Quote Originally Posted by zainal abidin View Post
In tropical region if something is glowing it will attract insects or any animals such as bat eating bugs, this abnormal plant cannot sustain in open atmosphere here, in Malaysia night beetles black and brown with different sizes will come and visit any light sources, it's also will chew if something that delicious to them including new stem and flowers. I can predict the fate of this plants. There is pros and cons any new genetic engineering especially involving living animals and plants.
It has been growing in Dr Chia's back garden in Singapore for the past 11 years, Zainal, and hasn't been eaten yet! Perhaps the quoted intensity of light, ranging from 5,000 to 30,000 photons per second, is not bright enough to attract insects.