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beautiful life form

2005.04.27 - 05:04

beautiful life form

I’m appalled by the speed at which this plant is growing.

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4 Responses to “beautiful life form”

  1. 1 Kim Pierro - April 28th, 2005 at 10:51 pm

    Me 2!
    Don’t forget to chop off those new kids and distribute them to friends / family / co-workers…etc.


  2. 2 avs - May 2nd, 2005 at 2:34 am

    Looks like a Chlorophytum comosum? Excellent plant. I believe NASA has taken a look at it (in the contect of Mars voyage research) as it detoxifies formaldehyde from indoor air.


  3. 3 Kim Pierro - May 2nd, 2005 at 9:40 pm

    How much formaldehyde is there in indoor air?


  4. 4 avs - May 11th, 2005 at 9:20 pm

    See the EPA page on it at http://www.epa.gov/iaq/formalde.html.

    “In homes, the most significant sources of formaldehyde are likely to be pressed wood products made using adhesives that contain urea-formaldehyde (UF) resins.” and “Average concentrations in older homes without UFFI are generally well below 0.1 (ppm). In homes with significant amounts of new pressed wood products, levels can be greater than 0.3 ppm.”

    Probably less a problem nowadays (at least when buying furniture from reputable manufacturers) but used to be a real problem at least in the 80s.

    Does not hurt to grow the plant though =)


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