Violets are Blue, Now Roses are Too
Recently we reported on rainbow colored roses from the Netherlands, that were causing quite a craze in Tokyo, Japan. The craze has apparently not worn off, as one Japanese company has developed something quite new and original.
Suntory Ltd., who also produces alcohol, created the world’s first genetically modified Blue roses, which they will begin to sell next year.
“As its price may be a bit high, we are targeting demand for luxurious cut flowers, such as for gifts,” he said. The exact price and commercial name for the blue rose have not been decided.
They created the flowers by implanting the gene that leads to the synthesis of the blue pigment Delphinidin in pansies. The pigment does not exist naturally in roses.
Roses are red, roses are blue.
Don’t eat the flowers, or you will be too.
I love genetics.
Put a little blue dye in a glass and a white rose freshly picked with a good long stem and wait a day or two. You will have a beautifully colored rose. The deeper the blue coloring the better blue rose you will get and you can use non toxic food coloring so then you can eat the roses as long as they weren’t a poisonous type in the first place.
Ok! So they went after blue and they got purple. Somebody should really let them know…
They are not blue, they are purple! Companies in the US have been selling them for years.
it’s kinda like how you say Blueberries but they’re not actually blue they’re purple.. soo.. =)
“Ok! So they went after blue and they got purple. Somebody should really let them know…
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This is Japan, where even the green traffic signals are blue..
pleurosis, anyone?
Looks lovely
Is anyone having flashes to the anime Blood+ or is it just me….?
I think they’ve missed something…
These roses were made by SUNTORY.
Can they invent roses that smell like whisky???
probably
And what is the point of making roses blue?
some people don’t like red or white
i will pay $500 for a green one, been looking for one for more then 10years