Studi Budidaya Lily Potong (Lilium Spp.) di Kebun Cibodas PT. Puri Sekar Asri Lembang-Bandung, Jawa Barat.

Abstract

Lily as cut flower is one of ornamental plant which has high price in Indonesia. High demand of lily cut flower in domestic market must be followed by good agriculture practices to decrease the lost product. The internship was implemented at PT. Puri Sekar Asri, Lembang, Bandung which supplies lily as cut flower. The purposes of this internship were to know, learn and analyze the harvest and postharvest management of lily cut flower that carried out in Cibodas field and also to increase the basic knowledge and skills of the author related to the cultivation, harvest and postharvest handling on lily cut flower. Through the observations of five lily varieties which were cultivated in Cibodas field, Crystal Blanca variety was the most widely cultivated variety. The development of lilies were based on each characteristic of the variety and its growing environment. Cool storage could be extending the vaselife of lily cut flower for 5 days. Exact Harvest and postharvest standardization and practices have not been fully implemented by workers at the company .it can be seen from the very high presentage of harvesting error at Acapulco dan Rio Negro variety which can reach over 50% and high presentage grading errors at Lake Carey variety which can reach 40%.