India's Commercial Consumer Floriculture Challenges and Prospects
The study of growth and flowers and foliage plants is known as floriculture or flower farming. Consumer Floriculture is the cultivation of flowering and attractive plants for direct sale or as raw materials in the cosmetics and perfume industries, as well as in the pharmaceutical industry. Seeds, cuttings, budding, and grafting are also used to produce planting materials. Floriculture is a branch of horticulture that focuses on the development of flowering and ornamental plants for both home and commercial usage. Floriculture is the cultivation of flowers and ornamental plants, which encompasses gardens, greenhouses, nurseries, and landscapes. Floriculture crops include bedding plants, houseplants, flowering gardens, and potted plants, as well as cut-produced greens and cut flowers. All partners in the floriculture value chain aspire to implement sustainable farming techniques such as integrated pest management and conservation agriculture to limit the negative impact of their actions on the environment.
Over the previous ten years, Consumer Floriculture production and commerce have both expanded steadily. Flower trade, nursery, and potted plant production, seed and bulb production, micropropagation, and essential oil extraction are all part of India's floriculture business. Despite the fact that domestic flower consumption is increasing at a pace of more than 25% per year and worldwide demand is approximately Rs 90,000 crore, India's participation in the global flower market is negligible. However, India has a better future outlook due to a shift in the trend toward tropical flowers, which can be profitably exploited by countries like India, which have diverse indigenous flora. Growers of Floriculture crops, nursery crops, and turfgrass sod. Bedding plants, potted flowering plants, foliage plants, cut cultivated greens, and cut flowers are all examples of floriculture crops.
Consumer Floriculture crops, in contrast to nursery crops, are often herbaceous. Young floral plants (annuals and perennials) and vegetable plants make up bedding and garden plants. They are cultivated in flats, trays, pots, or hanging baskets, usually in a controlled greenhouse setting, and are mostly used for landscaping and gardening. Flowering plants in pots are commonly sold in pots for indoor use. Poinsettias, orchids, florist chrysanthemums, and completed florist azaleas are the most popular potted blooming plants. Larger examples for office, hotel, and restaurant interiors are also available in pots and hanging baskets for inside and patio use. Cut flowers are typically sold in bunches or bouquets with greenery. Roses, carnations, gladioli, and chrysanthemums are the most popular cut flowers. The most popular cut foliage is leatherleaf ferns. Combining cut flowers and cut greens in bouquets or other flower arrangements is a value-added retail option.
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