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Flip Flap by Ami Kealoha

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Urban-dwellers seeking to balance the person-to-tree ratio will find a friend in Flip Flap, a petite plant that looks and moves like a cartoon. Waterless, batteryless, and sunless, it's waving leaves may be the lowest cuteness-to-maintainance ratio out there, but you're not completely off the hook - the packaging requests you "please grow your Flip Flap in your mind and bloom your own special flower."

Available at Compact-Impact for $32.

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This entry posted on 17 August 2005 at 1:18 PM
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