" For more than 8 days , we have been searching for the right orange rose , and eventually we found the Comanche , " says Patrick Mbugua of Wildfire Flowers , a Kenyan house flower farm that grows rose and hypericums . In this clause , Mbugua tells more about this search and his experiences with the Comanche mixed bag .
Patrick Mbugua in the Wildfire Flowers greenhouse in Naivasha , Kenya
44 hectares of flowersClose to Lake Naivasha , Kenya , at an altitude of 1890 m , we find the Wildfire Flowers bloom farm . It covers an area of 44 hectare , of which 19 hectares are used for growing roses , and 25 hectares for hypericums . Whereas the rose are grown in greenhouses , the hypericums are grow in the open - area . The fact that Wildfire Flower currently has over 680 employees make it hard to believe that it has commence from humble beginning in 2000 . Today , the company is an exporter of 55 meter stem . Mbugua says : " In rationale we sell the bloom at once to our customers who are mainly ground in the UK , the Netherlands , Germany , Finland , Norway , Switzerland , the Middle East , and Japan . However , about 10 % of our genus Hypericum supply is currently sold via the auction . Initially , we sold all our Hypericum to the auction , and overtime increasingly straight to our customers . Nevertheless , we feel that it ’s crucial to maintain our make at the auction sale . We treat the auction as a client , that ’s why still 10 % of the hypernicums is sold there . "
The greenhouses at Wildfire Flowers are located at an altitude of 1,800 m above ocean layer .
The Comanche rise
Positive results"We are very pleased with the results ; the Comanche has a good color and a good output . This variety is a very heavy producer . It produces 300 stem per straightforward meter each year . Indeed , the Comanche run to shoot massively , however this can reduce the overall quality of the rose . To increase the overall duration and quality of this variety , it ’s dear to have no more than 240 stems per square cadence each twelvemonth . For this grounds , we settle to engraft 1,4 hectares of the Comanche rose . Moreover , this variety does well in terms of its sensitivity to pest and diseases . It has a intermediate sensibility to powdery mold and tinge , and even a low sensitivity to Downey mold and botrytis . Also , the market place reaction to the variety is positive , especially due to its color , " Mbuagua concludes .
The Comanche rise in the Wildfire Flowers nursery
For more information : Wildfire FlowersPatrick Mbugua[email protected]www.wildfire - flowers.com
