Ecuador eager to break Guinness record with huge rose pyramid

Ecuadorian town Tabacundo is trying to enter the Guinness Book of World Records with a huge flower arrangement. It consists of over 500,000 roses which are placed in the shape of a flat-topped pyramid. It was inaugurated on July 14,2018 and will be on display till Saturday July 21. The jury will make their decision this week.

Many Ecuadorian rose growers are contributing to the project, including BellaRosa and Rose Connection. On their Facebook page, they posted the following pictures:

Picture on the right: Santiago Luzuriaga, BellaRosa's General Manager

Luzuriaga, in representation Of the Corporacion Floricultores Tabacundo (CFT) standing next to the Pope’s Representative, Klaus Nicolás Graetzer, Vicepresident of CFT, and Cecilia Cisneros, Manager of Tabacundo Floriculture Asociation.

But the news has been picked up by the media all over the world and many videos have been posted on YouTube. One of the videos posted is below:

YouTube page CGTN

Even on Ukrainian media (Source: YouTube page 112 Украина)

Next to the attention of broadcast channels, the arrangement has become a real tourist attraction. When searching on Tabacundo on Social Media, the page is loaded with pictures and videos of the floral pyramid.

The rose pyramid attracts a lot of tourists. (Source: BellaRosa)