Guangzhou Daily News (all media reporter Wu Duo) The reporter recently visited and found that the Lingnan Flower Market has passed the busiest New Year flower buying peak period. The Lantern Festival is coming, and there are still many citizens and florists who come to the market to buy flowers.
"Local roses are 80 yuan per bundle, 1 bundle of 18 stems" "Champagne Yunnan roses are 150 yuan per bundle, 20 stems"... Roses are the protagonists of the Lantern Festival flowers, and prices generally rise before the festival.
The reporter visited many stalls and shops and learned that the wholesale price of domestic roses this year has increased significantly compared with usual. "Why are roses so expensive" has become a topic of discussion among many stall owners and buyers. One stall owner said that it may be due to Due to the epidemic, supply is in short supply.
"The main reason is that there are not many domestic high-grade roses, which has pushed up the price of second-grade roses. In addition, due to the suspension and delay of international flights of Ecuador and Kenya due to epidemic prevention and control, the supply of roses has been reduced, so the domestic second-grade roses have been reduced. The price has been pushed higher," said a florist who runs a flower shop.
In the fresh-keeping cold storage of Lingnan Flower Market, imported roses from Kenya and other places are cared for at a low temperature of 2 ℃. The staff told reporters that the wholesale price of 20 roses per bundle is 200 to 300 yuan.
"Affected by the epidemic, in the past two years, the cost of imported flower materials has increased, and the import volume has decreased." Wang Yanshan, deputy secretary of Wuyanqiao Economic Association, Shiweitang Street, Liwan District, and manager of Lingnan flower market, introduced that the current market imported flower materials Supply accounted for 20% of the total flowers.
The peak demand for festivals will also be directly reflected in the price.
"From the perspective of the whole year, the peak trading period of our market appears in the Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Qingming Festival, Mother's Day, Qixi Festival, and the wedding season which lasts from August to the end of the lunar calendar." Wang Yanshan introduced that after the peak period of the Spring Festival, Xiaofeng, firstly, there is a need for the neighborhood to replace the annual flowers, and secondly, it is the superposition effect of festivals.