Commercial Floriculture

Packaging

• Packaging is another important aspect in the flower trade.
  
• If it is not done properly, the flowers may wither or suffer mechanical injury during transit.
  
• An ideal package should be air tight, water proof, strong enough to withstand handling and small in volume.
  
• Many ways are followed to pack orchid flowers.
  
• Cymbidium spikes are often packed 100 flowers to a box.
  
• Standard florist boxes are used for the packing of Cattleya flowers.
  
• Hawaiian Dendrobium is packed in 4 dozen sprays per box.
  
• Keeping of a wet cotton at the cut end of the flower stem which is wrapped with a polythene wrapper helps to maintain humidity.