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Chapter 5
Postharvest Processing,
Conditioning, and Storage 93
Harvesting and Shipping . . . . . . 94
Pretreatments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Packing and Transportation . . . . . . 97
Purchasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Processing Floral
Shipments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Post-Shipment Processing
and Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . 99
Inspection upon Delivery . . . . . . . . 99
Rehydration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Proper Hydration . . . . . . . . . . 101
Preservatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Storage Considerations . . . . . . .103
Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Relative Humidity and Circulation . . 104
Ethylene Sensitivity. . . . . . . . . . 104
Flowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Foliage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Chapter 6
Principles of Design 113
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Physical Balance . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Visual Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Symmetrical Floral Designs . . . . .117
Asymmetrical Floral Designs . . . .118
Proportion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Rule of Thirds. . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
The Golden Ratio. . . . . . . . . . . 122
Using a Glue Skillet
to Attach Foam . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Other Useful Tools . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Keeping and Caring for Tools. . . . . . 62
Mechanics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Floral Foam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Foam Fitting and
Taping Foam . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Wire Mechanics . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Bouquet and Corsage Holders . . . . . 66
Picks and Other Indispensables . . . . 66
Armatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Making an Armature . . . . . . . . . . 67
Adding Flowers and Greenery
to an Armature . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Shop Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Ergonomics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Personal Safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
First Aid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Chapter 4
Plant Structures
and Functions 75
Taxonomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Plant Families . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Genus and Species . . . . . . . . . . 79
Plant Anatomy . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Flowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Leaves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Stems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Roots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Plant Physiology . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Leaf Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Stem Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Root Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89