The rainbow rose is a rose which has had its petals artificially colored. The method exploits the rose's natural processes by which water is drawn up the stem. By splitting the stem and dipping each part in different colored water, the colors are drawn into the petals resulting in a multicolored rose. With these changes to the rose, it causes them to not live as long as an uncolored rose
I thought that this lab turned out okay because my rainbow rose was suppose to be rainbow colors but that's not how it turned out! I decided to make two, one that has already sprouted and the other that was still closed. I am not really happy with the results because I thought it was going to be colorful and pretty but it turned out to be just one color.
I had a feeling that it wasn't going to turn out right because I only put three colors in the water. I think I got the non desired results because I didn't have the colors I wanted/needed. I kind of wished I had more food coloring colors to make my rose look pretty.
I worked by myself on this lab. I feel that we I worked pretty efficiently because I was able to get my work done pretty quickly by following instructions from the proposal I wrote and from looking at other peoples blogs. I've looked on other peoples blog posts about their rainbow rose in the past and it told me that if I add more food coloring in the water, it makes the colors brighter on the petals.
I think didn't succeed as much on this lab as my other labs because of the food coloring. Everything was running smoothly and perfectly until I came back from the weekend and it only turned out to be green. Although, I'm sure I could have made it nicer if I added more colors. I was okay with the small amount of space that was given to me because this lab literally took me 10 minutes. I would definitely like to do this project again because I thought this project was an okay success and it was fun. It was also a great experience so if I want to do this lab again I know what not to do.