Whiskey maker Suntory employed more than 100 PhD-level researchers and spent 14 years and ¥ 3 billion (NT $ 1.6 billion) to extract the genes for blue coloration from pansies.
生產威士忌的山多利企業，聘用了上百位博士、歷時 14 年、耗資 30 億日幣（新台幣 10.6 億元），採集三色堇中的藍色汁液，再將其基因分離出來植入玫瑰裡，才成功培育出夢想中真正帶有藍色基因的藍玫瑰花。