Commercial Floriculture

Embedded drying

• To overcome the problem of petal shrinkage and other morphological changes in dehydrated materials due to air drying, the flowers are dried in embedding technique. The embedding materials cover flowers in such a way that the original shape of the flower is maintained.

Advantage:
• Retains colour and form.
• Support the petals more rigidly and maintains shape on drying.

Disadvantage:
• Labour intensive.
• Expensive since it involves the cost of embedding materials.