Floriculture CDE 2017-19 (Updated 2016) Page 1 Floriculture Purpose The State Floriculture Contest is designed to stimulate student interest in production and retailing of flowers, plants, and foliage in the secondary agriculture curricula. Objectives Students participating in the State Floriculture Contest should be able to: I. Identify floriculture and bedding plants commonly grown in Missouri. II. Identify unhealthy plants due to pest, nutritional, mechanical, or chemical injury. III. Understand principles of and develop skills underlying propagation, growth requirements, growing techniques, harvesting, marketing, and maintenance of established floriculture plants
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Floriculture CDE 2017-19 (Updated 2016) Page 1
Floriculture
Purpose
The State Floriculture Contest is designed to stimulate student interest in production and
retailing of flowers, plants, and foliage in the secondary agriculture curricula.
Objectives
Students participating in the State Floriculture Contest should be able to:
I. Identify floriculture and bedding plants commonly grown in Missouri.
II. Identify unhealthy plants due to pest, nutritional, mechanical, or chemical injury.
III. Understand principles of and develop skills underlying propagation, growth requirements,
growing techniques, harvesting, marketing, and maintenance of established floriculture
plants
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Crosswalk with Show Me Standards
Objectives – Students participating in the Career
Development Event should be able to:
Show-Me Standards
Knowledge
Standards
(Content Areas)
Performance
Standards
(Goals)
1. Identify floriculture and bedding plants
commonly grown in Missouri.
MA.1, MA.2
SC.3, SC.5
FA.1, FA.2
1.9
3.4, 3.6, 3.8
4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.7,
4.8
2. Identify unhealthy plants due to pest, nutritional,
mechanical, or chemical injury.
3. Understand principles of and develop skills
underlying propagation, growth requirements,
growing techniques, harvesting, marketing, and
maintenance of established floriculture plants.
CORRESPONDING SECONDARY AGRICULTURE CURRICULUM
Course and/or Curriculum: Greenhouse Operation and Management Unit(s): All Units
Floriculture All Units
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Event Format
The contest will consist of three components: General Knowledge, Identification, and
Practicum.
1. General Knowledge Examination
a. This portion of the contest will test the contestants' knowledge and under-standing
of production and retailing of floriculture crops and the selection, use, care, and
culture of these plants in the home environment.
b. It will consist of 75 questions (25 from Floristry and 50 from Greenhouse
Management) covering the following general topics:
(1) Greenhouse design and equipment
(2) Basic plant growth and function
(3) Plant propagation
(4) Plant production technique
(5) Diseases and insects
(6) Basic business management.
3. Identification
a. Each contestant will be required to identify 60 specimens from the Floriculture
Plant Identification List.
b. Each specimen will be identified by number.
c. Contestants will need to match the specimen with the correct name on the answer
sheet.
d. Students will be allowed 50 seconds per plant as well as 5 minutes at the end of
the rotation to go back and review any plant(s) and bubble their scansheet.
e. Duplicate samples may not be used in any identification portion of the event. 4. Practicum
a. Plant Disorders and Diagnosis - Each contestant will complete this practicum of
five stations including diagnosing disorders and selecting the most correct
remedy. Students will be allowed 2 minutes per plant disorder, as well as 5
minutes at the end of the rotation to go back and review and bubble their
scansheet.
b. Floriculture Tool and Product Identification – Each contestant will identify 25
items selected from the Floriculture/Greenhouse Items list (Form 64). Students
will be allowed 50 seconds per tool as well as 5 minutes at the end of the rotation
to go back and review any tool(s) and bubble their scansheets. Duplicate samples
may not be used in any identification portion of the event.
Event Scoring
Event Points
General Knowledge (75 questions@ 4 pts each) 300
Identification (60 specimens @ 5 pts each) 300
Practicum (2 @ 50 pts each) 100
TOTAL 700
1. Tie scores among teams in all events should be broken using the high individual team
member's score. In case the scores are tied, the scores of the second high individual on
each team should be used.
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Event Rules and Regulations
1. Each team may consist of three or four members. The top three individual scores will
make up the team score.
2. Contestants will not be allowed to communicate with anyone other than contest officials
while the contest is in progress. Failure to observe this rule may result in elimination
from the contest.
3. Calculators may be used. In all events, only six-function, (nonprogrammable and non-
graphing) models may be used. Therefore, the calcualtors are limited to the following
keys: Plus (+); Minus (-); Multiplication (x); Division (/); Equals (=); Memory
Clear/Recall (MRC); Memory Minus (M-); Memory Plus (M+); Plus / Minus (+/-);
Percentage (%); Square Root (√). See page 3, rule #8 of the General CDE Guidelines for
an example.
References
Catalogs from mail order seed companies are good sources for information. They can be
obtained free of charge from most companies. Farm and garden magazines are full of addresses
for these companies in the late winter of every year. Supply catalogs such as: Hummert, Stuppy
or similar catalogs can be obtained free of charge or for a minimal fee from most supply
companies
Greenhouse Operation and Management (Instructor and Student Reference) (2002). Available
131. Wax Begonia Begonia x semperflorens –cultorum
132. Wax Plant Hoya carnosa
133. Waxflower Chamelaucium uncinatum
134. Zebra Plant Aphelandra squarrosa cv.
135. Zinnia Zinnia cv.
136. Zonal Geranium Pelargonium x hortorum cv.
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IDENTIFYING AND CONTROLLING PLANT DISORDERS PRACTICUM
This practicum is aimed at developing in students the ability to recognize and recommend remedial measures for various types of plant disorders and/or pests. Included among these are environmental, nutritional, pest-related, and disease-related disorders. Five different stations depicting plant disorders will be included. The participant must identify the item and its classification (disease, insect/pest/mites, nutritional/environmental). The participant then must determine the chemical and/or cultural controls for the disorder. Each participant will identify 5 specimens valued at 10 points each. Identifying the disorder correctly will be worth five points.
Pest and disorder items may be presented as an intact specimen, photograph or
preserved specimen (herbarium sheet, insect mount, etc.). Each specimen will be
designated by a station number. No specimens or items may be touched or handled in
any way. Refer to the Disorder Practicum Scorecard (Form 65) for additional details.
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FLORICULTURE IDENTIFICATION SCORECARD
Name: Contestant No:
School: School No:
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FORM 60a
FLORICULTURE IDENTIFCATION LIST
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LIST 61
# COMMON NAME BOTANICAL NAME # COMMON NAME BOTANICAL NAME
CHEMICAL CONTROL: CULTURAL CONTROL: 50. Fungicide 60. Apply a fertilizer containing iron 68. Predatory Mites 51. Insecticide 61. Apply a fertilizer high in nitrogen 69. Reduce Relative Humidity 52. Miticide 62. Apply a fertilizer high in phosphorous 70. No Treatment Listed 53. Mulluscicide 63. Correct / Adjust Temperature 54. No Treatment Listed 64. Correct / Adjust Watering 65. Ladybird Beetles 66. Nematodes 67. Parasitic Wasps