Our Company
About us
Mission
We are a Colombian company producing and selling a wide portfolio of cut flower varieties, committed to innovation and quality.
Inspired by improvement, we ensure excellent service to our customers, an integral development of our collaborators and respect for the environment, thus generating profitability and sustainability for the organization.
Vision
We will be recognized internationally as the leading company in innovation and quality of cut flowers, while maintaining our commitment to social and environmental responsibility and long-term relationships with our customers.
Company values
Service
Loyalty
Respect
Responsibility
Solidarity
Corporate behaviors
We are passionate about what we do
We make things happen
We build lasting, trusting relationships
We are flexible and open-minded
We speak with facts and data
We motivate creativity
Our history
SB Talee was born as a carnation breeder and propapagtor company in Italy
A company originally founded by Forese Salviati & Palle Brunn in Tuscany (Italy) dedicated to the research and development of new varieties of carnations and spray carnations, and to the production and distribution of mother plants and cuttings of such varieties in many countries around the world.
SB Talee de Colombia was born
A subsidiary of SB Talee Italia in a farm located 50 Km west of the capital city of Bogota, to produce and sell carnation cuttings; in a few years the company became one of the main producers and distributors of carnation cuttings for Colombian growers.
SB Talee decided to grow and sell carnations and spray carnations in the main cut flower markets of the world
USA, Canada, Japan, Germany, Netherlands, Russia, among others, an activity that took on its own identity in 2012 with the creation of the company GEOFLORA SAS.
SB Talee´s breeding program was moved to Colombia
The company started to develop and select carnation and spray carnation varieties locally, taking advantage of selecting varieties in the Sabana of Bogotá, with ideal climate conditions for the cultivation of these plants.
Alliance with Flavio Sapia
SB Talee strengthens the breeding program by inviting one of the most renowned ornamental breeders in Italy and the world, Mr. Flavio Sapia (Hybrida SRL), to collaborate in order to increase and improve the breeding program of new varieties.
Geoflora was born
The cut flower operation became of considerable importance, therefore it was decided to completely separate it into an independent company, GEOFLORA SAS, to be able to fully concentrate in the production and distribution of the highest quality carnations and spray carnations to fulfill the most demanding markets around the world. SB Talee de Colombia remained as the company responsible of production and sales of carnation cuttings/mother plants.
Geoflora introduced into its portfolio Ranunculus and Anemone
SB Talee became the exclusive agent for Colombia of Biancheri Creazioni, the leading company breeding Ranunculus and Anemone in the world. Contemporarily, Geoflora started the production of these flowers with a big success among its customers; every year new and better varieties are introduced to the assortment.
Geoflora started a program of cut flower Alstroemeria
Carefully selecting the best performing varieties among the main Alstroemeria breeders in the market, the operation now has over 30 varieties of the main colors demanded by the international markets, with a very high quality of product, recognized by our customers around the world.
Today
Today the company group work in close alliance, in such a way that SB Talee keeps developing innovative varieties of different Dianthus types and alstroemeria, and produces and sells the mother plants and cuttings of such varieties, and Geoflora plants and produces the best quality flowers to ensure the permanent introduction of these innovative varieties, meeting the expectations of the flower markets around the world such as Canada, China, England, Germany, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, United States among others.
SB Talee was born as a carnation breeder and propapagtor company in Italy
A company originally founded by Forese Salviati & Palle Brunn in Tuscany (Italy) dedicated to the research and development of new varieties of carnations and spray carnations, and to the production and distribution of mother plants and cuttings of such varieties in many countries around the world.
SB Talee de Colombia was born
A subsidiary of SB Talee Italia in a farm located 50 Km west of the capital city of Bogota, to produce and sell carnation cuttings; in a few years the company became one of the main producers and distributors of carnation cuttings for Colombian growers.
SB Talee decided to grow and sell carnations and spray carnations in the main cut flower markets of the world
USA, Canada, Japan, Germany, Netherlands, Russia, among others, an activity that took on its own identity in 2012 with the creation of the company GEOFLORA SAS..
SB Talee´s breeding program was moved to Colombia
TThe company started to develop and select carnation and spray carnation varieties locally, taking advantage of selecting varieties in the Sabana of Bogotá, with ideal climate conditions for the cultivation of these plants.
Alliance with Flavio Sapia
SB Talee strengthens the breeding program by inviting one of the most renowned ornamental breeders in Italy and the world, Mr. Flavio Sapia (Hybrida SRL), to collaborate in order to increase and improve the breeding program of new varieties. .
Geoflora was born
The cut flower operation became of considerable importance, therefore it was decided to completely separate it into an independent company, GEOFLORA SAS, to be able to fully concentrate in the production and distribution of the highest quality carnations and spray carnations to fulfill the most demanding markets around the world. SB Talee de Colombia remained as the company responsible of production and sales of carnation cuttings/mother plants.
Geoflora introduced into its portfolio Ranunculus and Anemone
SB Talee became the exclusive agent for Colombia of Biancheri Creazioni, the leading company breeding Ranunculus and Anemone in the world. Contemporarily, Geoflora started the production of these flowers with a big success among its customers; every year new and better varieties are introduced to the assortment.
Geoflora started a program of cut flower Alstroemeria
Carefully selecting the best performing varieties among the main Alstroemeria breeders in the market, the operation now has over 30 varieties of the main colors demanded by the international markets, with a very high quality of product, recognized by our customers around the world.
Today
Today the company group work in close alliance, in such a way that SB Talee keeps developing innovative varieties of different Dianthus types and alstroemeria, and produces and sells the mother plants and cuttings of such varieties, and Geoflora plants and produces the best quality flowers to ensure the permanent introduction of these innovative varieties, meeting the expectations of the flower markets around the world such as Canada, China, England, Germany, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, United States among others.
Our farms
Our Farms, Salitre and San Nicolás, are located in Bojacá (Cundinamarca) in the Sabana de Bogotá, 45 Km (28 miles) west of bogota.
