PLS 6 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Cymbidium, Petal, Aeration
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Colombia: ees itself as the (cid:862)la(cid:374)d of flo(cid:449)ers(cid:863, note the neighbors, ecuador (is also producing a lot of flowers for export to the usa). In the 60s and 70s a flower production industry was started on the bogota plateau: high up on the mountain. Colombian flower production: by usa standards conditions are primitive (low tech) no heating or cooling systems, lots of hand labor. Alstroemeria production: tall plant suitable for cut flowers, this firm breeding varieties that grow well in colombia and will also ship well, simple houses (as in most of colombia), production in the ground in amended soil. A few things you do not see typically: farms have, day care on site, some have a physician regularly, sports facilities. How do the flowers travel: by air to miami (or another major airport, distribution from miami to elsewhere in the usa.
