Spectabalis in flower
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Spectabalis in flower
Just received word from a Bamboo Nursary here in the Comox valley BC Canada that a spectabalis she has in the ground is starting to flower. I'm yet to check it out in person but I did review a picture ( HORIBLE quality) and its definitely the case.
My spectabalis is from her as well and no sign of flowering yet.
Has anyone seen any signs yet on theirs????
My spectabalis is from her as well and no sign of flowering yet.
Has anyone seen any signs yet on theirs????
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Re: Spectabalis in flower
Had a few flowers on my 'Spectabilis' and 'Harbin Invera' after the ride from Oregon four years ago but no seed or more flowers. Seems to be a common occurence but doubt heavy flowering is.
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The aureosulcata clan seems to sporadically flower. I've had multiple incidents of a few culms flower and the rest of them not. The flowering ones seem to not set seed and the groves have shown no more signs of it.
Just think what would happen if yellow groove went into full flower across the planet - poor CT woman would need a new cause.
Just think what would happen if yellow groove went into full flower across the planet - poor CT woman would need a new cause.
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Interesting stuff guys. I'll have to pass this on to my friend at the Nursary.
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Re: Spectabalis in flower
needmore wrote:
Just think what would happen if yellow groove went into full flower across the planet - poor CT woman would need a new cause.
God help the silverback gorillas.
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Given her "scientific back-ground" I supopose she could have gone on sabbatical until all the seeds had sprouted...........needmore wrote:The aureosulcata clan seems to sporadically flower. I've had multiple incidents of a few culms flower and the rest of them not. The flowering ones seem to not set seed and the groves have shown no more signs of it.
Just think what would happen if yellow groove went into full flower across the planet - poor CT woman would need a new cause.
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Mine, too.
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She actually might be looking for a new cause. This is a 06880 blog post from 3 1/2 weeks ago: "... Art Schoeller writes that since January, as he bikes and drives around town, all he sees is dying bamboo. It’s happening on his property. It’s happening on Turkey Hill South and Greens Farms Road. Wherever the “worst alien invader” once was, it’s now met its match."needmore wrote:
Just think what would happen if yellow groove went into full flower across the planet - poor CT woman would need a new cause.
https://06880danwoog.com/2016/05/20/bam ... he-sequel/
I didn't notice it on my family member's Westport property, but there really are large swaths of barren brown culms as recent as two weeks ago. Edges of groves as much as crowded centers. No flowers ... just dead. And Westport/Southport had a mild winter.
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Re: Spectabalis in flower
Her actual cause was to harass her neighbors, the bamboo crusade was just a means to an end.needmore wrote:
Just think what would happen if yellow groove went into full flower across the planet - poor CT woman would need a new cause.
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Gladys Kravitz 2.0foxd wrote:Her actual cause was to harass her neighbors, the bamboo crusade was just a means to an end.needmore wrote:
Just think what would happen if yellow groove went into full flower across the planet - poor CT woman would need a new cause.
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Re: Spectabalis in flower
Most of New England suffered a sub freezing gale force wind for two days last February, it had been unseasonably warm before the blast, which probably compounded the damage. Some of the less hardy species were killed to the ground, even in protected areas. Even very hardy species such as yellow groove and bissetti were defoliated and had a lot of culm death if they were in exposed areas.cole wrote:
She actually might be looking for a new cause. This is a 06880 blog post from 3 1/2 weeks ago: "... Art Schoeller writes that since January, as he bikes and drives around town, all he sees is dying bamboo. It’s happening on his property. It’s happening on Turkey Hill South and Greens Farms Road. Wherever the “worst alien invader” once was, it’s now met its match."
https://06880danwoog.com/2016/05/20/bam ... he-sequel/
I didn't notice it on my family member's Westport property, but there really are large swaths of barren brown culms as recent as two weeks ago. Edges of groves as much as crowded centers. No flowers ... just dead. And Westport/Southport had a mild winter.
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Re: Spectabalis in flower
Yeah, cold temps has to be the cause of that, people think mild winter but they forget a single killing night of stupid cold temps.
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Re: Spectabalis in flower
I saved a couple screen captures from the February 14/15 2015 storm that killed a lot of bamboo in the mid-atlantic area. Easy to forget how bad the weather was. 55mph gusts and 9 degrees.
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And it hit -7F here, -9 in Boston. Still, even +9F will hit P aurea, nigra, and some others that people think are fairly hardy.
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Valentines Night 2016 went to -6F in Westport. A three day stretch was 25/3, 14/-6, and 32/6. Not even a hint of single digits for the rest of the winter. The prior winter, which was brutal, had two weeks of overnight lows in single digits. It's amazing to think how one night can cause so much devastation. Perhaps the -6F night was especially bad because there hadn't been any winter leading up? Christmas Day was mid-60s. February 1st was 60F.
Well, hopefully the rhizomes will spread far and wide this summer and fall, and the "alien invaders" come back strong.
Well, hopefully the rhizomes will spread far and wide this summer and fall, and the "alien invaders" come back strong.