Flower traders face hectic days in rush to buy blooms

Geng Xinwei has only slept for three hours a day for the past 12 days.

The 24-year-old flower trader in Kunming, Yunnan province, has been busy with the Valentine's Day flower auction.

"Orders increase and flowers sell for prices that are five times higher than usual," he said, adding that most of the flowers he bought in the past two weeks were red roses.