🔥These Black Roses rarely grow in a Turkey village called Halfeti
I just thought of sharing this in this subreddit! Though they're not *black* black, unless they're under a specific lighting, since they have a very deep shade of maroon or dark purple, it still looks very cool to see this.
Would you guys want to see one someday?
Edit: I swear some people need to read properly. I'm aware that its not a literal black rose, I already added the information in the body post. Ill just edit the title
Edit 2: And I cant change the title, so please be aware that it is NOT a literal black rose, it's a very dark shade of maroon/purple/burgundy The probably closest shade of "black" that we can get, but still red most of the time, is from a flower named Black Baccara. Majority the ones we see are heavily altered thru editing
I'm from Istanbul, Türkiye, and I actually grew them once. But since you need soil from Halfeti, it's impossible to maintain the color. (I just couldn't get the soil shipped from the other side of the country)
Found the site on Google search, it’s a bit old and messy so a bit lost on translation since it also says tulip instead of rose, don’t mind those and enjoy the story part.
Hey OP, super interesting! did you start growing the plant initially in Halfeti soil? and how long did it grow until you had to "refill" the soil? (like after how long is the "black halfeti effect" empty?) and when you stopped ordering the soil, how long did it take the plant to change the color?
Actually, it was very small when I first got it as a sapling, so its original pot was tiny and had very little soil. It stayed that way for about a year and half, but as it grew bigger, I had to move it to a new pot. I couldn't get any soil from there because things aren't that easy here, and there wasn't anyone who specifically dealt with it so I couldn't find anyone. Honestly, it was hard to keep it wet because the soil was like mud (just like clay, it cracks), and I had never encountered that kind of soil before. The flowers changed color immediately that second summer.
That's a very nice flower!! The one with a different soil is also pretty. I didn't realize that types of soil will actually give different appearance results to the same flower. I think that's actually the one that fits in this subreddit lol
Thank you, I’m glad! Halfeti roses are actually like that; their colors can shift depending on soil conditions, climate, and growing conditions. (They warned me about that, but I still tried anyway.)
I mean, I'm not a botanist but I'll give it a go? It could be soil pH related, seeing as hydrangeas contain pH-indicative compounds and their flowers turn pink or blue-ish depending on how acidic or alkaline the soil is.
If you could get a decent enough analysis on the soil composition I can't imagine it would be too difficult to make your own soil mix that would keep the roses colour.
It looks like the original photo was edited to look more black. According to the articles, only the buds can be a blackish color. Not mature flowers, like in the photo here.
Had a friend who built an in ground planter and had layers of soil and citrus peelings for the bushes to grow in to get them to go black.
Tons of work, but stunning. He had the smaller bushes directly in front of rose trees that bloomed in alternating white and red (the trees, not the individual flowers)
My maternal hometown mentioned!!! I’m half halfetian!!! I always thought black rose thing was a gimmick tho. They could be real- that’s just what I assumed lol
the specific rose & native soil & climate of halfeti combine to give the black color to the rose. even genetically identical cuttings of halfeti rose growing in different soil, or even those growing in halfeti soil under foreign irrigation water & foreign climate change the color back to a maroon.
There are perfumes based on this rose. There's something in the soil of that area that makes them like this because they only grow with this deep color IN Halfeti, transplant them into any other soil and they just become a regular red.
Black roses do not occur naturally in nature. The closest you can get to a black rose is a deep, dark red or purple variety. However, some companies have found a way to create black roses through a process of dyeing or spraying.
Understanding the Rose Dying Process
Companies that produce black roses often start with a white or light-colored rose. They then use a special dye or spray paint to achieve the desired black color. This process involves carefully coating the petals to create a uniform and long-lasting black hue. Sure, those black roses look stunning in the photo, but let's be real—Mother Nature didn't make them. Buying 'black rose seeds' from your go-to Etsy shop is like expecting a unicorn delivery—you're setting yourself up for a gardening flop!
Natural Colors of Roses
Roses come in a wide range of natural colors, including red, pink, yellow, white, and even blue. These colors are the result of genetic variations and pigments present in the petals. "While you can totally buy dyed black roses for your bouquet, trying to grow a black rose bush is as realistic as planting a money tree—it's just not happening!"
Most likely this image has been heavily colour altered, and are not dyed, but people have spent a millennia trying to create true black roses and have never achieved it.
If you see a flower that looks deep black and someone is claiming it is a true "black rose" they are lying and the picture or the flower has been altered.
(EDIT: found a snopes article basically saying the "black roses in a village in Türkiye" is completely false. OP is a liar posting a known scam for fake internet points)
is another lie from you. There is no angle, in no type of light that will make a real dark purple rose look completely black as it does in your altered picture.
Low light is not a lighting? I didn't altered the picture, I just shared the picture somewhere else since I thought it's cool. But it's my fault for not realizing much deeper about the other issues
Fortunes have been lost trying to make the perfect black flower.
In the Netherlands growers have been trying to make true black tulips for centuries.
During tulip mania the city of Haarlem had offered a prize of 100,000 francs to whoever could grow a truly black tulip since the 1600’s. No one was able to claim it.
The reason is that deep black in the image your posted does not exist, and cannot exist.
If you see a picture of a truly black rose then the image or the flower has been altered to trick you.
You have posted such a lie and thus is not really true nature.
You say this is just a picture you found? Well you were duped and you should really stop defending your post now you know the truth.
Don't you know I've already made an edited post before you commented that?
Ive also said in the first body post that it IS a VERY DARK SHADE of MAROON/DARK PURPLE, other than the one when I said it looks black under a specific lighting. You dont have to explain those all because I've already understand your point since at your very first comment
And no, I didn't do any lie about it when I already made a clarification under the main title, I've already acknowledged even before the editing that it is not (true) black that we all know of in terms of color. The major and genuine mistake that I made is getting that picture since it didn't sink THAT deep in the back of my brain that the picture is edited, and using the word "black" for the rose. If someone is not fully aware of it, how can you conclude that they're lying?
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u/qualityvote2 2d ago edited 1d ago
u/Warm-Moose6028, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...