Travelling to Bedugul will provide a distinctive satisfaction; the way of natural treatment of an attractive view and a blush of a windy valley, could contribute calmness. Good weather and climate which supported by fertile ground condition, giving this land with agriculture commodity value and beauty sight for Bali tourism. Various kinds of vegetables, leaves, and flowers that essential factor of plants is definitely could turned by a nature for doing something glamour to a visitors. And Chrysantemum is one of so many beautiful plants in Bedugul that will be a theme of this article. Having itself as a perennial herb plant, Chrysantemums could be growing in perennial land with tropical till subtropical climate. Sometimes people called this plant as Mums only. Include in family of Asteraceae, Chrysantemums are native to Asia and Northern Europe country. China is a country of Chrysantemum nativity and a land where this plant had founded for the first time. Then on its history, Chrysantemum had brought to Japan and became inspiring a Festival of Happiness in Japan. Been adopted to Europe make this plant having a name as Chrysantemum (“Chrysous” = gold as a first colour from first variety, and “Antemon” = flower).

Generally, Chrysantemum is flower plant that could reach about 150 cm height, with deeply lobe leaves and decorated with varieties of shape and coloring flowers. Chrysantemum has a perfect florets called disk florets, contained with female and male reproductive organ, and imperfect florets called ray florets which is only has one reproductive organ. Reproduction organ in Chrysantemum could give this plant being cultivated by a seeds, and stem stake will be other choice of cultivation.

Variation in color and shape of Chrysantemum flower is able to attract insects and became an enemy to a Chrysantemum farmers other then stem and leaves fungus. In addition to use as a reduces of polluted air and insect repellent, Chrysantemum also has a medical uses as antibacterial and increases body’s immune in the form of an herbal tea.

Chrysantemum willing to give positive and cheerful excitement for plants lovers, each petals, color and shape of florets could give symbols meaning to some places around the world. If fogy begins to thin Bedugul valley and the weather became bright, then Chrysantemum will display beauty ornament and will provide positive energy to a visitor’s sight.

Measuring road between valleys in Bedugul, cold temper already creep a body accompanying with roar of motorbike in the ears. Scenery left and right side being promised to erase boringness through the never ending road. Stopping at first point of turn over altitude road, precise side gate of Bedugul Botanical Garden, lays a local market named “Pasar Bedugul”. Resting place for such invest money resulted from being a worker of Monday to Saturday at nine to five, is here to be found. At this local market will be found agronomical commodity of a fertile land supported with a good weather, after looking around in this place, finally found flower shop that has an ocean of French Marigold to welcome every customer.

Name of Marigold came from a root of “Mary’s Gold”, usually related with a story of Virgin Mary in Christian way. Marigold famous all over a country as garden flower that easily grow and doesn’t hard to taking care of its plantation. Marigold just like a bushes plant, cultivated with a seeds which could be found as black seeds at the bottom of its petals. Growing with hard stem that could reach height between 0.05 – 2 m, Marigold has pinnate green leaves, rounded rays shape of flower colored with white till red. Marigold has many varieties depends on cultivation area and hybrid between its original variety. Hybrid of these plants showed with color of Marigold flower, shape of pinnate green leaves, scented of the flower, height of the stem.

One of its varieties is called Tagetes, many to be cultivated in America (Mexican Marigold), African Marigold that most cultivated in Africa, and French Marigold which is being top cultivated in France. These African and French Marigold are highly plant as garden flower in subtropical and tropical region in South East Asia including Indonesia (very known as “Kenikir”), Kenikir usually used as salad after quick cooked process. Especially in Bali, African Marigold taking role as local commodity know as “Gumitir” or “Gemitir” with height of stem reach half of a height of normal human body, rounded rays flower with yellow to orange color. Most founded at local market to complete the needed of these flower as ceremonial offerings, garlands, other traditional uses. Beside African Marigold there are also French Marigold as seen at the picture.

Commonly Tagetes planted as a companion planting for tomatoes, potatoes, and eggplant or tobacco troupes. Appear as pioneer plant in the reclamation of disturbed land. Marigold leaves has strong scent, some could applied to remove warts, but other variety has no scent at all. As found in South Africa, Marigold scented turn to a basic scent of perfumes. Dried Marigold flower could add as food scented and natural food color through its yellow and orange color. In Mexico, small amounts is used for making herbal tea while large amount consumption cause hallucination effect and of course not allow in large amount uses.

When has a quick sight of this plant and flower, then bulb a thought that Marigold could not only has an esthetic value, but more than that appearing beauty. Marigold has an uncommon beauty uses as it look like. What is found above ocean of French Marigold at Bedugul local market could offer soul refreshment from stressful road of valley Bedugul. Maybe dream yearning of Paris as a city of love can be park a while and let an ocean of French Marigold will hypnotized you with a love from Eifel to Bedugul valley.

All come and transport here, taking an important regulation of troupes. Heart is a part of centralized region and most attracted place in giving salutation. Giving a beautiful sight to a green pseudostem of banana, beautifully flowering look to a green canopy of banana leaves with red to purple color, banana heart is just known as a part of banana flower. Banana heart and its knowledge behind give a shocking story about it.

Trying to observe banana plant when flowering and became produce its fruit, will appear such a red to purple blossom and its called “Banana Heart” or “Banana Blossom”. In Indonesia familiar named as “Jantung Pisang” (Jantung = Heart; Pisang = Banana). Now then we will call it “Banana Heart” until end of this article. Banana heart is giving the actuality of steril male banana flower which take a shape like a “heart”, always giving protection on female banana flower through gentle wrap of purple peel in fertilization process is its central task. Banana heart could produce an actual banana fruit without requiring fertilization and of course he will adsorb plant nutrition along with all young banana fruit. When all finger banana fruit already appear and became mature, banana heart show itself at the edge of fruit stem and sometimes cut to produce a good quality of banana fruit. Cutting Banana heart in Banana troupe is a must procession in spite of having good shape and quality of banana fruit or sometime for having clean bunch of banana fruit before sending to a market.

Don’t even think to throw him as garbage, because in some country this banana heart could be consumed as a food, like in Bangladesh, India, or Southeast Asia especially in Bali, this banana heart sometime steamed and cooked with some spices and bean to become soup or just become a delicious curry, banana heart could appear as raw vegetable use in salad. Even though it doesn’t has a big name on world culinary atlas, but banana heart always stays on every heart of its fanatic fans and taking role as a heart of Balinese ingredient.