Floral DesignChain of Distribution

Flower: Spray Carnations

Term: Floriculture

Spray or Mini Carnation

• Genus: Dianthus• Availability: year-round• Color: red, yellow, orange, white, pink, lavender,

and various bicolors• Flower is fragrant, long lasting, and has many

cultivars. Shows ethylene sensitivity.• Small mass flower: Extremely long-lasting flower

and buds add texture, form, and mass.• Longevity: days 10-14• Sold by bunch (5), $3.50/bu

Floriculture

• Growing flowers – especially for commercial sale

Commercial Growers

• http://www.fsq.nl/fsq/UK-rondleiding.html

Movies

• Flower Confidential Movie

• Women’s Enterprise Movie

Growing cut flowers

• Cut flowers are grown and shipped around the world

• 40 billion dollar per year industry• 78% of the flowers sold in the US are imported• Most bulb flowers come from The Netherlands• Most Roses come from Ecuador & Columbia• California, Florida, Colorado, & Hawaii are the

US largest growers.• Local growers: Wollum Gardens.

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Dutch Tulip Field

Keuchenhof Flower Show

Today

• International Floriculture PowerPoint – 30 min - upload

• Pick a country from list• Find:

– Major flower crops– $ amount or volume exported– Pictures of major flowers

• Plant seeds in greenhouse – 30 min

• Misty Flowers- is one of the companies that is an exporter in Ecuador.

• Some of the flowers that they export are lilies and roses

• 2.21 Billion exports