Dudi Bonomo, Head of Summer Flowers with Flower Optimal Connection is glad to report to us that for the last two weeks, August prices were very good. He adds that these market good prices were more noticeable for the Gypsophila variety sales. In fact prices for Gypsophila were reported to be very high. However, he informs…
The 15th edition of the Naivasha Horticultural Fair, Africa’s largest horticultural fair, will be held this year on the 15th-16th September 2017. This event is going to be held at the Naivasha Sports Club, where it will show-cases products and services from stake-holders in the horticultural industry. We are happy to announce that Flower Optimal…
Week 33 to week 35. Ishai sharon, our Roses Department Manager, informs us that for week 33 the market showed great improvement and prices for all the flowers were better. The market however was characterized by a much greater reduction in flower quantities. Ishai points out that this particular situation was caused by the cold…
After an interesting chat with Ishai Sharon, Flower Optimal’s Roses Department Manager, for this week’s market review, we are glad to report that finally the market is starting to experience a positive outlook as the prices keep improving. However, due to the cold and dark weather in Kenya and Ethiopia, the production in major farms…
The market report in Europe for this week was rather negative. Ishai Sharon, Rose’s Department Manager, informs the team that the weather in Europe was extremely hot due to the summer season starting quite early; this made it possible for high local production levels that resulted in very low demand for the flowers and ended…
The IFTEX show was held from 7th to the 9th June, 2017 at the Oshwal Center in Nairobi, Kenya. This year’s event was the 6th since inauguration. The show attracted 211 exhibiting companies from Kenya and various other African countries and buyers from across the world including new markets such as China. The Flower Optimal Connection team was…
According to Ishai Sharon, the last 10 days the market price has been extremely low, this was witnessed more in the sales of all special red roses. The major reasons for this situation as noted by Ishai were: The floral market had 2 short weeks; week 21 and week 23 only had 4 sale days instead of…
Located in the Northern part of Negev desert region of southern Israel, Pirchei Amiran Farm is a flower farm whose ingenious and innovative journey began in 1981. Having started out in tomato farming, in 1983 the farm would turn its growing fortunes by pursuing rose flower farming and later move to wax flower and summer flowers…
Led by Managing Director Shemulik Kedem, Flower Optimal Connection will, as previous years, be participating at the 2017 IFTEX Show to be held in Nairobi at the Oshwal Center 7-9 June. Special Message for Summer-Flowers Growers During the 2017 IFTEX show, Dudi Bonomo who is responsible for the SUMMER FLOWERS department at Flower Optimal Connection…
In week 18, Ishai Sharon, our Rose’s Department Manager, informed us that markets received a rather large quantity , this was more so in the case for the special red roses. According to him, this situation in turn created pressure on the market and prices were disappointing from low demands. Week 19 however saw the…
