Blue Flowers, original and innovative gift

They are available for the purchase of new genetically blue roses. The ornamental industry provides millions in sales for 2010.

Giving a rose on Valentine's Day for Women's Day or Mother's Day is a habit appreciated. Moreover if the rose is blue. And the impact will be even greater if the rose is "really" blue, not a disguised dyed flower that can strip paint and blur and the magic of that special day. Since late 2009 the genetically blue roses available.

Biotechnology and flowers

The blue rose is, say the experts, the symbol of the "Impossible Dream." Apparently, this representation arose from the difficulty of finding in the past a blue rose, according to ancient legends tell. But times changed, and the blue rose represents a dream come true today.

Genetic modification of a plant requires knowledge of its mechanisms and components. One of the processes of greatest interest to the flower is the manufacture of pigments that provide color to flowers. Among them, delphinidin, responsible for the blue hue.

Change the color of flowers was made originally as a goal for breeders of ornamental plants. This work, typical of traditional biotechnology, involves crossing plants of different colors to achieve the desired color.

However, only flowers can get a desired color if the pigment exists in nature, and that biotechnology does not create the characteristics of organisms, but existing uses for new products. But blue is rare in flowers, and this limits the chances of success of conventional practices.