Colombia to export 260 million dollars-worth of Valentine flowers

Bogota - Exports of Colombian flowers for Valentines Day celebrations in the United States and other countries are expected to leave producers in the South American country an income of some 260 million dollars. Augusto Solano, president of the Colombian Association of Exporters of Flowers (Asocolflores), said Wednesday that the United States alone will receive 1.5 million boxes, mostly roses, ahead of February 14.

Solano noted that 62 per cent of the roses that will be presented that day in the United States will come from Colombia, although carnations, chrysanthemums, cala lilies and astromelias are also to be sent.

However, Solano noted that frost that has occurred since last month in the Savannah of Bogota - a plateau where some of the country's largest flower plantations are located - has affected production in the run-up to Valentines Day.

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