Goals and Objectives

The objective is to provide students with an understanding of Tropical Foliage Plant Production in Hawaii and other areas of the United States.

Be able to recognize 350 commonly grown species and cultivars.


Be familiar with nursery management practices, nursery building, construction and maintenance.


Familiarity with basic propagation and plant growing practices.


Recognize common disease and pests of foliage plants.


Appreciate the postharvest handling practices needed to assure quality maintenance during shipping and marketing.


Basic business skills necessary to run a foliage nursery operation.

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TPSS 300

Tropical Foliage Plants - A Grower's Guide
Lynn P. Griffith, Jr.
Ball Publishing Inc. ISBN 1-883052-16-5

J.W. Purseglove, Tropical Crops - Dicotyledons


J.W. Purseglove, Tropical Crops - Monocotyledons


N.W. Simmonds, Evolution of Crop Plants


J.J. Ochse, et al., Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture

Greenhouse building and principles


Common nomenclature of indoor foliage plants.

Hawaii Department of Agriculture, Plant Quarantine Certificate Program.

Export foliage visit

• Introduction, history of foliage industry in United States
  
• History of industry in Hawaii
  
• Limiting Factors for growth of foliage in Hawaii
  
• Site Evaluation
  
• Greenhouses and other growing structures
  
• Temperature requirements
  
• Light requirements and adaptations
  
• Medium and rooting
  
• Nutrition and Fertilization
  
• Tissue analysis and other scientific tools
  
• Containers for production
  
• Pests and Diseases
  
• Irrigation requirements
  
• Propagation
  
• Shipping, Certification and Acclimatization
  
• Palms
  
• Dracaena
  
• Orchids
  
• Ficus
  
• Araceae
  
• Ferns
  
• Bromeliads
  
• Marantaceae
  
• Other foliage plants
  
  

• Introduction
  
• Magoon policy, safety and growing structures
  
• Basic botany
  
• Palms
  
• Dracaenas
  
• Orchids
  
• Ficus
  
• Araceae
  
• Ferns
  
• Bromeliads
  
• Marantaceae
  
• Other foliage plants
  
  

Midterm Examination 1/3
Final Examination 1/3
Laboratory Final: 1/3

Exam 1	20%
Exam 2	20%
Exam 3	20%
Labs (8 x 2.5%)	20%
Presentation	20%
	100%

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