Top Five Countries to Buy Orchids From
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007Though orchid growing is not as difficult as most people say, you still have to get in mind of the type or variety of orchid that you want to grow and cultivate. And, of course, this largely depends on the country or place where these orchids originate from. Now, if you have chosen the type of orchids you want to grow and take care of, then, select where to get these plants.
For a consumer, it is easy to buy an orchid. You can normally get them in garden shops and the like where there are a number of varieties or species of orchids to choose from. There are even those that were imported from other countries where the climate is gentle on orchids. But have you really thought of such things as: Where these orchids have come from? What sort of climate do these countries have? How difficult is it to import orchids?
Here are the top five countries where these orchids really originate from:
- Ecuador has the largest number of orchids that are native to this country. In fact, it has over three thousand, eight hundred varieties of orchids ever recorded from this Andean country.
- Thailand is a country where orchids bloom due to its mild climate. It is famous for one of its type of orchid, the Nobile dendrobium, where the farm is located in the base or Doi Saket mountains. Also, in this farm, several types of orchids are cultivated such as intergeneric odontoglossum, Miltonia orchids and cymbidium.
- Taiwan is one of the countries that produce and export the best Phalaenopsis variety of orchids that are usually sold in the United States. A lot of these orchids are commonly grown and taken cared of in Taiwan mainly for selling to other countries.
- The wild orchid is a variety of orchid that is a top imported product of Australia. In fact, it has been a champion of the All Imported Stakes Series-3 competition, where the last one was held last June 10 at the San Lazaro Leisure Park in the small town of Carmona in Cavite, Philippines.
- For many years, the Netherlands has been known as the top producer and exporter of different flowers such as tulips, which is famous for but aside from tulips, not many know that it is also one of the top exporter of orchids that grown native in this country. Mainly, it exports orchids to Canada and the United States.
