Geneticists from Australia's Florigene
Ltd. , a wholly owned (98.5%)
subsidiary of Japanese drinks
manufacturer Suntory Ltd. , first
cracked the code for creating blue
roses in 2004. Since then, they have
been refining the process to the point
where true blue roses can be sold to
a public eager to possess the once
"impossible dream".
Examples of the roses on display in
Tokyo displayed a soft mauve tint that
Florigene scientists say is just the
starting point for what will be a variety
of bluish shades.
By inserting genes from the common
Pansy and Iris into Rose DNA while at
the same time switching off a Rose
gene that prevented the production of
the blue pigment known as
"delphinidin" , the legendary flower
of love will be able to synthesize and
express a full range of hues from
palest baby blue to deep navy.
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