Violets are Blue, Now Roses are Too

[krykrykrynunit]

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.

source-weirdasiannews

[DEPTHSING]

whao..

that's nice...they genetically modified fruits, animals and plants. this is juz another example of a successful genetic modification of plants (another example would be like glow in the dark orchids).

[paperpink]

wow, blue roses.
its my first time saw a real blue roses/
i hope in near future the price of blue roses become lower, so more people can enjoy the beautiful of blue roses (including me (>0<) hehehe...)
for depthsing, glow-in-the-dark flowers?
so romantic...

-chii-

[nurul_hussin]

nice roses...the japanese people never fails with creative n original innovations!!

[Otaku515 Dj-san]

they look very nice indeed weird color though at first but after a good look they are pretty

[leziel]

beautiful rose... beautiful woman...
in the source link
that's rose looks amazing ><

[IDused]

wow, nice.
good to have more and more variety
wonder if there'll be different color roses in the future

[FlameofFire]

i think flower shops used to stain them with blue ink to get those very artificial looking blue roses!
its great thou that they finally have a strain of roses that can naturally produce blue roses!

[natcaasi]

isn't there a primary school experiment where students can turn any old rose blue by soaking it in blue dye ...
Anyway ... i hope they do not come up with black roses next ... that though cool-looking looks really freaky at night ...

[Ayamael]

That's blue? It looks more like lilac (or something like it) to me... ^_^'

And I don't think you need to worry about black roses; we don't find a single truly black flower in nature. And, if I remember well, I think I read somewhere that black flowers simply would not survive, but I can't find a source... so I might be wrong.

[kirara]

I think they are really pretty. Feel that they are more elegant than the normal red roses. Blue roses... Hmmm, remind me of the blue roses in the anime BLOOD+!