World's first blue roses after 20 years of research.

Blue roses have been available in florists in recent years but until now, they have been created by using various dying techniques to stain the petals of naturally white roses. Now researchers have created a genetically-modified blue rose which have been implanted with a gene that simulates the synthesis of blue pigment in pansies. Cool, but sort of a waste of 20 years just create a blue rose that grows itself.

I now also have new meanings for my tattoo. I know what it means to me but after I got it done I tried looking up to see what a general meaning of it meant. I never truly came up with anything. Now according to this article a blue rose has long been synonymous with the unattainable, from signifying unrequited love in Chinese folklore to its Victorian era connotations of symbolising a quest for the impossible. It's weird that in a way that this is actually part of the true meaning to myself. Freaky