Brazilian grower Adriano van Rooyen will focus on growing hydrangea for cut flowers chosen from the tropic series offered by Hydrangea Breeders Association ( HBA ) in De Kwakel . Van Rooyen has been breeding roses in Holambra and Andradas for many year but is taking a new direction by shifting the direction to cut bloom hydrangeas . " He has the fullest authority that the range pop the question by HBA will procure a practiced hereafter ’’ , says Agriom manager Jaap Stelder , who visited van Rooyen in Brazil at the end of November .
Adriano van Rooyen ( centre ) , his daughter Camilla and her fiancé Lucas see a future in HBA ’s cut bloom hydrangeas . ( photograph acknowledgment : Agriom / Jaap Stelder )
To con more about grow the plants and the food market potential of cut flower hydrangeas , van Rooyen ran trials of a number of selections from the HBA course of study Cut Flowers Tropical for four yr . This plan is aspire specifically at procreation cut flower diverseness of hydrangea desirable for equatorial production regions . After the visitation catamenia , van Rooyen selected a number of varieties ( a pink and a blue salmagundi ) from the serial that execute well under local conditions . " These two will shortly be unite by a white potpourri ” , add together Stelder . " Adriano see prospects ahead . This is underscore by the fact that his daughter Camilla van Rooyen and her fiancé Lucas are presently building a greenhouse building complex where they will also grow cut bloom hydrangeas . "
Agriom , partner in HBA , is the first breeder to start a programme focalize on the selection of hydrangea for the equatorial region . This series hold varieties that have proven to form bloom bud easy in tropic climates . The HBA series is grown in regions include Kenya by Blooming Innovations and Flora Delight .
In Brazil , Gé Barendse is making pioneering efforts with the cutting bloom hydrangea series being developed by HBA . " The specific clime conditions in Holambra are challenge , but Gé is a veteran grower who gets the most out of our genetics , " say Stelder . " The family relationship with cutting provider Sjaak van Schie , propagator of the HBA varieties , has confirmed Gé ’s article of faith that cut flower hydrangeas are a promising medical prognosis for the Brazilian market . The ultimate in Sir Ernst Boris Chain cooperation '' , concludes Stelder .
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