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qoez•3 minutes ago

Why are they publishing this as news when it was discovered in 2004

kaonwarb•about 1 hour ago

Source article is better, and refers to them as “violet-blue roses” https://www.suntory.com/sic/story/20260911/

mcherm•about 2 hours ago

Any article on this topic is unsatisfactory if it lacks a color photo.

dao-•about 2 hours ago

There is a color photo, but the rose isn't actually blue.

sajithdilshan•about 1 hour ago

Are the scientists color blind? The rose is purple.

whizzter•16 minutes ago

Bad translation, see the other top-level comment with the origin link that referes to them as violet-blue.

rik314159•about 2 hours ago

Not actually blue though is it? Kinda purple.

frederikvs•about 2 hours ago

I would've called it "a sickly kind of purple"

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