Re: [Aroid-l] Blue Anthuriums

From: The Silent Seed <santoury at aol.com> on 2011.11.14 at 04:59:20 I actually think those blue Phal's are "real" - from what I have read - don't hold it against me though - I didn't research it fully.  Watered/sprayed with pigment? Interesting - never heard that one before. It reminds me of when I was a little boy, and my father showed me how to dye celery - by putting celery stalks into a glass of water with blue, red, etc, food coloring - it was fun!  Jude ______________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Do you want to receive my plant newsletters via email? santoury@aol.com The Silent Seed - Rare and Unusual Plants ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Corey W <cewickliffe@gmail.com> To: Discussion of aroids <aroid-l@www.gizmoworks.com> Sent: Sun, Nov 13, 2011 6:36 pm Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Blue Anthuriums Are those dyed? I walked into a home depot recently to see a whole selection of what are clearly moth orchids "dyed" blue. I remember something about giving them dye in the water to get them to do that in the past, but these significantly blue flowers make me wonder what they are doing now... Not that these plants are meant to live beyond a limited flowering period anyways (sad enough) but I wonder how many unsuspecting owners get them to bloom again only to find out they are white! The plant version of injected flourescent dye glass fish and tattooed platies from the fish world. Makes me sad. Corey On Nov 12, 2011 11:54 PM, "Susan B" <honeybunny442@yahoo.com> wrote: Now they're going too far!  ugh. _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l ----------MB_8CE70A14DFC0851_1340_102DC2_webmail-m153.sysops.aol.com-- --===============8001461081685729024==

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