Valentine's Day: Red roses in short supply
"Roses need hot and humid climate to grow. However, this year the horticulturists have faced tremendous difficulty in growing the flower. A plant that should give nearly three-four flowers a day has produced only one-two flowers. On the other a hand, it was difficult to take out even 100 red roses from a field that has a capacity of producing approximately 800 flowers a day," informed Verma.
Notably, a large quantity of flowers in the city is brought from adjoining villages specially Raja Talab, Lohta, Sundarpur, Shivpur, Babatpur and neighbouring districts like Allahabad and Lucknow. The occasional demand like for Valentine's Day is being met by ordering flowers from Pune, Bangalore, Delhi and Kolkata. But if the flourists of the city are to be believed, the climate has affected rose production in all these areas.
However there is a huge demand for roses in the town but buyers, especially youngsters, are not ready to give a second thought while purchasing roses for their dear ones. "Valentine's Day is incomplete without the roses. Nothing can best replace the value of a rose. Even a single stick of rose is valuable for people who enjoy this manmade festival," shared Nikita , a student of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) and a buyer at a gift shop in Sigra.
