- Title: Mexico City blooms for Christmas with traditional Poinsettia flowers
- Date: 6th December 2022
- Summary: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (DECEMBER 5, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF POINSETTIA FLOWERS IN A GREENHOUSE VARIOUS OF GREENHOUSE WORKER PLACING POINSETTIA FLOWERS INTO PAPER BAG (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) POINSETTIA FLOWER PRODUCER FROM XOCHIMILCO MUNICIPALITY, ROBERTO VILLA, SAYING: "The sale of the poinsettia flower is fast every year, but it has been very quiet this year. We don't know why, but we are going slowly. We growers have to finish selling before the 12th of December because the sales slow down a lot after that date. The wholesale buyers have already bought the plants for resale, so they stop coming to the greenhouses." POINSETTIA FLOWERS IN A GREENHOUSE VARIOUS OF GREENHOUSE WORKER WATERING POINSETTIA FLOWERS GREENHOUSE WORKER CHECKING FLOWERS VARIOUS OF FLOWER PRODUCERS AND POINSETTIA FLOWERS ON BOAT VARIOUS OF FLOWER PRODUCERS UNLOADING POINSETTIA FLOWER FROM BOAT AND PLACING THEM INTO TRUCK MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (DECEMBER 6, 2022) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) COORDINATOR OF COMMISSION FOR NATURAL RESOURCES, JUAN VERA MARTINEZ, SAYING: "Corena (Commission for Natural Resources) is making a significant effort so that the way plants are produced is no longer using so many agrochemicals. We have been pushing for our producers to use natural pest control." PEOPLE ARRIVING AT FLOWER MARKET BANNER READING (Spanish) "Poinsettia flower season" PEOPLE LOOKING AT FLOWERS VENDOR TAKING POINSETTIA FLOWER OUT OF PAPER BAG VARIOUS OF PEOPLE LOOKING AT FLOWERS (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) BUYER, NICOLE, SAYING: "This is one of the most important symbols at Christmas. They brighten up homes a lot. I bought them to decorate the office, so it gives them a nice look." VARIOUS OF POINSETTIA FLOWERS DECORATING REFORMA AVENUE AND ANGEL OF INDEPENDENCE STATUE IN BACKGROUND
- Embargoed: 20th December 2022 23:21
- Keywords: Christmas Mexico City Poinsettia flowers season
- Location: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
- City: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
- Country: Mexico
- Topics: South America / Central America,Living/Lifestyle,North America,Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA001495606122022RP1
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- Story Text:Christmas in Mexico is marked by the bloom of traditional poinsettias or "Nochebuena" (Christmas Eve) plants known for their large, red colourful petals.
Poinsettias can be seen in homes, businesses and public areas throughout the country during the holiday season and residents of Mexico City travel to the flower market of Xochimilco to purchase poinsettias direct from growers.
Vendors said they expect to sell more than 3 million flowers this year during the Christmas season.
This enormous volume of plants will be commercialized among the inhabitants of Mexico City but also the neighbouring states.
On Monday (December 5), hundreds of red flowers were seen in the city's streets, in the iconic Reforma Avenue, where locals and tourists come every day to take photos near them.
The poinsettia is native to Mexico - its original name is "Cuetlaxochitl" in the Nahuatl language of the Aztecs, and it adorns churches, squares and avenues around the country, as well as throughout much of the world.
Joel Roberts Poinsett, the first U.S. ambassador to Mexico, is thought to have visited Taxco, in Guerrero state, on a diplomatic mission in 1830 and was captivated by the flower's beauty. He took some plants back to his native South Carolina, where he began to cultivate them, hence its other name: poinsettia.
In Mexico, it's known as Nochebuena , because it reaches its magnificence during Christmas, thriving in a mixture of crisp and sunny weather. There are a number of varieties with genetic modifications, ranging in size and colour.
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