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Sion Orchids teams with Cosmic for North American sales

January 29, 2008  By Greenhouse Canada


Sion, one of the world’s leading producers
and breeders of phalaenopsis
orchids has teamed up with CosMic
Plants Inc. for the production and supply
of rooted phalaenopsis young plants to
the North American market.

Sion, one of the world’s leading producers
and breeders of phalaenopsis
orchids has teamed up with CosMic
Plants Inc. for the production and supply
of rooted phalaenopsis young plants to
the North American market.

Sion is headquartered in De Lier, the
Netherlands, while CosMic Plants is in
Beamsville, Ontario.

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Mike (at right in photo) and Neil van
Steekelenburg of CosMic Plants Inc., and
Eric Moor (at left in photo) of Sion decided
to join each other in their venture to supply
the North American market with
high-quality, rooted phalaenopsis young
plants. The plants will be six months old,
and grown in a community tray in a bark
mixture.
Sion Orchids is supplying CosMic
Plants with a pre-selected assortment of
the best phalaenopsis varieties available,
partly from their own breeding program
and partly from other breeders worldwide.

CosMic Plants Inc. is growing these
plants in its state-of-the-art greenhouse
facility in Beamsville, from flask to the
six-month-old plant stage.
The first young plants will be available
to commercial phalaenopsis growers
beginning in January of next year. The
program will then operate year-round
following this debut.

For more information, call Mike van
Steekelenburg at 905-562-9389. Those
interested can also check out the websites
of the two companies at www.cosmicplants.
com and www.sion.eu.


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