1. Honeydew on the leaves and ants crawling around a plant indicate:
Aphids
2. Fertilization in a flower takes place when: A sperm and egg
unite
3. Vase life is the length of time that: Cut flowers usual
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1. Honeydew on the leaves and ants crawling around a plant indicate:
Aphids
2. Fertilization in a flower takes place when: A sperm and egg
unite
3. Vase life is the length of time that: Cut flowers usual- ly remain accept- able
4. If a hue is diluted with gray, the resulting color is called:
5. The order of the elements in a 5-10-5 fertilizer analy- sis is:
6. If a flower arrangement appears to be ready to fall over, it lacks:
7. A person is exposed to the highest concentration of a pesticide during:
8. It is important not to keep fruit baskets in the same cooler with fresh flowers because:
Tone NPK
Balance Mixing
Ethylene gas from the fruit will cause the flowers to age quickly
9. The stomata of a plant leaf: Regulate water vapor loss from the plant
10. A method of applying pesticides to plants that can be effectively used in greenhouse but not outdoors is:
Fumigation
11. A flowering pot marketed throughout the year is: Chrysanthemum
12. To check if a plant needs water, touch the soil with your finger: if the plant needs water the soil will feel:
Dry and warm
13. Precooling
The treatment given Easter lilies to speed flowering is called:
14. An explant is: Plant produced
from a tissue (meristem)
15. The word photoperiod has to do with light: Duration
16. Growing medium kept too wet will deprive plants of: Oxygen
17. A pathogen is: Microorganism
that causes a disease
18. The following florist crops are propagated by cut- tings:
19. Green plants manufacture sugar in the presence of sunlight. This process is called:
20. The highest percentage of florist industry sales are made by:
Carnation, chrysanthemum, poinsettia, azalea
Photosynthesis Telephone
21. Hydrangeas are forced for the following holidays: Easter, Mother's
Day, Memorial Day
22. The Alstromeria is most closely related to the follow- ing plant:
23. Costs associated with making an arrangement, deco- rating a blooming plant, or creating wedding flowers are called .
24. play a powerful role in advertising floral shops and in most locations leads all other media in sales return for dollar
spent.
Easter lily Direct costs
Window displays
25. Systemic pesticides control the pest by: Dissolving into and being moved by the plant sap
26. The primary colors are: Red, yellow, and blue
27. When ordering flowers from a wholesale florist, one should consider the following: All of the above
28. The most commonly used material for holding flow- ers is: Floral foam
29. Foliage below the water line should be removed to: Prevent the leaves from decaying, which foul the wa- ter
30. Flowers such as roses and carnations should be stored at: 36-40 degrees F
31. An example of a mass flower is: Rose
32. The size of the bow for a corsage should be: Slightly wider than the petals of the corsage
33. Pre-formed pot covers used on potted plants are called Speed covers
34. Florist azaleas are: Small evergreen shrubs
35. Which of the following is provided for a plant by its leaves? A food factory
36. The most important cut flower crops in the US are: Mum, rose, carna- tion
37. Positive space
The area within a composition occupied by material is called
38. The flowers of Easter lilies last longer if: The stamens are
removed
39. The larger the gauge of florist wire indicates that the thickness is:
Thinner
40. Deluxe floral foam is used to: Hold heavy stemmed flowers
41. The number of flowers usually in a cymbidium orchid corsage is:
42. The most important environmental factor in orchid culture is:
43. The acceleration of flowering by manipulation of en- vironmental conditions is known as:
One
Watering and wa- ter quality
Forcing
44. Mass marketing is the sale of floral products: All of the above
45. Optimum temperatures for poinsettia growth are: 60-80 degrees
46. Costs associated with making an arrangement, dec- orating a blooming plant or creating wedding flowers are called:
Direct costs
47. The function (s) of floral preservatives is(are) to: All of the above
48. A grouping of closely spaced flowers, net and acces- sories in a hand-held floral arrangement is called:
49. Field production of gladiolus is accomplished by us- ing:
50. This fungus attacks a wide variety of ornamental plants, probably causing more losses than any other single pathogen.
Nosegay Corms
Botrytis cinerea
51. Distorted flowers characterized by shorter petals, which give the rose a flattened appearance are called:
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