2012 Taipei Bloom Art exhibition sees arrival of its Princess Blossoms

By Grace Soong--The awe-inspiring Princess Blossoms (百變公主) of the 2012 Taipei Bloom Art (花現台北 - 爭艷再現) made her first appearance, yesterday, at the Taipei Yuanshan Expo Dome pavilion (爭豔館), flaunting her festively decorated dress. Ornamented with over ten kinds of plants and measuring five meters in diameter, the dress took a crew of 30 flower arrangers one week to construct and garnish, according to Vice Supervisor of the Taiwan Floriculture Development Association (TFDA, 台灣區花卉發展協會) Huang Li-chuan (哳麗娟).

A follow-up exhibit to the 2011 Taiwan International Flora Expo, the Taipei Bloom Art currently features Christmas and New Year under themes of a ³Magic World´ (魔法世界) and ³Happy New Year´ (花慶元旦), as created by nearly 1,000 flower arrangers and floral landscapers. The themes will regularly change as holidays such as the Lunar Chinese New Year and Valentines Day roll by, and so will Princess Blossoms' dazzling dress, organizers of the exhibition revealed.

Except for the eve of the Lunar Chinese New Year (Jan. 22), the 2012 Taipei Bloom Art will
be open to the public till April 8 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., at the Yuanshan Expo Dome. For more
information, please visit http://tba.ishow.gmg.tw.

Source: http://www.chinapost.com.tw

Taisugar opens virus-free orchid farm

Central News Agency 2009-07-23 08:32 PM

Taipei, July 23 (CNA) The state-run Taiwan Sugar Corp. (Taisugar) opened a virus-free orchid propagation farm in southern Taiwan's Tainan County Thursday that officials said will be able to produce 6 million virus-free seedlings per year. The 3,300-square-meter farm in Houpi township is equipped with two virus detection and examination systems -- ELISA and biochip technology -- a Taisugar official said. "It marks the first time in Taiwan that virus detection and examination systems have been integrated into a seedling culture farm's quality control mechanism," said the official. Read more>