Showing posts with label Proteas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Proteas. Show all posts

Buy flowers for All Saints

Buy flowers for All Saints can become a problem for many people waiting at the last minute to do their assignments. Millions of flowers are purchased for the holiday in which is venerated the saints who have no own party in the liturgical calendar.

Buy flowers for All Saints

Points flower sales traditional and floristsAlways complain about unfair competition from other commercial channels such as MULTIPRICE stores, The large areas or market peddling, Who only put in Buy flowers for these peak demand. For florists the purchase flowers for All Saints them is the ten percent of their annual sales, much more than on other days are important to them as the Valentine's Day and Mother's Day.

The main catalog Flowers for All Saints what shape the carnationThe clavelinaThe gladiolus, the chrysanthemum and pink. And the way to sell more flowers in specific centers in bouquets and wreaths.

It is also true that if the action traditionally buy flowers for All Saints was performed by visiting floristNow are increased orders by phone and above all, a booming method is to perform the Internet flower salesIn order to avoid breakdowns that often occur in the florists

Cultivation of the Proteas in the World

The Proteas as ornamental cut flowers are highly valued by many exotic flower for the value and distinction who give their flowers, while its great durability over 15 days.

The Proteas as ornamental cut flowers
For this purpose, the cultivation of Proteas in the World is a reality, their flowers by air travelers to the country of consumption.

Among the most prominent countries in cultivation are:

■ South Africa, Which began its cultivation in the forties and production currently stands at over 4,200 hectares between nurseries and production areas for both fresh flowers as in the form of dried flowers.

■ AustraliaSecond country Proteas endemic but also cultivated varieties introduced from South Africa. Its major production areas are in Western Australia. Note that there are many endemic varieties that are protected for export and also happens in New Zealand. Production areas in New Zealand are Northland and Bay of Plenty.

■ United StatesIn its most important production areas of California and the Hawaiian Islands. They grow as a whole over 80 acres being the most important genres Banksia and Leucodendron.

■ Israel that occurs mainly in Leucodendron.

■ Portugal production began Proteas The island of Madeira in a little over 40 years. It also has production in the Azores that although his production is all of the islands, its largest area is on the island of Sao Miguel. In Alentejana coast (southern Portugal) and in the Algarve. Much of the Proteas as ornamental cut flowers are sold through Holland.

■ Spain, A young country like Proteas producerHas its main growing areas in Huelva with Leucodendron, And the Canary Islands where there are major areas for this plant.
■ Chile increases substantially directing their Proteas flowers to Europe.

■ Other new areas of interest or of production are Italy, Thailand, Zambia, China, Japan and Russia.

The Proteas

The Proteas are very old plants, to the extent that they are within the southern hemisphere in three continents (Africa, Australia and South America.), implying that were already present before their separation, living with the dinosaurs

Protea Flower

About the name of this family there are variations to consider. First, the word is documented Protea comes from Greek mythology. The God Proteus, son of Poseidon, god of the seas and has the power to change shape and appearance, as the Proteas have a great diversity in form and color. Also in South Africa are called 'Suikerbossie', variant 'Sugarbush' which means 'wood sugar'. And that was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 under the name of Leucodendron repens their creeping certain bearing. Later, it was Carl Thunberg who changed his name to the new 'Protea mellifera', Known for his engagement in the production of honey.

Virtually all the Proteas need a rather poor soil, sandy, well ventilated, drained and slightly acidic pH. Their exposure should be sunny and temperatures without frost.

Under these conditions often have problems, whereas very wet, wet lands, is almost certain to die from asphyxiation root or the occurrence of the dreaded PhytophthoraThe enemy fungus most important source of the Proteas.

Currently grown variety Proteas in different countries for use in trade fresh flowers ornamentals. Among the most prominent countries are South Africa, followed by Australia, United States (California and Hawaii Islands), Israel, Zimbabwe, Portugal (South, Madeira and the Azores), Spain (Canary Islands, and the area of Huelva), Costa Rica , Chile, New Zealand, China and Japan.



As a curiosity associated with the ProteasWe can say that the Protea repens was for 200 years, the national flower of South Africa, in 1976 was replaced by Protea cyneriodes with the reason that this particular type produces the largest flower in the Proteas.