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1 Tropical Tropical Ornamentals Ornamentals and and Tropical Tropical Floriculture Floriculture Tropical Tropical Ornamentals Ornamentals Many Many of of the the Ornamentals Ornamentals grown grown in in the the Temperate Temperate Zone Zone have have a Tropical a Tropical Origin Origin Common Common Ornamentals Ornamentals Ornamental Ornamental Plants Plants from from Tropical Tropical America America Poinsettia Poinsettia Leather Leather leaf leaf fern fern Anthurium Anthurium Zebra Zebra Plant Plant Caladium Caladium Marigolds Marigolds Petunia Petunia Alstroemeria Alstroemeria Oncidium Oncidium orchids orchids Philodendron Philodendron Diffenbachia Diffenbachia Heliconia Heliconia Prayer Prayer plant plant Bromeliads Bromeliads Begonia Begonia Ornamental Ornamental Plants Plants from from South South East East Asia Asia and and Oceania Oceania Orchids Orchids Dendrobium Dendrobium Phalaenopsis Phalaenopsis orchids orchids Cymbidium Cymbidium Vanda Vanda Hibiscus Hibiscus Pigmy Pigmy Date Date Palm Palm Impatiens Impatiens Elephant Elephant Ears Ears Ficus Ficus Pothos Pothos Ornamental Ornamental Plants Plants from from South South East East Asia Asia Heliconia Heliconia Begonia Begonia Zingiber Zingiber Ginger Ginger Alocasia Alocasia Banana Banana China China – Japan Japan Chrysanthemums Chrysanthemums Easter Easter Lilly Lilly Rose Rose Hosta Hosta Azaleas Azaleas

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Tropical Tropical OrnamentalsOrnamentalsandand

Tropical Tropical FloricultureFloricultureTropical Tropical OrnamentalsOrnamentals

ManyMany ofof thethe OrnamentalsOrnamentalsgrowngrown in in thethe TemperateTemperate ZoneZone

havehave a Tropical a Tropical OriginOrigin

CommonCommon OrnamentalsOrnamentals Ornamental Ornamental PlantsPlants fromfromTropical Tropical AmericaAmerica

PoinsettiaPoinsettiaLeatherLeather leafleaf fernfernAnthuriumAnthuriumZebraZebra PlantPlantCaladiumCaladiumMarigoldsMarigoldsPetuniaPetuniaAlstroemeriaAlstroemeria

OncidiumOncidiumorchidsorchidsPhilodendronPhilodendronDiffenbachiaDiffenbachiaHeliconiaHeliconiaPrayerPrayer plantplantBromeliadsBromeliadsBegoniaBegonia

Ornamental Ornamental PlantsPlants fromfromSouthSouth EastEast Asia Asia andand OceaniaOceania

OrchidsOrchids–– DendrobiumDendrobium–– PhalaenopsisPhalaenopsis orchidsorchids–– CymbidiumCymbidium–– VandaVanda

HibiscusHibiscusPigmyPigmy Date Date PalmPalmImpatiensImpatiensElephantElephant EarsEarsFicusFicusPothosPothos

Ornamental Ornamental PlantsPlants fromfromSouthSouth EastEast AsiaAsia

HeliconiaHeliconiaBegoniaBegoniaZingiberZingiber GingerGingerAlocasiaAlocasiaBananaBanana

China China –– JapanJapan–– ChrysanthemumsChrysanthemums–– EasterEaster LillyLilly–– RoseRose–– HostaHosta–– AzaleasAzaleas

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Ornamental Ornamental PlantsPlants fromfromAfricaAfrica

DracaenasDracaenasLeatherLeather leafleaf fernfernAfricanAfrican VioletsVioletsBegoniaBegonia

NorthNorth AfricaAfrica–– IrisIris–– SnapdragonSnapdragon

SouthSouth AfricaAfrica–– GerberaGerbera daisydaisy–– GladiolusGladiolus–– BegoniaBegonia–– AmaryllisAmaryllis–– GeraniumGeranium–– BirdBird ofof ParadiseParadise

Ornamental Ornamental PlantsPlants fromfromTemperateTemperate ZonesZones

NorthNorth AmericaAmerica–– LianthusLianthus

AsiaAsia–– RosesRoses–– PansyPansy–– MumsMums–– EasterEaster LillyLilly

EuropeEurope–– RosesRoses–– CarnationsCarnations–– PansyPansy–– SnapdragonSnapdragon–– TulipsTulips–– DelphiniumDelphinium

Tropical Tropical FloricultureFloriculture

GrowGrow bothboth TemperateTemperate andandTropical Tropical SpeciesSpecies

HighHigh VolumeVolume CutCut FlowerFlower ImportsImports(60% (60% ofof USA USA importsimports))

China, China, EuropeEuropeRosesRoses (36%)(36%)

SouthSouth AfricaAfricaGerberaGerbera

ChinaChinaMumsMums (11%)(11%)

S/SE S/SE EuropeEurope, S , S RussiaRussiaCarnationsCarnations (13%)(13%)

ChinaChinaAstersAsters

Chile, Chile, PeruPeruAlstroemeriaAlstroemeria

SourceSource ofof CutCut FlowersFlowersImportedImported

6.5%6.5%

3.5%3.5%

5%5%

6%6%

20%20%

60%60%

OtherOther

Costa RicaCosta Rica

MexicoMexico

NetherlandsNetherlands

EcuadorEcuador

ColombiaColombia

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CutCut FlowerFlower ImportsImports totoUSA ( ) USA ( ) andand EuropeEurope ( )( ) Tropical Tropical CutCut FlowerFlower ProductionProduction

MajorMajor speciesspecies are are temperatetemperate climateclimatespeciesspecies–– RosesRoses, , carnationscarnations, , chrysanthemumschrysanthemums

AdvantagesAdvantages ofof ProductionProduction in Tropical in Tropical ZonesZones–– ExcellentExcellent climateclimate

YearYear roundround productionproductionLessLess heatingheating costscosts

–– LessLess expensiveexpensive laborlabor

ManyMany specialtyspecialty speciesspecies producedproduced as as wellwell

Tropical Tropical CutCut FlowerFlower ProductionProductionFlowersFlowers ProducedProduced in in HawaiiHawaii

AnthuriumsAnthuriumsBirdBird ofof ParadiseParadiseGingerGingerHeliconiaHeliconiaOrchidsOrchids–– CymbidiumCymbidium–– DendrobiumDendrobium–– VandaVanda–– OncidiumOncidium–– PhalaenopsisPhalaenopsis ((pottedpotted))

CutCut FlowerFlower ProductionProductionBanana, Banana, GingerGinger, , andand HeliconiaHeliconia

Banana

Musa

CutCut FlowerFlower ProductionProductionBanana, Banana, GingerGinger, , andand HeliconiaHeliconia

Zingiber - Ginger

CutCut FlowerFlower ProductionProductionBanana, Banana, GingerGinger, , andand HeliconiaHeliconia

Heliconia

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CutCut FlowerFlower ProductionProductionBanana, Banana, GingerGinger, , andand HeliconiaHeliconia

Plants are large

CutCut FlowerFlower ProductionProductionBanana, Banana, GingerGinger, , andand HeliconiaHeliconia

Flowers are large

CutCut FlowerFlower ProductionProductionBanana, Banana, GingerGinger, , andand HeliconiaHeliconia

Flowers are large

ExportExport ofof FoliageFoliage

LeavesLeaves forfor floral usefloral use–– PalmPalm leavesleaves–– LetherleafLetherleaf fernfern

PalmPalm LeavesLeavesPhoenix Phoenix roebeleniiroebelenii

Propagated by seed

PalmPalm LeavesLeaves forfor ExportExportPhoenix Phoenix roebeleniiroebelenii

Seeded in beds

Transplanted into pots

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PalmPalm LeavesLeaves forfor ExportExportPhoenix Phoenix roebeleniiroebelenii

LeatherLeather LeafLeaf FernFern forfor ExportExportRumohraRumohra adiantiformisadiantiformis

LeatherLeather LeafLeaf FernFern forfor ExportExportRumohraRumohra adiantiformisadiantiformis

LeatherLeather LeafLeaf FernFern forfor ExportExportRumohraRumohra adiantiformisadiantiformis

Nursery StockNursery Stock

PhytosanitaryPhytosanitary restrictionsrestrictions–– No No soilsoil–– PreventPrevent ofof unwantedunwanted pestspests andand diseasesdiseasesPropagationPropagation stock stock –– UnrootedUnrooted cuttingscuttings–– RootedRooted cuttingscuttings–– CormsCorms, , bulbsbulbs etc.etc.–– SmallSmall plantsplants forfor finishingfinishing–– SeedSeed

DracaenaDracaena AirlayersAirlayers forfor ExportExportDracaenaDracaena marginatamarginata

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DracaenaDracaena AirlayersAirlayers forfor ExportExportDracaenaDracaena marginatamarginata

DracaenaDracaena AirlayersAirlayers forfor ExportExportDracaenaDracaena marginatamarginata

FlowerFlower SeedSeed ProductionProduction PollinationPollination

SeedSeed CleaningCleaning Nursery Nursery TradeTrade WithinWithin Tropical Tropical CountriesCountries

AnyAny statisticsstatistics onon consumptionconsumption??ManyMany commoncommon cropscropsManyMany tropical tropical cropscrops

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FlowerFlower MarketMarket in in ThailandThailand TreeTree Nursery in Nursery in ThailandThailand

TreeTree Nursery Nursery in in

ThailandThailand

TreeTree Nursery in Nursery in ThailandThailand

TreeTree Nursery in Nursery in ThailandThailand TreeTree Nursery in Nursery in ThailandThailand

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Nursery in Nursery in ThailandThailand Nursery in Nursery in ThailandThailand

ChrysanthemumChrysanthemum ProductionProduction((nearnear ChiangmaiChiangmai, , ThailandThailand))

ChrysanthemumChrysanthemum ProductionProduction((nearnear ChiangmaiChiangmai, , ThailandThailand))

ChrysanthemumChrysanthemum ProductionProduction((nearnear ChiangmaiChiangmai, , ThailandThailand))

ChrysanthemumChrysanthemum ProductionProduction((nearnear ChiangmaiChiangmai, , ThailandThailand))

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Tropical Tropical FloricultureFloricultureWide Wide rangerange ofof climatesclimates

Wide Wide rangerange ofof cropscropsLabor Labor costscosts are are lowerlower

PotentialPotential isis tremendoustremendous