Last week The Carnation Week in Colombia contract place . It is an opening of eight gillyflower multiply companies to show their raw salmagundi and innovations in the Dianthus mintage . The event was coordinated by the Center for Innovation of Colombian Floriculture , Ceniflores , and with the support of Asocolflores and ProColombia .
Carnations in ColombiaIn Colombia , there are around 900 ha of clove pink mostly around the Savanah of Bogota . From the USD 1500 m total fresh cut blossom diligence in Colombia USD 225 m are in carnation . exportation are principally to USA , Japan , Holland and Spain .
Eight breeders join forcesFrom the 24th through the 28th of February Colombian gillyflower growers , international purchaser and expert in the flowered design and upshot deviser had the chance to call 8 different open houses .
The 2020 variation is the first time that the breeders amount together and plan their blooms for the same week .
The following breeders open their doors :
• Breier Cross - Israel• Danziger - Israel• Dümmen Orange - Holland• Hilverda Kooij - Holland• Propagar Plantas - Colombia• Santamaría - Italy• SB Talee - Colombia• Selecta – Germany
By joining forces to organize this workweek , the breeders serve to work the industry altogether at the same prison term and reserve the carnation to have a exceptional space .
More than 100 varietiesDuring workweek 9 , the 8 stock breeder have read more than 100 new varieties focusing in the diversity of this species considering that the clove pink flush has many attribute that makes it a very interesting one , including monetary value , multifariousness , travel and vase life .
400 visitorsAround 400 visitant were delighted in the open home where breeder had the opportunity to show their commercial varieties , their newfangled origination and their phase 3 or 4 varieties ( codes ) for next year introduction .
Cocktail with lecturesAsocolflores , The Colombian Association of Flower Exporters in its role to keep create inspiring experiences around the world with ' Flowers of Colombia ' , was invited to a cocktail in the midsection of the week to create a networking space and provided the attendees with three interesting lectures .
Augusto Solano
Augusto Solano , Asocolflores president , started it with an economical perspective of the carnation for the coming years , as main speaker the President of ProColombia , Flavia Santoro , pursue by Juliana Bustillo CEO of ORA , The Floral Agency spoke about the unexampled trends in flowered design including what is and what is not the carnation in the floral art around the earth and Mario Huertas from MSH Consulting Group turn over a language on how to promote the carnation to buyers and consumers from a neuromarketing perspective . The event end with some bites and drinks make the networking between the different actors happen .
Flavia Santoro
Juliana Bustillo
Mario Huertas
More pictures of the event :
Flavia Santoro and Augusto Solano
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