Da Lat is well known in the country and abroad as “The City of Flowers,” so it is not surprising that it has also become the nation’s hub for making dry flowers.
The Da Lat Flower-Forest Biotechnology Corporation has been a pioneer in this industry, applying Japanese technology to dry the flowers while leaving them looking as fresh as the fresh ones.
Nguyen Dinh Chuong, the company’s deputy director, said they experimented for five long years to study and apply the technology that they are using now.
All the raw materials used to make dried flowers are imported from Japan. It takes seven days to dry flowers, which is a three-stage process: choosing flowers, bleaching them with chemicals and dyeing. Three days after the flowers are bleached, they will be dyed, he added.
Ideally, the flowers should have thick petals and a radius of 4-5 centimeters.
Besides roses which are Da Lat’s specialty, the company has successfully dried orchids, carnations and hydrangeas, he added.
The economic value of dried flowers is ten times higher than fresh ones since they can be used for three to five years.
The company has exported hundreds of thousands of dried flowers to Japan, and plans to expand its market to South Africa, the US, Canada and Malaysia.
Within the nation, they will open more branches this year, and raise their production capacity to 10,000 flowers per month.
