Alia Orchid care is pleased to announce that, they will be organizing a four day orchid exhibition cum sale from April 13th to April 16th, 2019 at Kadri Park exhibition ground, Mangalore.
Alia orchid care is a registered horticultural firm under the horticulture department of the government of Karnataka since 2013. They are the first and the only registered licensed importers of live plants in our district, DK from 2016 and obtained plant quarantine license in 2017. They have been importing tissue cultures small orchid plants from Thailand and growing them to flowering stage to make the plants get adapted to our local temperature.
On this special event, they have chosen to exhibit the beautiful and bold colors of the peacock and highlight them through out the show. These are decorated by using more than 1200 orchid flower spikes/stems. There will be a lucky visitor draw held every evening who will be rewarded with potted orchid plant.
The objective of this event is to:
– Exhibit various orchid hybrids and species that can be grown successfully in our temperature
– Method of growing the orchids and their presentation
– Training on growing orchids, Anthoriums and Adeniums
– Encouraging organic methods in cultivation to save earth
– Methods of preparing organic nutrients
– Sale of various varieties orchid, dwarf Anthurium and multi-petal rosy Adeniums at lowest prices
– Training sessions on 14th, 15th, 16th at 10:30am at the venue.
– There will be around 5000 orchid plants and about 1000 Anthurium plants and about 500 Adenium plants available for display and sales.
– Beautiful, unique clay orchid pots and neck (hooji) specially designed by traditional clay potters from Kanyakumari are used for floral decoration. These will be sold on reservation for taking away soon after the show.
Members Present at the Press Meet:
- Queenie Lasrado –Alia Orchid Care, Bejai, Mangalore
- Sachin S Patavardhan – Research Scholar, Laboratory of Applied Biology, St Aloysius College (Autonomous) Mangalore. Pursuing PhD in Biotechnology
