Planting a flower in a bottle...?

This may sound a bit strange, but I want to try planting a single small flower, preferably short and with no leaves on the stem, or few small leaves (like a buttercup or something), inside a 20-oz. glass bottle (filled to about halfway with soil). I want it to end up with the bloom of the plant actually inside the bottle, not sticking out the top.


So.. my questions:


* What would be the best way to do this - plant a seed in the bottle, or find a flower and then try to transfer it into the bottle?


* Any ideas for what kind of flower I should use?








... And I don't really need the flower to survive long in the bottle - just long enough for it to bloom %26amp; for me to take some pictures of it. Then I'd probably take the flower out and replant it in my yard somewhere.








Any and all advice on this project is appreciated! And if you want any more info, let me know. Thanks! =)
Planting a flower in a bottle...?
Well, I agree with those posters who raised the drainage and the ais circulation issues - although you may find some specialised swamp plants that could go without drainage





Additional problem I see is that the plant needs light - but in a glass bottle it will at the same time be in great danger of being burnt by sunrays focussed by the glass.








I know that'll sound like cheating - but I recommend you get hold of someone with a glass cutter, cut away the bottom of the bottle, then arrange everything according to your wishes and put the bottle back over the flower.





If you are going to have to drill drainage wholes anyway, you can just as well follow my plan, it's probably easier and less work at the same time.
Reply:if you want to start it from seed then once planted put saran wrap over it so it acts as a green house.





or you could make it like a terrarium like this: http://www.ehow.com/video_9374_make-terr...
Reply:Hi Dani,


I'm picturing something like a 20 oz pop bottle only glass so I may have proportions all wrong. If so, let me know and we can brainstorm. If that's about right then I think it would be pretty hard to get a plant settled into it, unless you have some really tiny starts of something in your garden. I think a seed would be simplest to plant but it'll be awhile before it blooms, as I'm sure you know. I was thinking that a dwarf zinnia might work fairly well for your criteria. If it got too leafy you could always remove a few when it comes to picture time. I'm having trouble thinking of other things with that sort of habit that are easy and quick from seed. I'm sure there are some though. Feel free to write me if you'd like to go back and forth on this.
Reply:It would be very difficult, as a bottle has no drainage and not enough air circulation - it would probably just go mouldy.





Why don't you put the soil in the bottle then find a cut flower to just poke into it to take your pictures?





Good luck!
Reply:Nice idea, but your need water drainage holes in the bottom so the roots will not rot.





If it were me, I'd try the seeds first. It takes a long time for a plant to grow a flowers.make up