Spectrum Tropicals is the Brand Name of our newly established North American Distribution Center in Canada that represents our Flower farms located in Suriname, Guyana and Barbados.
In addition we also represent a network of out growers located throughout the Caribbean, Central and South America. Our Name is new, but not our farms. We have been around since 1998. Covid19 has now forced us to go directly to our 25000 + florists in North America.
We have therefore opened Distribution Center in Canada, where all flowers are shipped to and send to florists, chains and movie sets to name a view. We mainly operate on a subscription basis to maximize savings to our clients and provide our farms with direction and production goals. Single orders are also possible on request.
There’s a good chance they came from the Caribbean, Central or South America, raised in a greenhouse or the sun-drenched tropics. But once harvested, the blooms usually take a lengthy detour to get to you: third-party handlers typically ships them to a warehouse where they can wait for weeks in cold storage before arriving on your doorstep. It’s not their fault they end up looking a little worse for all that wear.
But why go through all that, if less product is wasted (and the resources to grow them) by waiting to cut the flowers until they’re ordered, and shipping them straight to our customers?
We grow Heliconias, Gingers, Anthuriums, Assorted Greens, Bamboo's and much much more. Through our associated farm network we also offer various types of Roses, Bird of Paradise and many other rare tropical flowers and greens, such as... palm leaves, potted plants, landscaping plants and various rhizons. We can supply unique items from the rainforest it self as they are collected by jungle walkers.
An inventory will be online soon. These items need 7 - 10 day shipping, so do keep that in mind when ordering any of these items.
John is the Founder of Spectrum Tropicals and has been the main farm main coordinator since 1998. He oversees farm operations, logistics, liaisons between member farms, responsible for finance and admin. and North American customer relations. John is 5th Generation Dutch from Suriname. He speaks Dutch, Surinams, Afrikaans, Spanish and English.
Rhona is the creative talent and quality control specialist in Canada. Balancing being a mom to four girls, she manages all of Spectrum Tropicals orders, deliveries, packaging and import logistics in Canada. Rhona is a Venezuelan native and speaks speaks Spanish and English.
Derek is Spectrum Tropicals VP and manages farm coordination, cooperation and logistics of product deliveries from his office in Trinidad & Tobago to our central distribution Warehouse in Canada.
Robin is our Technology expert. Order processing , Distribution tracking, Solar Energy & Storage are all specialties he possesses. It is safe to say that without Robin our business would be much more difficult to manage and more expensive to operate. He is a multi- talented Senior Executive that can multi task across several continents.
Robin speaks English and Chinese.
Nawien is Spectrum Tropicals Farm Manager for Suriname, Guyana and Barbados and manages farm admin, production. staffing and export logistics to our Warehouse in Canada.
Min, as he is called, is Spectrum Tropicals Suriname Farm production Manager. He insures production is maximized and our flowers are triple A Quality when they leave our Suriname.
Our newly acquired 18.6 acres Warehouse Complex will house our North American Distribution Center, which is relocating to Canada from Florida, due to the ongoing covid19 and worsening situation there.
Facilities are being renovated and will be ready by October 2020. Our new location will allow faster access to our main consumer markets in the US and open up new ones in Canada.
Our long standing goal of seeing tropicals become as affordable as mainstream cut flowers will be one step closer with this acquisition and expansion into Canada.
FedEx and UPS will remain our main customer delivery services.
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