Method of preserving cut roses during transportation and storage and shipment kit containing cut roses
AssigneeEnhold B.V.
InventorJohannes Antonius Marie JANSSEN
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method of preserving cut roses in the absence of a water supply. The method comprises: (a) cutting roses having a flower bud or a bloomed flower; and (b) packaging the cut roses in a container without immersing or inserting the stems in a hydration system. Instead, the cut roses are treated before or during the packaging by applying a preservation composition onto the flower buds or bloomed flowers The preservation composition contains at least 5 ppm of plant hormone selected from cytokinin, gibberellins and combinations thereof. A flower shipment kit is also disclosed.
Claims15
-16. (canceled)
A flower shipment kit, comprising:
- (a) a container defining an inner chamber;
- and
- (b) one or more cut roses contained within the inner chamber;
- wherein flower buds or bloomed flowers of the one or more cut roses contain added plant hormone, selected from the group consisting of cytokinins, gibberellins and combinations thereof;
- and
- wherein stems of the cut roses are not immersed or inserted into a hydration system.
A method of preserving cut roses during transportation or storage, comprising:
- (a) packaging one or more cut roses having a stem and a flower bud or a bloomed flower in a container without immersing or inserting the stems in a hydration system;
- (b) applying a preservation composition, before or during the packaging, onto the flower buds or bloomed flowers of the cut roses, wherein the preservation composition comprises at least 5 ppm of plant hormone selected from cytokinin, gibberellins and combinations thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.