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Re:Plants in offices increase happiness and productivity by lutusp on Monday September 01, 2014 @02:10PM (#8254041)
> What plants can survive with 100% fluorescent office lighting?

Marijuana. In the prohibition era just ending, many people discovered this in surreptitious basement experiments.

> I tried a succulent but the soil was covered in mold in a few weeks.

From an evolutionary perspective, that would indicate success, but for the mold, not the plant.

Re:Plants in offices increase happiness and productivity by rgbrenner on Monday September 01, 2014 @02:41PM (#8254170)
Marijuana. In the prohibition era just ending, many people discovered this in surreptitious basement experiments.

You do realize that those are grow lights, which are at a different color temp and higher wattage than normal office lights.. right?

Re:Plants in offices increase happiness and productivity by exDM69 on Monday September 01, 2014 @04:06PM (#8254482)
Cannabis plants grow quite alright under fluorescent lights. Grow lights are better of course. There are also fluorescent grow lights (available in different spectra) but they are less cost effective than high pressure sodium or metal halides.

Can't cite a source on this one, you're just going to have to take my word for it. Seen it work in practice :)

Re:Plants in offices increase happiness and productivity by rickdale on Monday September 01, 2014 @03:35PM (#8254360)
More specifically they are high pressure sodium lights or Metal-halides. No ganja plant could healthily grow under fluorescent light. Wattage can range from 100-1500 these days. Maybe even 2000 if you check the latest gear out. That industry is constantly upgrading.
Re:Plants in offices increase happiness and productivity by gweinberg on Monday September 01, 2014 @04:23PM (#8254539)
Probably not the best choice for an office plant, though.
Re:Plants in offices increase happiness and productivity by nether on Monday September 01, 2014 @02:13PM (#8254054)
Thanks NASA!