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| Photo courtesy of Wikipedia taken by mashamcl |
1. V for Vendetta, the 2006 Action/Sci-Fi/Thriller, featured a flower called the Scarlet Carson; however the flower is fictional. While the movie seemed to enchant it's viewers with this exotic, red fictional rose, the book denoted the real rose labeled 'Violet Carson'; which is an uncommon orange and pink hybrid rose. This rose was created 1963-1964 and named after Violet Carson the actress, who played Ena Sharples in Coronation Street. The movie was a British soap opera set in Weatherfield (ironically fictional) and based on Salford located in North West England. Though unknown by none other then James McTeigue (the director of 'V for Vendetta'), their is suggestion the real flowers used for the movie were in fact red dyed Violet Carsons.
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| Suntory courtesy of Wikipedia (The world's attempt at a blue rose.) |
2. There is no such thing as a true, blue rose, because roses do not possess the genetic ability to generate the color. You may question this fact due to viewing blue roses in films or purchasing them in bouquets; however you're being deceived. Roses bought, used in television or denoted in illustration are traditional white roses dyed to suit the preference of viewers. In fact, because blue roses are a tale of myth, they represent enchantment. Though unattainable by nature scientists of an Australian established company decided to devote 13 years of collaborative research to idea of a real true, blue rose. Finally in 2004 a rose called Suntory was created with employed genetic engineering. This resulted in the ability to insert a gene to alter rose pigment. However; control of the pigment cannot be controlled, making it difficult to reach an exact amount of gene to make a prominent blue. The closest attempt in making the genetically altered true, blue rose was a mauve rose, produced by RNA. While the cause appears to be lost, because of the Mauve produced rose now possessing the ability of the blue gene. There is much hope by natural development we may be able to tend to the genetically altered mauve rose with moderate inserts to create the elusive true, blue rose. Currently undergoing just that goal is, 'Martino Cassanova seed institution' in South Hampshire; which they remarked due to it's condition's and ability to survive in nature that the development of the true, blue rose will far see the life of present generations.
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| Courtesy of Wikipedia Bamboo forest in Kyoto, Japan |
3. Currently labeled as a sub family of grass, there has been much discussion to whether Bamboo is a tree or if it is actually in fact a member to the grass family. The word of controversy is, because all Bamboos blossom and do not have dictotyledonous woody xylem ( a second layer of wood that splinters away from itself, commonly seen in grass.) that the Bamboo plant should be known as a tree. However the reached agreement of the label for Bamboo as a grass is owed to it's significant difference of growth with leans more toward other grouped grasses.
