Hyderabad, a role model for green city concepts is flooding … Not with water but with plenty of flowers, greens and seeds apart from the latest modern technologies to grow ornamental horticulture items. So it's not surprising that HITEX exhibition centre is brimming with green professionals, flower growers, horticulturists, floral designers and environmentalists.
Commercial flower growers, nursery-plant growers, high-tech horticulture farm owners and progressive farmers are all gathered to participate in this exposition for commercial horticulture. The 3-day expo, inaugurated by senior professionals of the greenhouse industry, will end on 1st March. It's the 15th edition of International Flora Expo and 14th International Landscape & Gardening Expo. The twin expos with concurrent participation of Agrex India aim to put modern technology directly at the door steps of progressive farmers of South India. The theme of the expo is “Go for Fresh, Ban Artificial and Plastic Flowers”. “It has been seen that a large amount of artificial flowers are being imported from China which is strongly harming the demand and production of fresh flowers by bulk consumers in India,” said S Jafar Naqvi, President iFlora.
He added, “As per the trade sources almost 40% of cut flower consumption has been down due to plastic and artificial flowers and a campaign has been launched to save farmers in terms of new varieties introduction by major planting material suppliers, greenhouse manufacturers and allied interests."
A meeting has been planned in which the organizers are inviting all related professionals to launch a common working group and to interact with the government to urgently address this crucial problem faced by floriculture industry at large.
The expo comprises products and services from over 20 nations. Planting material for plants, flowers, fruits & vegetables from Holland, Spain, Germany, Italy, France, New Zealand, Israel, Portugal and many other countries is displayed by leading plant material and greenhouse industry suppliers.
Global brands like Florist Holland, HilverdaKooij, Floricultura, Kapiteyn from Holland, Danziger from Israel, and Rosen Tantau of Germany will be displaying their offerings at Indian partner K F Bioplant Pavilion.
A highly attractive pavilion is made by Rise N’ Shine that is displaying a wide range of new planting material. The company has international collaborations like Dümmen Orange - Holland for Gerbera, carnations, Chrysanthemum, Limonium, Gypsophilla etc. Gerbera from Monteplanta - Portugal, Danzigar Darwin Plants from Holland and USA for Perennials and highly appreciated varieties of orchids from Kultana - Thailand are attracting discerning visitors and professionals alike. Bromileads from Corn Bak - Netherlands, Bock Biosciences - Germany for Phalaenopsis . An impressive display also has banana and strawberry. The company has recently partnered with Ball Group of Columbia.
India is a major export power in roses and Soex Flora is displaying cut roses and rose plants for high quality roses for the domestic as well as international market.
Florence Flora displayed newly launched varieties by breeders like Selecta, Anthura, etc. This company is a leading supplier of young plants and pot plants production across India.
Alice Biotech is showcasing the entire range of products and services for Protected Cultivation structures… right from shading nets to automated greenhouses.
Next gen technology in greenhouse and agro plastics are on display at Agriplast Tech bringing Ginegar - Israel products to Asia. All plastics, Mulching, Shading, Specialised Greenhouse coverings like Aluminet and Optinet are on display for precision farming.
For professionals in the Landscape gardening sector, display includes world renowned companies in Garden Design, Landscape Lighting, Pool Designing and Pool Water management systems, Garden paving material like Pebbles and Enclosures, Garden Fixtures and Accessories are absolutely awesome.
While the expo is going on for three days, an International Landscape & Gardening Industry Congress is organised on 29th Feb at the same venue. A daylong conference will have Landscape Architects, Designers and Doyans of the sector deliberating on entire gamut of City Planning & Greening. The congress is organised by Indian Flowers & Ornamental Plants Association (iFlora) in association with Indian Society of Landscape Architects (ISOLA) and Media Today Group.
To encourage new generation florists and floral artists, the “National Floral Design Championship” has become a major attraction for trade visitors and different agriculture institutes have been invited for live workshops and training programmes. This championship is a joint effort of iFlora and companies like KF Bioplants, Soex Flora, Rise N’ Shine Biotech and Florence Flora.
This event is supported by the Department of Horticulture, Government of Telangana and National Research Development Corporation (NRDC). Over 150 companies’ products for commercial horticulture, post-harvest products and related technologies are on display such as USA based company Blount International, MTD Products from USA, Kraft Seeds. A Company based in Japan, Infinity Enterprises Inc., is launching new product range with the brand of AGRISAFE, which is used for Hydroponics, Irrigation, Greenhouses, Golf Courses and Pot Plants production. Sunya, a Taiwan based company, is displaying garden tools and other accessories. Brands like Dosatron, Ellepot, Urbinati, Pindstrup are also present at the expo at Grass Blades Pavilion with live machinery display.
Below more pictures of the show :
For more information:
Indian Flowers & Ornamental Plants Association - iFlora
S Jafar Naqvi, President
09312407851
ifloramtpl@gmail.com
sJafarNaqvi@yahoo.com