The ordering of the cut flower sphere have increase by 50 % due to Mother ’s Day celebrated on 14 March in the United Kingdom and due to the International Women ’s Day on March 8th , celebrated all over the human beings . The Turkish raiser had worry keeping up with the sudden rise in demand .
Being the working capital of tourism as well as greenhouse production , Antalya is also the first production city in the cut flower sector . Every class , millions of flowers are send from Antalya to area such as the Netherlands , the United Kingdom , Germany , Ukraine , and Romania , both by truck and air loading . foreshorten efflorescence producers , who used to export flower to Russia in former long time , continue to be the heyday supplier of 27 European and Balkan countries , although they have lost their side in the Russian market since 2015 .
While especially carnation and genus Gerbera bloom were export from Antalya , the coronavirus pandemic , which impress the whole humans , also negatively move florist . The sector , which generated 107 million USD of export receipts in 2019 , exit the yr 2020 with 90 million USD . The sphere , which started 2021 with with child goals , made a estimable start by gain 7 million USD with 70 million stems of exported flowers on Valentine ’s Day on February 14th . Exporting 60 million stem of bloom on March 8 , International Women ’s Day , which is one of the significant days for the sphere in 2021 , the sector earned an income of 8 million USD .
decorative plant , Products and Exporters Association President Ismail Yilmaz : “ A different vitality came to the sector with the coinciding with the 8th of March , International Women ’s Day and the Mother ’s day in the United Kingdom . March 8 International Women ’s Day did not attract much tending before , now it is one of the most important days . We institutionalise products to many countries of the world . We had good momentum on Valentine ’s Day , February 14th , and chop-chop entered March 8th , International Women ’s Day , before prices go down . Mother ’s Day is observe in England on March 14th . We have trouble hold up with the orders at the second . There is a lot of intensity and shipments continue by planes and hand truck . Our business has increased at least by 50 % . We believe that we will be able to achieve the 125 million USD we target by the closing of 2021 . "
In plus to the cut of meat flower exports , domesticated sale of flowers and plant also enjoy a boost thanks to International Women ’s Day . genus Phalaenopsis persist the most popular decorative industrial plant in the domesticated market and its gross sales have skyrocketed in recent week . consider as the symbolisation of elegance , elegance , dearest , and allegiance , genus Phalaenopsis pip the route from product facilities for March 8th , International Women ’s Day .
The Turkish city of Yalova , located in the northwestern part of the country , in closelipped proximity to Istanbul , rest an important orbit for ornamental industrial plant production in the nation . The city is also home to the grown genus Phalaenopsis producer in the country where the grower has 1.8 hectares of genus Phalaenopsis greenhouse .
Speaking to the press , Tugtekin Cicekcilik company representative Hulya Geren : “ The production of genus Phalaenopsis is difficult and that one root can only be harvested once a twelvemonth . You care for it all year . Production starts at the end of November , the first week of December . We string each fore of our flowers one by one when they grow . Very intensive precaution is applied to keep distortion and to ensure that the plants are healthy and spotless . We set about to skip the phalaenopsis lento like the first hebdomad of December . Although we are producing quite a quite a little , we can only react to the demand in the domesticated market . The action that started with Valentine ’s Day and continued with Women ’s Day will finish at the closing of May , we produce an average of 140,000 genus Phalaenopsis annually in the nursery . The output is made entirely for flower auction and the interest is in high spirits . We find thanks for every flora we sell . These efflorescence are expensive and we made most of our sale on special days . In addition , especial gifts are made from orchid and sent to auction . We hope that our orchid , which we produce with sexual love , will bring felicity to women . "
International Women ’s Day was not popularly lionise across Turkey until recent years however , in the last 5 years , the interest in this particular Clarence Shepard Day Jr. has increase importantly and more people go to send flowers and plants to women in their animation to celebrate this special twenty-four hours .
The increased activity due to International Women ’s Day was best to be observed on bloom auction across the country . The efflorescence and plant life auction residence hall have and operated by the SS Flora Growers ’ Cooperative , were extremely meddlesome in the day leading up to March 8th . The cooperative has a total of 18 auction sale hallway across the commonwealth . The busy auction place in the week take up the March 8th was located in Antalya , where 50 % of Turkey ’s cut flowers are produced .
sale are mainly made for the domestic securities industry during the auction bridge and that the export company also supply the auction with products on special mean solar day .
50 % of the flowers were send to the rest of the country from the Antalya auction and the domesticated market price is set in these auctions where the local supply meets the local demand . If multiple vendee show sake in the auction flower , the toll of that flower increase consequently . If there is no interest , the price goes down .
The peak vendue draws great interest in the metropolis , where mainly carnations are send . blossom from unlike part of Turkey are displayed for close to 100 emptor in the auction sale . The flowers are put on a moving smash where blossom cluster are showcased and sold individually . While the blossom are price by auction , sometimes the bloom prices can vary greatly depend on the interest designate .
Source : Milliyet / Beyazgazete / AA / Ayyildiz
