1. FFA Floriculture CDE Website accessible from… Overview of Guidelines
Overview of Guidelines
Pre-registration
Scholarships
Contest Components
Identification of Plant Materials
General Knowledge Exam
Problem-solving/Decision-making
Practica

2. Identification of Plant Materials
Identify 40 specimens
Houseplants
Flowering
Foliage
Cut flowers
Bedding plants
OKPLANTid

3. General Knowledge Exam
50 questions
From Introduction to Horticulture — Second Edition
Published by Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education
Focus on floriculture
Exam administered via WebCT

4. Problem- Solving / Decision-Making
Solve ten problems related to floriculture industry.
May include judging…
Cut flowers
Flowering potted / basket plants
Foliage potted / basket plants
Flats of flowering annuals
And determining how producer and/or retailer could have avoided the exhibited fault

5. Practicum 1: Floral Design
Make a continental round arrangement
Use “system of fours” 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

6. Practicum 1: Floral Design
Prepare an itemized bill.

7. Practicum 2: Dish Garden
Make a dish garden and prepare an itemized bill.
Sun vs. shade
Color harmony
Texture
Design
See The Flower Field’s “Colorful Recipes for Containers.”
Accessible from

8. Practicum 3: Hazardous Situation
Hazardous materials communication
See
Reading a pesticide label
Labeled for pest and use
Toxicity
Handling a spill
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Reading a NFPA sign

9. Practicum 4: Using a Computer
Use Microsoft Word to…
Create a letterhead
Create a coupon
Compose a letter
Business block format
Good spelling and grammar
Merge with data file
Filter data on specified criteria
Print merged letters with coupons

10. Scheduling a Crop Potted Chrysanthemums Calculate production time
See “Pot Mum Cultural Tips” at
Calculate production time
Market date
Response time
Floral initiation
Black cloth?
Pinch
Cutting establishment
Aldershot of New Mexico

11. Types of Vegetative (Asexual) Plant Propagation

12. Stem cuttings, including cane cuttings
Would auxin treatment be appropriate?
Should flower buds be removed? Why?
Stem tip (left) vs. stem segment (right)

13. Leaf cuttings, including leaf petiole cuttings
Would auxin treatment be appropriate?

14. Leaf Cuttings, cont’d. Would auxin treatment be appropriate?
What is polarity?

15. Leaf-bud cuttings Would auxin treatment be appropriate?
If plants are opposite-leafed, rather than alternate-leafed, twice as many cuttings can be produced.

16. Layering
Tip, simple, mound, and air.