Dümmen Orange and Lanzhou Agri Centre join hands for rose plantation  

This collaboration focuses specifically on the development, production and marketing of Dümmen Orange’s roses in China

Leading global breeder Dümmen Orange and Lanzhou New District Agricultural Science and Technology Development from Lanzhou, China, have announced the collaboration in the field of technology resources. This collaboration focuses specifically on the development, production and marketing of Dümmen Orange’s roses in China, such as Avalanche+, Sweet Avalanche+ and Peach Avalanche+. By combining R&D capabilities, planting technology, and market development capabilities, both parties expect to create new standards of excellence and promote sustainable growth in the ornamental flower and plant sector in China.

Recently, a shipment of flowers worth 1.65 million yuan and weighing 16 tonnes was sent from Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport to Almaty. This marks the opening of Gansu’s first international cargo route connecting with Central Asian countries, as well as the province’s efforts to increase cooperation with Central Asian countries through the Belt and Road Initiative and to open up to the West. This new route marks a higher level for Gansu’s exporting economy, and it will help foreign trade enterprises expand their cargo business.

In the northwest province of Gansu in China, there is an automated smart greenhouse situated in Fuhan Township, where tens of thousands of roses are in full bloom amidst the cool autumn air. The greenhouse is part of the Flower Port project of Linxia Yinong Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Investment Co., Ltd. The project comprises three similar facilities, covering an area of around 200,000 square meters in the Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture. The project started in October last year and has produced about 1.5 million rose seedlings so far.

The greenhouse is equipped with an automatic temperature and humidity control system and an integrated smart irrigation and fertilisation system. It is capable of producing about 200,000 fresh-cut roses daily, earning the name “rose gigafactory” among the locals. The prefecture has an average elevation of 2,000 meters and abundant sunlight in a dry climate, making it an excellent location for rose cultivation. The rose industry has enabled many local farmers in Fuhan Township to become industrial workers.

In mid-October this year, his company ordered 200,000 fresh-cut roses that were dispatched from Linxia. The flowers were transported via a cold-chain truck, passing through the Alataw Pass in the northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region before entering Kazakhstan, and finally reaching Moscow.

In August this year, the Chinese company also transported some of its flowers to Kazakhstan, a significant breakthrough for local flower and plant exports. Moreover, two flower companies in the prefecture have seen their products exported to Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Singapore, reflecting a growing international demand for their blooms.

This collaboration focuses specifically on the development,