4. Conclusions
From the above findings it can be concluded that drying the Dutch rose flowers in hot air oven at 40°C by
embedding in silica gel and drying the Dutch rose flowers at power out put level for 2.5 minutes in the microwave
oven by embedding in silica gel results in best quality dry flower. Orange coloured cultivar ‘Lambada’ was found
to be the most suitable Dutch rose cultivar for drying