| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 地理學系 === 97 === Phalaenopsis in Taiwan was once a high-priced treasure for the hobbyists before. However, it has become quite cheap and popular in Taiwan now and even throughout the world. The transformation can be traced back to its history, and the pattern is different from the normal agriculture in Taiwan.
It was Taiwan Sugar Corporation(TSC) that firstly managed the production of Phalaenopsis as an industry in the 1980s. As a governmental industry and the largest agri-business in Taiwan, TSC was able to invest the productive equipment, such as localized venlo-type greenhouses, and establish the industrialized system of Taiwan Phalaenopsis. The success of commercial management of TSC forced and encouraged the huge number but a small scale of growers to upgrade their cloth-shading houses to far better modern greenhouses. And that improved the quality of cultivation,and also accelerated the development of greenhouse industry. The distribution of the amateur breeders’ orchid nursery was dispersive in Taiwan, especially in big cities. But now it is Tainan area, where they cluster around,that becomes the largest plantation with the first exportation, especially at the stage of pot seedling. It was due to the suitable temperature and light intensity with the social network of many early orchid associations. There is a vertical cooperation system among growers. In the spacial division system, for example, most proportion of the flask seedlings and blooming stage are in Chai-yi. There is a cool temperature effect of Mt. A-Li Mts for the blooming plants and for the domestic sale.
There are other characteristics of the small-middle scale growers: keeping the trust relation network is necessary. The elder growers control abundant social networks; while the younger ones rely on the government’s support. The core-satellite productive organizations usually occur at the mass production for exportation. Some of the core nurseries may have the advantage of sale through foreign route; some may have excellent hybrids or the ability of breeding innovation. Anyway now the clever growers follow the steps of TSC for the higher profit from the terminal market. There also exists a diverse market for the few but higher priced orchids, which some of the elder growers are good at.
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