In Japan, announced the start of sales of real blue roses – flowers that for centuries have been a pipe breeders’ dream. Making this dream a reality became possible only with the advent of genetic technology. The price of blue roses will be as high as $ 33 per flower – almost ten times higher than usual.
The presentation of the variety, called Suntory blue rose Applause, took place in Tokyo on October 20. Selling unique flowers will begin on November 3, however, so far only in Japan.
scientists have worked for twenty years. It was possible to get it by crossing a viola (pansy) and a rose. Prior to that, it was believed that it was impossible to grow blue roses due to the lack of corresponding enzymes in rose petals.
In the language of flowers, a blue rose at different times meant different things. For example, during the Victorian era, the blue rose was interpreted as an attempt to achieve the impossible. In the works of Tennessee Williams, finding a blue rose meant finding the purpose of life, and in Rudyard Kipling’s poem, a blue rose is a symbol of death. Now the Japanese joke that the blue rose will become a symbol of inaccessible luxury and wealth.