Blue orchids

[Jo Donoghue]

So I want to dabble in plant genetics and have already gotten orchids from tissue cultures. I now want to turn them blue. I was going to take a pink Phalaenopsis equestris and try to alter it's genes to make more anthocyanin but it won't turn blue without a more basic pH. Is this correct and what can be altered genetically to change the pH and not kill the plant?

[Cathal Garvey]

Not all anthocyanins are Ph dependent, I think. After all, there are plenty of blue acidic fruits? Though I don't know if the pathways for these have been well-studied.

On 17 May 2017 22:48:30 GMT+01:00, Jo Donoghue <jomdo...@gmail.com> wrote:

So I want to dabble in plant genetics and have already gotten orchids from tissue cultures. I now want to turn them blue. I was going to take a pink Phalaenopsis equestris and try to alter it's genes to make more anthocyanin but it won't turn blue without a more basic pH. Is this correct and what can be altered genetically to change the pH and not kill the plant?

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[Sebastian S Cocioba]

Delphinidin is stable across a wider pH range. Check out the butterfly pea and the work of Florigene. 

Sebastian S. Cocioba

CEO & Founder

New York Botanics, LLC

Blog: ATinyGreenCell.com

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[Jo Donoghue]

Thank you guys for the help. It's definitely the research I was looking for.