"Taiwan's flower exports are expected to hit US$100 million this year, eight times the figure posted a decade ago, according to statistics compiled by the Taiwan Flower Export Association.
... Taiwan-grown butterfly orchids and oncidium flowers have been... popular as premier species in international flower market. ... butterfly orchids usually sell for US$100 [really ?] per plant in Washington, D.C., and the corresponding price even hit a high of US$300 in Hollywood... major flower export markets include Europe, the U.S. and Japan... Butterfly orchids have long enjoyed very good prices in Europe and the U.S., due mainly to their... looks and long duration of around three months. They usually enjoy brisk sales in the Netherlands, the U.S., Denmark and Germany... ... Formosa Orchid Farm in the Netherlands... has managed to record a 30 percent annual sales growth due to the emerging of Taiwan's butterfly orchids. Sogo Team Co., Ltd. ... turns out over 10 million orchid plants, and exports... mainly to Denmark, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Germany, posting a robust annual sales growth of over 40 percent. ... Ox Orchids Farm, established in 1979... phalaenopsis orchid breeding, seedling production, flower cultivation farm in southern Taiwan. The total phalaenopsis orchid plantation acreage, located in An-Nan, Pei-Man, Madou and Taiwan Orchid Plantation (TOP) at Tainan County, ranges approximately 50,000m2 (12.36 acre), which includes 23,000m2... automatic environment control greenhouses, low temperature blooming control systems, and tissue culture laboratory with... advanced biotechnology for year-round production. This year (2007), OX ORCHIDS FARM is scheduled to build another 13,000 m2 fully automatic green houses in the second development stage of Taiwan Orchid Plantation for phalaenopsis orchid production. A branch office and farm of OX Orchids Farm is also scheduled to open at the end of this year at Maryland, United States. Ox Orchids Farm supplies 3,000,000 phalaenopsis tissue cultured plants in flasks, 800,000 small and medium size plants, and 300,000 blooming plants... annually... throughout the world in 2006." URL : http://www.chinapost.com.tw/headlines/2007/11/04/50084/Taiwan's-annual.htm ************** Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
