Someone sent me this yesterday about a BLACK rose in Turkey.
http://www.odditycentral.com/p...

What say you all ?

I couldn't do it. It looks to me like a funeral rose, or that it should be displayed in front of a castle with gargoyles.

But...in feng shui, black is supposed to signify mystery and power, and is used to promote career. I do not practice feng shui, a couple of my friends do and their homes look very nice.

Nor could I. Funerial was my first thought as well...but I do like castles and gargoyles !
I don't "do" feng shui either...but don't have any issue with it one way or the other. Besides, I'm sure the inside of my place, as well as my garden violates every single feng shui principle anyway . LOL

My first thought was photo shop.

Yes, that, too !

My first thought was April Fools, but then I saw the date of the article. The thing that's most suspicious is this:

"The district officials have made efforts to save the roses. They collected seedlings from village homes and replanted them closer to their original surroundings in greenhouses. They have been doing slightly better, ever since."

Roses like the ones in the pictures are not going to grow from seedlings. Those are not species roses. They're obviously hybrids, so the seedlings would be largely useless, wouldn't they?

Good point!

Yes. I thought the same thing.
Porkpal is right. Those photos have to be doctored.
Those dyed blue phaelenopsis orchids in the grocery stores look more natural.

No, it's the real deal. They are red roses that take up minerals from the Euphrates, very similar to how the "blue" orchids take up dye. The soil and water in that specific area is the key to the color. I suspect any dark colored rose planted in that area would end up with black blossoms. It sounds as if the ph and minerals affect the roses the most as summer wears on.

I am willing to believe that the roses are extremely dark - mostly black - but those photos have no red color in them at all. They have been enhanced.

Look at the canes. They're totally black. 'Shopjob to the max.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Yup!

Photo-shopped.

All the reds have been darkened to black, the leaf edges and stems gave me a chuckle

They missed a couple stems. Upper left corner is a green one and one in the very back of the pic is also green.