Hello,
I am responding to your question on the top 3 commercially grown
flowering plants (the industry refers to this category as "potted
flowering plants") in the U.S. and Canada by value and volume,
percentage of thesthat are greenhouse grown, and the top states and
provinces for growing these. The top three potted flowering plants in
the US are poinsettias, orchids and chrysanthemums. In Canada it is
geraniums, poinsettias and chrysanthemums. Everything is grown in
green houses except Hawaii orchids. I calculated from the information
below that subtracting Hawaii's non-greenhouse grown orchids from the
U.S.
nationwide total finds that 85.1% of U.S. commercial potted orchids
are greenhouse grown.
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This April 2006 US Dept of Agriculture report on floraculture shows
the largest volume potted flowering plants to be poinsettia, orchid,
then chrysanthemum:
"Potted Flowering Plants:
California accounts for 25 percent of the category's total value.
Poinsettia value, which adds $242 million to this category, is down 2
percent from 2004. The value of Potted Orchids is $144 million, up 11
percent from the previous year. Florist Chrysanthemum value is up 1
percent, to $68.9 million."
http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/reports/nassr/other/zfc-bb/floran06.txt
This table gives the information by state as well:
Chrysanthemums:
Potted Flowering Plants
Potted Florist Chrysanthemums: Producers and Pots Sold, by State,
For Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2004-2005
Quantity Sold total 23,395
Potted Flowering Plants
Potted Florist Chrysanthemums: Price and Value, by State,
For Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2004-2005
Total: 68,944
Orchids are grown in greenhouses in every state except Hawaii:
Potted Flowering Plants
Potted Orchids: Producers and Pots Sold, by State,
For Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2004-2005
U.S. Total 18,002
Hawaii's total is 2,688
U.S. Total 18,002 - Hawaii 2,688 = or 85.1 % of Total
Potted Flowering Plants
Potted Orchids: Price and Value, by State,
For Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2004-2005
U.S. Total 143,968
Hawaii's total 16,784
Potted Flowering Plants
Potted Poinsettias: Producers and Pots Sold, by State,
For Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2004-2005
U.S. Total: 59,270
Potted Flowering Plants
Potted Poinsettias: Price and Value, by State,
For Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2004-2005
U.S. Total: 242,305
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Report on the Floral Greens Industry
compiled by George Draffan, Endgame.org
for The Evergeen State College Labor Center
Revised Feb 20, 2006
"Bedding plants continue to dominate floriculture sales in the United
States. In 2002 bedding plant sales were US$2.28 billion. It
represented close to 50% of floriculture sales. Potted geraniums were
the largest single bedding plant crop with sales of US$150 million.
Impatiens flats were the second largest with sales of US$112 million.
In potted flowering plants, poinsettias had sales of US$247 million or
30% of total sales.
http://www.endgame.org/floral.pdf
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On orchids being produced exclusively in greenhouses:
"Milgro greenhouses in Newcastle may be among the most successful
commercial application of geothermal water for space heating in the
United States. These greenhouses are now the nation?s largest producer
of chrysanthemums."
http://geology.utah.gov/emp/geothermal/greenhouses.htm
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FloraCulture International
"The world?s fascination with potted orchids"
"United States. The United States Department of Agriculture reports
that 15.6 million pots of orchids valued at $121 million were sold in
2003, up 18% in units from 2002. By value, California potted orchid
growers sold 40%, Florida growers sold 33% and Hawaii growers sold
14%.
The most active orchid suppliers on the market employ
climate-controlled greenhouses so they can time flowering and take
advantage of spring and fall holiday markets.
Orchids have become the second most popular flowering plant (after the
poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) sold in the United States. In other
words, sales of potted orchids around the world are booming.
http://www.floracultureintl.com/archive/articles/1186.asp
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The latest USDA statistics now show orchids near the top of
best-selling potted flowering plants in the U.S., second only to
poinsettias.
"Between 2003 and 2004, while most plants declined in sales," Wang
said, "the wholesale value of potted orchids grew by 5 percent and the
number of pots sold increased by 14 percent to 17.2 million pots. If
sales continue at the same rate, orchids will exceed the value of
poinsettias by 2020 to become the most valued potted floral plant in
the country."
During the same period, the wholesale value of poinsettias grew by
only 1 percent, ending several years of declining sales for the
traditional Christmas plants. Despite the larger rate of growth of
orchid sales in 2004, the wholesale value of poinsettias is $250
million, almost double that of orchids.
Still, not bad for a plant that wasn't even tracked 10 years ago. Wang
said 90 percent of the potted orchids sold in the U.S. are moth
orchids, or Phalaenopsis, the plant that drew his attention to orchids
while on a trip to his native Taiwan in 1990.
Fortunately, the country's largest potted orchid producer, Matsui
Nursery in Salinas, Caif., recently gave Wang a $20,000 research
grant. Matsui produces about one-fourth of the nation's orchids, with
an annual wholesale value of about $30 million.
"All that exposure helps sales. People are attracted to the long
blooms on plants that can last up to four months, sometimes longer"
Wang said. "And commercial growers are attracted to the plants because
they can produce revenues of $60 to $200 per year per square foot of
nursery space, versus $5 for poinsettias or $4 for tropical plants."
http://agnews.tamu.edu/dailynews/stories/HORT/May2005a.htm
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Potted poinsettias are typically grown in greenhouses for the
Christmas holiday market.
http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/agoutlook/dec2002/ao297e.pdf
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"Potted Flowering and Foliage Plants" (U.S.)
"Flowering plants in pots totaled $809 million in 2005. Of that,
poinsettias accounted for $242 million in 2005 sales. Sales of orchids
totaled $144 million, up from $129 million the previous year. Sales of
potted foliage plants were up from the previous year to $721 million."
http://www.agmrc.org/agmrc/commodity/specialitycrops/floriculture/floricultureprofile.htm
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Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec are the largest floriculture
producing provinces, with geraniums, chrysanthemums and
poinsettias the largest volume:
"Canadian Ornamental Situation and Trends (2004)"
Floriculture
"In 2004, Ontario (51%), British Columbia (23%) and Quebec (12%)
accounted for 86% of Canadian floriculture production." (pg 5)
Figure 2 - Greenhouse Ornamental Flower and Plant Sales in Canada, 2004
"In 2004, the main varieties of potted plants produced in Canada were
geraniums, chrysanthemums, tropical plants (including foliage and
green plants), and poinsettias." (pg 6)
http://www.agr.gc.ca/misb/hort/sit/pdf/2004Ornamental_e.pdf
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British Columbia
Ministry of Agriculture
"BC Floriculture Industry Overview"
"Table 5. BC Potted Plant Production (000 pots) *
2002 Numbers of Pots
Geraniums 7,200,000
Poinsettias 3,082,000
Chrysanthemum 1,556,000
http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/ornamentals/overview_floriculture.htm
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Greenhouse Flower and Plant
Production by Type and Total Value,
Ontario and Canada, 2003-2005
(See site for previous years)
For 2005:
Flower Numbers of Pots
Chrysanthemums 13,371,000
Geraniums 10,762,000
Poinsettias 5,746,000
http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/stats/hort/greenhouse2.html
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See this 13 page article for a summary of Canada floriculture, with
data and tables:
Canadian Economic Observer
February 2004
Feature article
"Flower power ? The recent growth of floriculture"
"Ontario has played the dominant role in Canada?s floriculture.
Although its share of receipts has declined as BC has grown, it still
accounts for over 50%. (With steady gains since 1994, floriculture now
accounts for a quarter of Ontario?s total crop receipts, up from just
6% in 1971.) Quebec has maintained its 11% to 12% share of revenue
over the past three decades, peaking at 15% in the early 1990s. Growth
has picked up in the past two years, rising 18.5% in 2002, double
Ontario?s pace.
British Columbia has had the fastest growth in floriculture over the
last three decades..."
http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/11-010-XIB/00204/feature2.htm
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I hope this is useful. Please let me know if I can be of further assistance. jdb-ga |
Clarification of Answer by
jdb-ga
on
15 Jul 2006 18:36 PDT
P.S.
The April 2006 US Dept of Agriculture report on floraculture total
values are in 1,000s of pots and 1,000s of dollars, so these should
read as follows. I give the latest 2005 totals - see the site for 2004
figures:
Chrysanthemums:
Potted Flowering Plants
Potted Florist Chrysanthemums: Producers and Pots Sold, by State,
For Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2004-2005
U.S. Total Quantity Sold total 23,395,000 pots
Potted Flowering Plants
Potted Florist Chrysanthemums: Price and Value, by State,
For Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2004-2005
U.S. Total: $68,944,000
Potted Flowering Plants
Potted Orchids: Producers and Pots Sold, by State,
For Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2004-2005
U.S. Total: 18,002,000 pots
Hawaii's total is 2,688,000
U.S. Total 18,002,000 - Hawaii 2,688,000 = 15,314,000 or 85.1 % of Total
Potted Flowering Plants
Potted Orchids: Price and Value, by State,
For Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2004-2005
U.S. Total: $143,968,000
Potted Flowering Plants
Potted Poinsettias: Producers and Pots Sold, by State,
For Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2004-2005
U.S. Total: 59,270,000 pots
Potted Flowering Plants
Potted Poinsettias: Price and Value, by State,
For Operations with $100,000+ Sales, 2004-2005
U.S. Total: $242,305,000
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