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June 30, 2009
Posted by: balifinder.com
Categories: Hotels, Places of Interest, Shopping Time, Theme Ceremony
Tags: Bali, Bali News Highlights, Bali Special Getaway, Bedugul, flower, place to go, places, plant
CHRYSANTEMUM, AN ORNAMENTAL BEAUTY FROM BEDUGUL
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.
June 10, 2009
Posted by: balifinder.com
Categories: Bar & Restaurant, Food, Places of Interest, Spa, Sauna and Reflexology
Tags: Bali News Highlights, balinese ingredient, culinary, herbs, place to go, plant, Tabanan
Rosemary, dew from Bedugul valley

A perfect creatures on the planet earth is all best known as a human, perfectly human is created along with complete senses which start from eye, noose, ear and skin. These five sense has their own duty to protect their own master, human on this case, and will bring their master became superior among other creatures. Senses could be related with health and beauty, skin for example, is one of those senses that sensitive to any kind of touch action. Skin is coverage a human body almost 100%, maybe this is the main reason that since an ancient time a human always innovated to protect age of their skin. Now the skin predator which dangerously damage skin and causing death is mosquito, but this article will not mentioned further about mosquito, we will see about “Rosemary” and what contribution will it bring to save our skin.
Rosemary came from a Latin name; more about “dew from the sea” is its meaning. Just like other herbs and bushes, rosemary has a permanently stem with green needle leaves, and these leaves will contain a colored flower when its time to appear. Most of rosemary species are growth at Mediterranean region, of course will perfectly interact with Mediterranean climate, where open sunny area is a must for rosemary plant, soil with good drainage is best for rosemary cultivation and most founded in the soil near by the sea. Rosemary is easily cultivated through all the season and adaptable as perennial herb, but some varieties is avoid cold season. In Bali, we could also found rosemary plant being sold at Bedugul valley, means that rosemary also could be cultivated in tropical climate.
Rosemary is a member of Lamiaceae family or called mint herb family, as a member of these Lamiaceae, rosemary contain of several acid which contribute in culinary and medical uses. In suggested doses, rosemary compound will fit to human metabolism and safely use as ingredient in most Mediterranean culinary. Medical doses will suggest as antioxidant, acidic compound is believed could protect human brain from stroke and neuron diseases, this is also the reason of using small amount of rosemary dried leaves mixed with other herbs in making an herbal tea. Having an astringent taste and strong scent like Cajuputi leaves, causes a toxic impact in large amount of uses, several research found that large amount of rosemary oil may cause a coma, vomiting or respiratory diseases, and not allowed for pregnant or breastfeeding woman consumption. This bad reaction of body system caused of large amount uses is what we are discussing at first paragraph of this article. The effect of brain attack in a mosquito’s neuron system when they adsorb large amount of rosemary plant scent will bring us to protect our skin from mosquito bites, therefore people sometimes use rosemary plant applied into a skin as mosquito repelled. From all skin protected which is always innovated, what could be wrong if we use a green botanical plantation.
Rosemary is a simple plant for beginner gardener to start to know how reflected beauty of green botanical to a shape of useful human body protection. So when you plan to have a small garden, don’t forget to browse a story behind the seeds on your hands.
