Thursday, February 4, 2010
Thursday Night Insight
Well the rumor mill is churning here in Quito: On the one hand there are many people who are saying that there are few flowers left to harvest, especially the bouquet companies, and maybe their farms have finished up a little early (translation - their flowers are already threading their way through a logistics chain). On the other hand all my travels; today, yesterday and Tuesday have shown me that the opposite is true. I believe that there are large amounts to be cut and processed over the next five days or so. Now, there is no more red to be found unless it was pre-booked, but our buyer has the situation well in hand, and we expect that this weekend, should the demand warrant, that we will be able to locate more red.
One of sources of this information is the Ecuadorian growers association "Expoflores" which is hard to understand as more flights are being added to go to Miami on Friday and Saturday. This is due to an increased demand for cargo space, a fact which belies what Expoflores is saying.
I just got out of the coolers for a quick break from the frigid temperatures where the farm shipments are rolling in smoothly, one after the other, and the flowers are looking great.
Tonight is the peak night for shipments going to wholesalers in the USA such as ourselves and we will probably have large shipments through Sunday, although the size drops a little each day from here on out.
One of sources of this information is the Ecuadorian growers association "Expoflores" which is hard to understand as more flights are being added to go to Miami on Friday and Saturday. This is due to an increased demand for cargo space, a fact which belies what Expoflores is saying.
I just got out of the coolers for a quick break from the frigid temperatures where the farm shipments are rolling in smoothly, one after the other, and the flowers are looking great.
Tonight is the peak night for shipments going to wholesalers in the USA such as ourselves and we will probably have large shipments through Sunday, although the size drops a little each day from here on out.
# posted by Mayesh International @ 6:16 PM 
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