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Institute Of Plant Breeding: Intensifying Ornamental Industry Through Plant Breeding

The Philippine ornamental industry continues to gain popularity and recognition in the country and more so abroad.  The increasing demand for ornamentals has been one of the pressing issues faced by the ornamental sector today, making it self-sufficient, sustainable and diversified.

Encouragingly, there are private sectors, entrepreneurs, government institutions, and state colleges and universities that have the same goal to bring about a sustainable development in agriculture for the country.

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From Bottles To Pots: Growing Orchids In Culture Bottles

Orchids are among the popular cutflowers in the world.  It has become the object of attention of many cutflower growers as it captures an element of beauty through its complexities and elegantly formed sepals.  Different species of orchids are used widely in flower arrangements, corsage making, and as collection specimens for the hobbyists.  One orchid genus, Vanilla, is commercially important as it is used as the source of the vanilla food flavoring.  Through the years, with the development of new orchid species, the world-wide demand for orchids has rocketed giving the cutflower a high market value.

As a high-value crop, orchids are seen as good source of profit in the world-wide market.  In the country, during the 1970’s, several commercial nurseries were established to meet to growing demand of the domestic and international market.  Key production area for orchids expanded in Laguna, Batangas, Cebu, Negros Occidnetal, Davao city, and South Cotabato.

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Neo Ornamental Banana from Vietnam

A new ornamental banana was displayed for the first time at the recent garden show in Los Banos. This is the Musa exotica ‘R. Valmayor’ named after Dr. Ramon Valmayor, formerly of UP Los Banos and the International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain (INIBAP). The new species was collected by Dr. Valmayor and Le Dinh Danh of the Phu Ho Fruit Research Center from the Cuc Phuong Forest in Vietnam in 1994.

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