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African roses for European lovers

Cape Town - Lufthansa Cargo is putting on special flights to bring 1 000 tons of roses from Africa and South America to Germany so that millions of people can express their love on Valentine's Day.

These long-stemmed roses are especially delicate and fast transport via air freight can bring them quickly and carefully to Europe.

The logistics involved in transporting up to 90 tons of roses on a single flight is actually more environmentally-friendly than growing the roses in Germany.

According to a study conducted by Cranfield University in the UK, each individual flower grown in Germany would artificial irrigation and an additional heat supply to grow.

Kenya, Colombia and Ecuador are the biggest exporters of roses.

Following harvesting, the flowers are taken as fast as possible from the plantation for packaging and then from there directly to the aircraft.

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