[OGD] orchid production in Hawaii
"Last year James McCully, owner of Mauna Kea Orchids in Hilo, patented a new variety of orchid called Oncidium Sweet Ears "The Orchid Works." The new orchid is characterized by canary-yellow and deep-chocolate coloring, with larger-than-usual flower segments. McCully estimates that he's already recouped the $3,500 cost of patenting his orchid [???]. A major concern for Hawai'i's flower growers is competition from imports from Asian countries with lower land and labor costs. One of the ways for local growers to compete is to develop hybrids that grow fast, flower early and last a long time, McCully said. Patents are important because it can take five to six years to bring a new hybrid plant into production. However, it takes less than half that time for someone to copy a new hybrid, McCully said. "Anybody can grab a plant, put it in a lab, (duplicate it) and change the name," he said. "It's about intellectual property and the value of that, if you can obtain your patent." For Hawai'i, orchids generate $24 million a year in farm-level sales." source : http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Jan/09/bz/FP601090308.html * Regards, VB ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] orchid production / St. Kitts & Nevis
"The Nevis Island Administration (NIA) through its Ministry of Agriculture has convened a three-day workshop in the production and management of orchids... the provision of concessions because orchids can be capital intensive and government must give concessions... In the process of transforming agriculture, ... have brought training (orchid workshop)... The workshop is being facilitated by Antonio De Gannes and Alexander Gibson of the University of the West Indies. They will cover several topics including, species/hybrids and hybridisation, characteristics/growing habits/conditions and materials used in growing orchids and planting techniques." source : http://sunstkitts.com/paper/?asknw=view&asknw=view,view&sun=494418078207132005&an=233122078511232005&ac=Local * Regards, Viateur ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
Re: [OGD] Orchid production
Speaking of orchid production there is a very informative article in the latest issue of Greenhouse Grower on the production of Phalaenopsis written by Erik Runkle, Matthew Blanchard and Roberto Lopez of Michigan State Univ with Yin-Tung Wang of Texas A&M. The sponsers for the research were Gloeckner Foundation, The AOS, Project GREEN and others. Unfortunatly the article is only available in print not online. Paul and Diane -Original Message-From: dennis READ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 07:07 AMTo: 'Orchiddigest'Subject: [OGD] Orchid production Last year I spent a month trying to determine orchid production in the orchid producing countries. To say the least - they were all' very economical with the truth' I eventually worked out that country A would sow the seed, re-plate and pot into 1 inch pots in trays and export X million orchids to country B. This country would grow them on to just before flowering then export X million orchids to country C. This country (near the flower market) grew them to flowering size. If you add up exports there are 3X million but really it is only X million. The total money that changed hands was about $15billion. Regards ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Orchid production
Last year I spent a month trying to determine orchid production in the orchid producing countries. To say the least - they were all' very economical with the truth' I eventually worked out that country A would sow the seed, re-plate and pot into 1 inch pots in trays and export X million orchids to country B. This country would grow them on to just before flowering then export X million orchids to country C. This country (near the flower market) grew them to flowering size. If you add up exports there are 3X million but really it is only X million. The total money that changed hands was about $15billion. Regards ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
