Purple comes out too blue

This may be a limitation of digital cameras, but here goes...
Canon EOS400D, Lightroom 1.4 shooting raw
Took a couple of shots of a deep purple petunia, in bright sunlight, after some rain. In Lightroom, I just cannot make the flower look as deep and dark a purple as it is in real life (I can see it from where I'm sitting, so I can compare both in real time). I am competent in Photoshop, and I know I can correct it there, but surely, there must be some way of getting closer to reality. I know there is always going to be some difference - a digital sensor is not the human eye - but I am reasonably experienced in Lightroom and purple seems to be the only color I can't get right.
Anybody have similar issues? Recommendations?
Thanks

Did you blow the blues out in the raw image?

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