch Sansevieria "Black Coral" and a 3" Dracaena fragrans "Twist" or something like that for less than 8 dollars today, total.

15 dollars for one plant. I may just faint.

well, unless it's some really cool Haworthia or something. Or has gold hidden inside.

Well, i did just buy a 6in goldfish plant for 14.99 plus 11.00 shipping on ebay tonight, but i really want one and cant find any where i live at.

See, that's when our problem turns into a real problem, lol.

then again, it does have GOLD fish making capabilities so I guess it does have gold hidden inside.

but a 6 inch pot of goldfish vine...that's not too bad a price and better than growing from seed!

So how about making your own glow in the dark plant pots? Seen them on Pintrest ...

above plant is probably Futura Simplex. "They" are working on genetically engineering bio luminescence for a houseplant but last I heard they had not worked out the instability of it., I don't remember what plant they are working with.

I think the plant I reference in my last comment is: Arabidopsis, a small flowering plant in the mustard family.

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2014/03/27/glow-in-dark-plants-go-on-sale/

Mustard greens are some of my favorites. And radish greens, yuuuuUUMM!

yeah but will you still like them if they glow??????

Oh, no...they need to stay away from my food!