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According to Interplant Roses, the red rose market is showing a growing demand for Explorer. The launch of Red Naomi! has kept people busy for a while now. The interest in red roses is continuous. It’s an important colour. There’s a large, international market for it and the assortment is growing. That makes it a bit easier for Dutch growers to choose. Although, choices are always difficult.

The “año viejo” dummies for New Year’s Eve are burned, the firecrackers are finished and the champagne glasses have been put away. The New Year has begun! But let’s look back to 2016 one last time – what a remarkable year it was!

2016 has been a very tough year for Esmeralda Farms. Last June, Peter Ullrich, founder and driving force behind one of the largest floricultural companies in the world, passed away. In August, their farm in Ethiopia was attacked by rebels. Present owner Clarisse Ullrich decided subsequently that Esmeralda would cease their activities in Africa. And the office in Aalsmeer, the Netherlands, was shut down as well. In the beginning of December, Clarisse Ullrich tells us her story. “What would you do? We lost millions in Ethiopia. Would you invest another couple million to repair the damage, knowing that the same thing might happen again? Probably not!”

Bahía de Caráquez, a laid-back seaside resort, a good six-hour drive away from Quito. A true gem of a place, surrounded by mangrove forests and vast sandy beaches, where you could admire the pelicans fly by while you were sipping your coconut water. Far away from the hustle and bustle, this seaside town was considered the most beautiful in the country by many people in Ecuador for a long time.

Reinier Voskamp, Holex Flower

’Many growers are flooding the auction with flowers’

Esmeralda’s farm wasn’t totally destroyed. That’s what Tewodros Zewdie, the executive director of the Ethiopian Horticulture Producer Exporters Association, says. According to him, the damage isn’t too bad and the company should be able to start up again.

Last Sunday, it was already exceptionally busy at the cemeteries in Quito. The parking lots were full and nearby flower stalls were doing good business. Even though it was still another two days before the 2nd of November.

Rabobank’s 2016 World Floriculture Map, published in cooperation with Royal FloraHolland, highlights some key global trends in the very diverse floriculture sector. Colombia, Kenya, Ecuador and Ethiopia—have passed the share of the Netherlands in 2015 and now account for 44% in global cut flower exports.

International Floriculture & Horticulture Trade Fair (IFTF) is getting more international every year. This year growers from Iran and Rwanda showed their flowers and potted plants for the first time in Holland. Ofcourse growers from the big flower producing countries like Kenya, Ethiopia, Ecuador, Colombia and Israel were also present at the fair.

At IFTF in Vijfhuizen, Japanese export organisations are trying to increase their sales in Europe with their own assortment, which includes lathyrus, ranunculus, gentiana, gloriosa and lisianthus.

Six years ago, Moscow-based BiFlorica started its preparations for an online platform for cut flower trading. They currently have more than 300 registered growers and 300-400 active buyers per week.

‘Around All Saints’ Day I can’t guarantee the quality of my products’

'I put my head down and keep going'

According to organizer Dick van Raamsdonk AGRIFLOR 2016 in Quito Ecuador ended last week with a result that could be described best as 'The Perfect Trade Fair'. „Although there are always things to be improved this year’s edition of AGRIFLOR came close, very close to Total Perfection.”

Olij Roses International / Olij Breeding, with head office in De Kwakel, is to become part of Dümmen Orange. The two parties have reached agreement on the transfer of shares.

The 9th Guangzhou Int’l Flower, Bonsai & Garden Exhibition 2017 (GBGE2017) will be benefiting from the joint efforts of HPP Exhibitions and Guangdong Grandeur International Exhibition Group.

“Are you coming along to the auction?” I’ve been going there with my father since I was six years old. I used to love it! We would drive down in the green van on Wednesday and Sunday afternoons to deliver the chrysanthemums.

Before the first of October the East African heads of state are required to ratify the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU) if it is to come into effect. In case they do not ratify, higher export tariffs will be imposed on the products of companies exporting their products from the Eastern African Community (EAC) to the EU’s common market. “This will be the end of the flower business in Kenya”, expects Jane Ngige, director of the Kenya Flower Council. The whole sector is holding its breath.