Have you seen the pictures of the Rainbow Rose? It looks like it was made in photoshop.
There is no blue genetically possible in current roses. The rainbow rose is a rose that has had its petals artificially coloured. The method uses the natural processes by which water is drawn up the stem. By splitting the stem and dipping each part in different coloured water, the colours are drawn into the petals resulting in a multicolored rose. With these changes to the rose, it causes them to not live as long as an uncoloured rose.
Besides roses, other cut flowers like the chrysanthemum, carnation, hydrangea, and some species of orchids can also be coloured using the same method. We would colour Queen Anne's Lace by placing stems in a jar of water with food colouring in it. To cut a stem into 2 to 4 pieces would take some skill, and then there would need to be special vessels created for the uptake.
The best rose to use is "Vendela", a cream coloured Hybrid Tea cultivated in Holland, Colombia and Ecuador, as this cultivar absorbs the different dyes perfectly.
I would love to see rainbow roses like this picture shows. They seem to express hope, light and optimism. Just like a rainbow promises a pot of gold.
Today we have a sunset backdrop for a bonsai azalea at Longwood Gardens. Skylum will only work with replacing skies. And sometimes a grey sky isn't recognized by Skylum. Other times there isn't enough sky for it to identify and replace. I've discovered the technique of putting in a sky that I have available, and then using the Skylum Filter to replace it. We need to find a rainbow sky, like the roses above.
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