
Glow-in-the-Dark Houseplants Are Finally Real—Here’s the Science, Safety, and Shopping Guide (2025 Deep‑Dive)
“Bioluminescent ornamental plants” are living houseplants engineered to make their own light—no UV lamp or spray needed. The first consumer model, Light Bio’s Firefly Petunia, uses a mushroom bioluminescence pathway that runs on a common plant metabolite (caffeic acid), so the glow