In the weekend of 19 - 21 October , the fourth edition of ExpoPlantas , the Colombian Nursery Trade Show , took place in Fusagasugá , Colombia . With 80 exhibitioner from eight countries and 1,000 professional visitors , the show exceeded expectations . Luis Corsini , Key Account Manager LATAM was present at the booth of electrical distributor L&G Agroflowers and looked back on a successful show .
Besides various workshops , node loudspeaker system , and a realisation ceremony , there was also a contest held for ' Best Plant Material ' on show at the show .
The judges awarded the Begonia Top Hat White with the second berth in the Best Outdoor Product category based on flower size , form , garden performance , and botanical performance . Interestingly the interview of the show , mostly agriculturalist , rated the Top Hat Rose Bicolor as the best .
Besides the Begonia Top Hat , the Cyclamen Winter Ice also had a notable recommendation from the justice in the category of Best Indoor Product . Cyclamen is a very involve product and is well - known by Colombian growers .
experience the Department of Energy in ColombiaLuis is pleased with the developments he sees in his area : " Colombia is a new market for our product , with pile of exciting opportunities . presently , the direction is on cut flowers . Colombian growers are able to produce a in high spirits - timber flower with blue - tech production method acting . There are tons of different industrial plant that can grow under the same atmospheric condition .
" Colombia is a springboard grocery for other Romance American state and can act as a catalysator for the other markets in the neighborhood . We have two distributors and lots of trials running , for instance , in Dahlias , in collaborationism with growers and other partner . specially in germ , we are travel to guide a lot of trials to add new serial to this market . you could really feel the energy ! "
Michael van Baekel , Head of Marketing Business International , add : " We see quite some potential difference in the Columbian market place . Not only due to the front of technically skilled growers . But also , compare to a immense market like Brazil , there is less wait due to Country Access . This is probably because the ornamental exportation diligence is quite large in Colombia . So , there is more governmental focal point on compliantly bringing in seeds compared to other countries in the region . Based on these characteristic , you could say Colombia is really a efflorescence country .
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