The Association of Colombian Nurseries and Ornamental Growers, Colviveros, led a technical mission to the region of Holambra in Brazil last week. A group of 18 Colombian ornamental plant producers visited their Brazilian peers to learn about the advances in production, varietal renewal, and commercialization of plants, flowers and foliage in the largest Latin American market valued at USD1.8 billion annually.
The international Colviveros mission included visits to the major producers of orchids, anthuriums, lilies, gerberas, kalanchoes, poinsettias, cacti and succulents, the Veiling Holambra, the Cooperflora cooperative, and the flower and ornamental plant market of Ceasa in Campinas.