Production and Marketing of Organic Ornamentals. Developments in Switzerland, the Netherlands and Germany

The importance of organic ornamental plants (cut flowers, pot- and bedding plants, herbaceous plants, ornamental herbs, trees and shrubs) is ranging on a very low level. But the common interest is growing. Since 1996 the first European meeting on organically grown ornamental plants took place in Switzerland more and more sellers offer these plants. As well the number of newspaper articles and events occupying this subject is growing

Repeat Buying Behavior for Ornamental Plants: A Consumer Profile

The main objective of this research was to study what stimulates repeat buying behavior for ornamental plants by segmenting consumer demographics and other important variables in the purchasing decision for ornamental plants. Specifically, we looked at the number of transactions per month as a function of the purpose of the purchase. Consumer’s behavioral and socio-demographic characteristics that are more likely to influence the number of ornamental transactions were also identified.Green Industry, flower demand, consumer preferences, Consumer/Household Economics, Marketing, M31, R22,

INFORMATION SYSTEM SALES OF INDOOR AND OUTDOOR ORNAMENTAL PLANTS-BASED ONLINE

Ornamental plants have fairly high commercial value and much sought after by various circles. The prospect is in the business of ornamental plants can be said very brilliant and profitable. Where is in the business of ornamental plants can bring about advantages not the least. The business struggled with ornamental plants can have very favorable prospects for the long term. There are an awful lot of various kinds of ornamental plants that we can choose to use as ornaments to beautify residential home. The ornamental plants can be used as indoor ornamental plants placed in homes or can also be used as outdoor ornamental plants grown in the garden. Ornamental plants while more popular community-wide information system for ornamental plant however is currently designed specifically and not many people who know the information on price and specs or type of indoor and outdoor ornamental plants so that the need for sales information system of indoor and outdoor ornamental plants-based online. With the sales information system of Indoor and Outdoor ornamental plants-based online is expected to facilitate the customers, business processes that occur in the company's units, unit – units that exist within the system a functioning production units as the unit working on/produce ornamental plants. With the utilization of the system marketing media, promoting, finding new customers, the sales process, recapitulation payment of ornamental plants, control the conditions of stock products, development and delivery of products to customers including convincing the product gets to the custome

Marker development in ornamental plants

Development of markers for a new crop or development of additional markers for a crop where markers have been developed in the past raises the question of the intended use of the markers. Depending on the different objectives in mind one marker type may be better suited then another. In general one can think of two main objectives for the use of markers; variety identification and breeding applications. In view of recent developments in molecular genetics, and sequencing technologies in particular, within the 23rd International Eucarpia Symposium Section Ornamentals a workshop was devoted on molecular markers and their use in ornamentals. Within this paper an overview will be presented on the development of markers for identification of ornamental crops and on the importance of the new developments in marker and sequence technology for the use of markers in ornamental breedin

Pembentukan Rumah Vegetatif Tanaman Hias Sebagai Wadah Pemberdayaan Ibu Rumah Tangga Desa Sipungguk, Kabupaten Kampar, Riau

Pandemic Covid-19 has caused new hobbies in the community. One of them is housewives in Sipungguk Village, Salo Sub-Regency, Kampar Regenci, Riau. Their new hobby is the ornamental gardening. However, the limited income and the price of ornamental plants is increasing, so they are reconsidering in adding their collection. Based on the background, this activity aims to: 1) Train the partners (housewives) in ornamental vegetative propagation; 2) Calculate the percentage of live ornamental plants that have been propagated vegetatively; and 3) Initiate the establishment of an ornamental plant vegetative house (Ruvetas) an an business for the partners.  The activity stages consisted of socialization, training and practice in making the planting media, cutting of Aglaonema and Caladium, cutting and grafting of Bugenvil, plants maintenance, as well as the ornamental plant business education. The results showed there were siginificantly knowledge improvement to the housewives, specifically in ornamental plants introduction (34%), making the planting media (45%), Aglaonema and Caladium cuttings (27%), Bugenvil cutting and grafting (45%), plants maintenance (33%), and ornamental plant business education (38%). The percentage of live ornamental plants that have been propagated vegetatively by the partners showed the high survival rate, namely 86% of Aglaonema cutting, 90% of Caladium cutting, 100% of Bugenvil cutting, as well as 67% of Bugenvil grafting. As an effort in initiating RUVETAS establishment and a business, the ornamental plants have been sold directly and thorugh digital platform in social media (Instagram dan Facebook), also in digital marketplace (Shopee). Housewives knowledge, skills, and business initiatves for ornamental plants have been significantly increased thorugh this activity.  Pandemic Covid-19 has caused new hobbies in the community. One of them is housewives in Sipungguk Village, Salo Sub-Regency, Kampar Regenci, Riau. Their new hobby is the ornamental gardening. However, the limited income and the price of ornamental plants is increasing, so they are reconsidering in adding their collection. Based on the background, this activity aims to: 1) Train the partners (housewives) in ornamental vegetative propagation; 2) Calculate the percentage of live ornamental plants that have been propagated vegetatively; and 3) Initiate the establishment of an ornamental plant vegetative house (Ruvetas) an an business for the partners.  The activity stages consisted of socialization, training and practice in making the planting media, cutting of Aglaonema and Caladium, cutting and grafting of Bugenvil, plants maintenance, as well as the ornamental plant business education. The results showed there were siginificantly knowledge improvement to the housewives, specifically in ornamental plants introduction (34%), making the planting media (45%), Aglaonema and Caladium cuttings (27%), Bugenvil cutting and grafting (45%), plants maintenance (33%), and ornamental plant business education (38%). The percentage of live ornamental plants that have been propagated vegetatively by the partners showed the high survival rate, namely 86% of Aglaonema cutting, 90% of Caladium cutting, 100% of Bugenvil cutting, as well as 67% of Bugenvil grafting. As an effort in initiating RUVETAS establishment and a business, the ornamental plants have been sold directly and thorugh digital platform in social media (Instagram dan Facebook), also in digital marketplace (Shopee). Housewives knowledge, skills, and business initiatves for ornamental plants have been significantly increased thorugh this activity

An Exploratory Study of Gardening Practices and Ornamental Plants in Khartoum State, Sudan

In Sudan, as in many parts of the world, ornamental plants are gaining a growing interest. This study aimed to shed light on gardening (horticulture) and ornamental plants in Khartoum State, Sudan by focusing on gardening practices, verifying people's awareness of the environmental role of these plants, and studying species diversity within major ornamental groups namely; cacti and ornamental palms. Data were collected through structured questionnaires with both gardeners and the general public. The results showed that gardening practices as well as interest in ornamental plants have grown rapidly in recent decades and that most of the gardeners belong to young adults (21-40) with a sex ratio of 1: 1. Aesthetic values ​​and combating desertification have been reported as the most important roles of ornamental plants. The remarkable diversity of ornamental plants in cacti and royal palms is attributed to the adaptive ability of their species to grow in the hot and dry environment of the study area, the simplicity of their reproduction and their profitable sales

BANGUNAN HIJAU PADA PUSAT TANAMAN HIAS DI KOTA RANTAU

Ornamental plants are plants that function as decorations in space, both outdoors and indoors. Collecting ornamental plants is very popular among housewives. Based on a survey conducted in Rantau City, the use of ornamental plants in houses in urban areas is very little compared to rural areas. This indicates that people in urban areas are less concerned about ornamental plants. To introduce ornamental plants more deeply to all circles, an ornamental plant center is made that can accommodate plants efficiently. The problem raised in the design of the ornamental plant center is how to design a building that can accommodate plants, attract public interest and accommodate activities related to ornamental plants. This problem is solved by using a building form in the form of a greenhouse to accommodate massive plants, and using the concept of green building to optimize the workability of the building and introduce ornamental plants to a wider community.Tanaman hias adalah tanaman yang berfungsi sebagai dekorasi pada ruang, baik itu luar ruang maupun dalam ruang. Mengoleksi tanaman hias adalah hal yang sangat digemari oleh kalangan ibu rumah tangga. Berdasarkan survei yang dilakukan di Kota Rantau, penggunaan tanaman hias pada rumah-rumah warga pada area perkotaan sangat sedikit dibandingkan area pedesaan. Hal ini menandakan bahwa kepedulian masyarakat area perkotaan tergolong kurang terhadap tanaman hias. Untuk mengenalkan tanaman hias lebih dalam ke segala kalangan maka dibuat pusat tanaman hias yang dapat menampung tanaman secara efisien. Permasalahan yang diangkat dalam desain pusat tanaman hias adalah bagaimana cara merancang bangunan yang dapat menampung tanaman, menarik minat masyarakat dan mewadahi kegiatan yang berhubungan dengan tanaman hias. Permasalahan ini diselesaikan dengan menggunakan bentuk bangunan berupa rumah kaca untuk menampung tanaman secara masif, serta menggunakan konsep bangunan hijau untuk mengoptimalkan daya kerja bangunan serta mengenalkan tanaman hias kepada masyarakat yang lebih luas

DEVELOPMENT OF ORNAMENTAL CACTUS HORTICULTURE CULTIVATION FOR VILLAGE YOUTH

Cultivation is one of the planned activities of maintaining biological resources carried out on an area of ??land to take advantage or harvest results. The steps taken in this activity are to provide training to young people on how to cultivate horticultural ornamental cactus plants through four stages: 1) Explain the material about an overview of ornamental cactus plants, which includes the definition of ornamental cactus plants and the benefits of cultivating ornamental cactus plants, 2) Planting ornamental cactus plants, treating and controlling pests, 3) Utilizing ornamental cactus plants as economic value, 4) Evaluating the training that has been carried out and drawing conclusions. This activity was carried out with a very good response from the training participants so that they thought this training could be useful in the future. Participants hope that training activities like this can continue with different themes in order to provide education in the development and utilization of existing resources to help from the economic point of view of the local community

Threatened and Rare Ornamental Plants

The application of IUCN criteria and Red List Categories was done for ornamental plants. Main sources of the study were Glen’s book, Cultivated Plants of Southern Africa (Glen, 2002) and the Red List of Threatened Plants, IUCN (2001). About 500 threatened ornamental plants could be found and presented in respective lists. Rare ornamental plants with 209 species is the largest group followed by Vulnerable (147), Endangered (92), Indeterminate (37), Extinct (6) and finally Extinct/Endangered groups with 2 species. A weak positive correlation (r = +0.36 ) was found between the number of threatened species and the number of threatened ornamental species within the families