Ladakh’s First Commercial Lilium Shipment Opens a New Chapter for Floriculture
Ladakh s rugged landscape has burst into color and its flowers are now travelling far beyond the mountains Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena flagged off the Union Territory s first commercial air cargo consignment of locally grown Lilium flowers from Leh s Kushok Bakula Rinpoche Airport on September The shipment carried A-grade Lilium stems to flower markets in Delhi Mumbai and Chandigarh The initiative marks a new step for Ladakh s agriculture showing how the region s unique climate can potentially support high-value crops beyond conventional farming Flowers Blooming at FeetThe Liliums have been cultivated at an altitude of around feet in a flower field described by the regional administration as the world s highest-altitude commercial flower field The blooms come in striking shades of red pink white yellow and orange Each stem carries around four to five buds and has a shelf life of approximately five to seven days
