Every day we therefore dedicate ourselves to the beauty and quality of the Phalaenopsis.
Our passion is also reflected in how we interact with our customers. We like personal and open communication and are happy to meet the wishes of exporters and end customers.
Only 5 people work in our greenhouse every day. Everything is processed in our industrial hall so that the Phalaenopsis can grow in peace in the greenhouse. Maarel Orchids has a large internal logistics system to deliver 115.000 plants every week. With 6 cranes, 2 trains, 8 robots, 6 cameras and more than 20 km of conveyor belt, we arrange our internal transport every day. With this automated...
The market is in full swing and that leads us to reconsider the range to be cultivated for the future. You have to think far ahead when growing Phalaenopsis, because we have to order at least 2 years in advance. In addition to flower colour, number of buds and number of branches, we are increasingly looking at components such as temperature tolerance and protection against diseases and...
In 2030, energy consumption in horticulture must be reduced by 45% compared to 2020. This is described in the energy covenant for greenhouse horticulture. At Maarel Orchids we are going to go a step further by achieving the target of 2030 in 2026. In the coming years we want to use 10% less energy every year. This will be a challenge, but certainly not impossible! The first steps have been...
Thanks to dreams you make plans, and thanks to plans you take steps. For Greenhouse Horticulture Netherlands, the energy transition means that we must have implemented 35% energy savings in cultivation before 2030. Ambitious. But certainly not unthinkable. In order to continue to guarantee continuity to our customers, we believe it is extremely important to go along with this...
Vivent Biosensors Maarel Orchids will work with Biosensors from the Swiss company Vivent. We can use biosensors to monitor electrical signals that, if abnormalities occur, can indicate stress in the plant. By means of electrophysiology, we can determine changes and link them to the cultivation data. This allows us to develop models to gain more insight into the crop. This way we get real-time...
Lemkes BV organized a 2-day retail trip to the UK and we were invited to come along! With a well-filled program, René, together with Lemkes and other focus growers, traveled to Southampton early on Tuesday morning. The first day was filled by various store checks, in order to get a good picture of the current UK retail market. Tesco, Sainsbury, ASDA, Homestead and B&Q were visited. The...
Maarel Orchids stands for transparent, long-term partnerships with our customers. Due to growth in production, the demand for employees has increased sharply. In order to reduce working hours per week and to efficiently search for motivated people, we have entered into a new type of collaboration this year. Through a payroll company from Gelderland, we came into contact with our contact person...
