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Floriculture 101 Practice Test 1
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Floriculture crops include: Bedding plants, Houseplants, Flowering garden and pot plants, Cut cultivated greens, and Cut flowers.  Floriculture crops can be grown in greenhouses or in the field. Floriculture businesses produce fresh and dried flowers and foliage for a variety of markets, including wholesale flower markets, florists, and retail outlets.  Floriculture includes annual (seasonal), biennial, and perennial ornamentals, such as: cacti and other succulents, bromeliads, trees, shrubs, climbers, bulbous plants, lawn and ornamental grasses, bamboos, orchids, and palms.  Floriculture... Show more
Floriculture 101 Practice Test 1
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25 Questions

1. The Christmas Peppers take_______ from seeding to sales for 4 inch (10 cm) specimens when seeded in the springs and summers.
2. Shape is two dimensional, while form is ___________.
3. Mineral soil is ____ to ____ times heavier than the other components used in growing media.
4. ___________________ harmony combines three colors equi-distant on the wheel forming a triangle such as red, blue, and yellow
5. ____________ are short, stocky candles that are very popular at Christmas.
6. Many growers apply a shading compound or shade cloth from late spring to early fall to reduce heat stress that results from high light levels entering a greenhouse.
7. The famous painter Della Robbia is remembered for his symmetrical treatments of wreaths and garlands made of dull colored fruits, peppers, cones, berries, foliage, and flowers.
8. Stratification is the application of a moist chilling treatment of 32 to 50 F (0 to 10 C) to seeds.
9. The term texture as it applies to plants includes such adjectives as ________, ________, and __________.
10. Cut flowers must have sufficiently short and flexible stems, appropriately sized flowers, and enough flowers and foliage.
11. Orchids are extremely durable and have no sensitivity to ethylene gas.
12. The American style of flower arranging is based on the ______ element of design.
13. Nontraditional 20th century flower arranging styles can be arbitrarily divided into two types known as radial structure and the interest-equated style, based on the method of construction.
14. Dianthus caryophyllus is a native of the ______________ area, originally flowering only in the early spring.
15. For the traditional florist, the term “_______________” is meant to promote the sale of flowers by offering a variety of products in a variety of ways.
16. The principal of total compatibility of all parts of an arrangement with each other is termed ________.
17. _______is curvilinear lines, cascading works, with nature’s patterns of plants and flowers depicted either in the arrangement or in the container.
18. Phalaneopsis is a genus within the Orchidaceae family. It is most widely_________ and most important commercial genus in the orchid family.
19. Most Callas sold today from the United States are ______ year old true seed hybrids.
20. New businesses should realize that it usually requires _____________ for the business to show a profit and owners should plan accordingly.
21. Mineral soil is _______ to _______ times heavier than the other components used in growing media.
22. The conductive tissue in the stem that transports water and minerals from roots to the leaves is called the ______.
23. The Antirrhinum majus is also known as the _______.
24. An S-shaped line mass design is a ___________ curve.
25. The unique characteristics of a species are usually transmitted to the next generation through __________ or _______.