Luminiflora Crystaglora, named from Latin terms for light and flower and its crystalline floral form, is an aquatic bioluminescent plant native to marine cave systems. It has delicate, semi-transparent, tubular to trumpet-shaped flowers with ruffled white to pale pink petals, accented by orange vesicles along margins and veins, supported on thin, erect stems 10-30 cm tall. Leaves are reduced to scale-like forms adapting to its subaquatic habitat. It emits blue-green bioluminescence (470-530 nm), likely via luciferin-luciferase systems in epidermal tissues and vesicles, glowing from flower base outward. Thriving in cold caves (0-10°C), it anchors to rocky substrates and sways in currents. Within Corallium Celestialia, a genus of 20 species, its luminescence attracts nocturnal marine invertebrate pollinators. Endangered, its fragile ecosystem requires conservation.
Name
BIOME LUMINA #796/1000
Owner
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ID#796
Rarity
X-HI:9%
MUSEUM
DATALAND
X-LO:MIN
YEAR
2025
X-LO:MIN
COLLECTION
DATALAND FOUNDING COLLECTION
X-LO:MIN
SPECIES NAME
LUMINIFLORA CRYSTAGLORA
EX:MAX
CLUSTER
CORALLIUM CELESTIALIA