you down says cofounder vikram dhilloncontrary to what weve grown up believing not all plants emit carbon dioxide at night says bengalurubased architect anil bhaskaran who recently received a bamboo plant that now sits on his office desk there are some such as money plant the areca palms and motherinlaws tongue that increase oxygen content inside the house says bhaskaran who likes to gift tough and lowmaintenance plants like ficus and aloe vera in beautiful ceramic potsvinita nath who runs sondha in delhis prithviraj road says visitors to her nursery prefer potted plants to cut flowers last independence day she was asked to prepare tricoloured ceramic pots with small plants to give away as gifts at a school function plants are low budget and longer lasting i feel particularly happy when i see youngsters buying these instead of some fancy gizmo as a gift she saysshona chopra mehndiratta mother of a nineyearold says its a good way to inculcate a sense of responsibility towards the environment among kids gift a plant to a small child and see the way he nurtures it at a school party her little son attended she and some fellow moms organized little potted plants as return gifts what could be better than a gift that grows with time she says