7/7/2004: Blue roses

[lumberjim]

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

"You take my breath away"

[jojomonkeygirl]

we use to do that with daisies in grade school. after you cut them you put them in a glass of water with food color in it and the petals would turn what ever color you had in the water. I'm not impressed.

[Elspode]

Originally Posted by jojomonkeygirl

we use to do that with daisies in grade school. after you cut them you put them in a glass of water with food color in it and the petals would turn what ever color you had in the water. I'm not impressed.

I could be wrong about this, but I think recombinant DNA technology makes it so you don't have to wait for three days for the flowers to suck up the food coloring...

[hermex]

I have to chime in and say, these are lavender roses. I have seen natural roses close to this color. Show me navy blue, genetian blue, or sky blue, and I will be impressed. But mauvish purpley periwinkle roses are not press-release worthy. You've got to get the red out.

[stlbob]

Visine gets the red out?

[melidasaur]

Originally Posted by hermex

I have to chime in and say, these are lavender roses. I have seen natural roses close to this color. Show me navy blue, genetian blue, or sky blue, and I will be impressed. But mauvish purpley periwinkle roses are not press-release worthy. You've got to get the red out.

Amen to that - I thought these things would be blue - not purple.

[dragonett]

Originally Posted by hermex

I have to chime in and say, these are lavender roses. I have seen natural roses close to this color. Show me navy blue, genetian blue, or sky blue, and I will be impressed. But mauvish purpley periwinkle roses are not press-release worthy. You've got to get the red out.

I'm holding out for cobalt blue myself. My mom had a rose bush many years ago that bloomed this color exactly. Runty plant, one bloom per season, but it was that color. I've always heard when you buy rose bushes you're getting the rejects from the breeders unless you paid big bucks. Hmmmmm.

[Syrinx]

Originally Posted by Elspode

you don't have to wait for three days for the flowers to suck up the food coloring...

You just have to wait the several weeks for them to sprout, grow, and bloom!

[Elspode]

Originally Posted by Syrinx

You just have to wait the several weeks for them to sprout, grow, and bloom!

Well, yeah...but you have to do that with the flowers that you cut and put into food coloring, too.

[LabRat]

Originally Posted by Elspode

Well, yeah...but you have to do that with the flowers that you cut and put into food coloring, too.

nah, just a couple hours. anyone with celery at home can try this...or, go buy a light colored carnation. with the celery, use the pieces in the middle with the leaves, cut the bottom off and immediately stick it in a cup with some food coloring in water. obviously fresh celery works best. post your prettiest in the images thread. try putting in 1 color for and hour, than another etc. turns out neat! if i had a dig camera, i 'd show you. carnation works the same. cut the stem right before putting it in the food coloring and *whalah* streaked flowers. again, try different colors if you want.

the plants take up the food coloring with the water as it transpires out of the leaves. cut the celery stalk perpendicularly [ ( ( ( shapes ] then note the little colored dots...these are the water transporting xylem of the plant, now stained by the food coloring.

[lumberjim]

Originally Posted by LabRat

nah, just a couple hours.~snip~

i think he meant that in order to HAVE the flowers to put in the cup, they have to (take a couple of weeks)grow, too, yes?