Dutch Orchid Exporter Selects Guatemala For Its First International Venture

WATERINGEN, Netherlands — One of Holland’s largest orchid growers is about to take its first plunge overseas — in the form of a sophisticated  greenhouse in Guatemala to be built with help from a Dutch horticulture expert based in Costa Rica.

Ter Laak Orchids produces six million phalaeonopsis plants a year at its main 78,500-square-meter facility in Wateringen — a town located near The Hague, in the heart of Holland’s fertile Westland region.

But limited growth potential at home is pushing Ter Laak and its rivals to seek out new frontiers, says consultant Ed Smit of Ideavelop in San Ramón de Tres Ríos.

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