EJapan, kumenyezelwe ukuqala kokuthengiswa kwezimbali zangempela eziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka - izimbali okwaphela amakhulu eminyaka ziyiphupho labazalisi bamapayipi. Ukwenza leli phupho libe yinto engokoqobo kwenzeka kuphela ngokufika kobuchwepheshe bezofuzo. Intengo yama roses aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka izofinyelela ku- $ 33 ngembali ngayinye - icishe iphindwe kashumi kunokujwayelekile.
Ukwethulwa kwalolu hlobo, olubizwa nge-Suntory blue rose Applause, kwenzeka eTokyo ngo-Okthoba 20. Ukuthengisa izimbali ezihlukile kuzoqala ngoNovemba 3, kepha kuze kube manje kuphela eJapan.
ososayensi basebenze iminyaka engamashumi amabili. Kwakungenzeka ukuthi uyithole ngokuwela i-viola (pansy) ne-rose. Ngaphambi kwalokhu, bekukholelwa ukuthi akunakwenzeka ukutshala ama-roses aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ngenxa yokushoda kwama-enzyme ahambisanayo kuma-rose petals.
Olimini lwezimbali, i-rose eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ngezikhathi ezahlukahlukene yayisho izinto ezihlukile. Isibonelo, ngesikhathi se-Victorian, i-rose eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka yahunyushwa njengomzamo wokufeza okungenakwenzeka. Emibhalweni kaTennessee Williams, ukuthola i-rose eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kwakusho ukuthola injongo yokuphila, futhi enkondlweni kaRudyard Kipling, i-rose eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka iwuphawu lokufa. Manje ihlaya laseJapane lokuthi i-rose eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka izoba uphawu lokunethezeka okungafinyeleleki kanye nengcebo.