The September 2013 plants auction figures were published as follows. The September fully grown house-plants turnover has increased by 8.8% when compared to the same month of last year, realised with a supply increase of 4.3%, resulting in a total average price for all plants of €1.71 per plant (last year €1.64). The garden-plants turnover has increased by 4%, realised with a supply increase of 4.2%, resulting in a total average price for all plants of 35 Eurocents per plant (last year 35 cents).
Quite a change in the supplied assortment could be noticed in the house- and garden- plants sector. Many so-called seasonal autumn plants arrived at the market in big quantities: chrysanthemums on pot, ericas, callunas, azaleas, cyclamen and the first poinsettias already. Many of those products were to be used for the approaching All Saints and All Souls Days celebrations. However, they did take quite some share from the traditional assortment. The general price level of the plants was steady for a number of weeks; still, most of the products were slightly cheaper when compared to the same period of the past two years. Even though the share of the pot-orchids, and particularly of the phalaenopsis orchids, was bigger than ever before, prices of the orchids were slightly higher this year during September and October.
Considerably lower prices, however, were for pot roses and pot chrysanthemums. Quite a strong decrease of the supply of guzmanias was noticed due to production decrease of some 15%. Garden plants were supplied in much smaller quantities this autumn, so far, but it did not create any positive impact on the prices. On the contrary, they were lower than last year in the same period.
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