Manajemen Produksi Heliconia Secara Organik di Sekar Bumi Tropical Farm Payangan-Gianyar, Bali

Abstract

Heliconia (Heliconia sp.) is tropical cut flowers. Bali is one province in Indonesia which has the optimum agro-climat and good market for Heliconia. Long vaselife and many kind of species of Heliconia make this flower favored. This internship activities carried out to determine the Heliconia (Heliconia sp.) organic farming system and identify Heliconia (Heliconia sp.) collection in Sekar Bumi Tropical Farm (SBTF). SBTF fertillizing used cow manure without sintetic chemical fertillizer. It applied zero waste system. We identified 16 Heliconia varieties growing up well from other 200 varieties exist. It was just 11 varieties from 16 varieties wich favored and marketable. It types among other H. bihai (L.) cv. Yellow Dancer, H. caribaea Lamarck x H. bihai (L.) L. cv. Jacquinii, H. chartacea Lane ex Barreiros cv. Sexy Pink, H. rostrata Ruiz & Pavon, H. sticta Huber cv. Oliveira Sharonii, H. caribaea Lamarck x H. bihai (L.) L. cv. Kawauchi, H. caribaea Lamarck cv. Barbados Flat, H. stricta Huber cv. Bucky, H. caribaea Lamarck cv. Gold, H. collinsiana Griggs var.collinsiana, H. psittacorum L.f. x H. spathocircinata Aristeguieta cv. Golden Torch.