C. culeou pic

philinshelton · Post by **philinshelton** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 5:41 am

after cold, sunny weather colored the culms, I peeled the sheaths off and took this pic from the south side of the plant.
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rfgpitt · Post by **rfgpitt** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 12:51 pm

I like this pic better:
C. culeou

(my 'White Dragon' is looking pitiful right now. I'll let you know what it does)

kudzu9 · Post by **kudzu9** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 8:08 pm

Phil-
It's looking gorgeous. When I saw it during my visit a couple of months ago, I thought it was the best looking Chusqua I've ever seen. One of these days mine is going to look like that...

Post by **bambooweb** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 8:33 pm

Phil
That plant looks great. It almost makes me want to try and not kill one. Unfortunately my record is dead Chusqua : 2 , Living : 0

I was in your area last week but I was with a group of people that were not into bamboo so I limited bamboo nursery visits to two.

Bill

Iowaboo · Post by **Iowaboo** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 12:54 am

Bill and Ted's excellent adventure wrote:but I was with a group of people that were not into bamboo

What do you mean? I thought everyone was as crazy about boo as us!

eric in west seattle · Sun Mar 05, 2006 3:03 am

That is gorgeous. The bamboo is reaching out to me. Must have!!

ERIC
in W. Seattle

philinshelton · Post by **philinshelton** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 4:29 am

I see my friend Adam already posted a pic of the plant. He was the one that convinced me to peel of the sheaths after he saw the plant - thanks Adam! Bill, I will be seeing you at the ABS booth at the fair...we will be manning the booth Saturday morning.

Oregonbamboo · Post by **Oregonbamboo** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 6:02 am

philinshelton wrote:I see my friend Adam already posted a pic of the plant. He was the one that convinced me to peel of the sheaths after he saw the plant - thanks Adam! Bill, I will be seeing you at the ABS booth at the fair...we will be manning the booth Saturday morning.

I'm like that little devil guy sitting on your shoulder whispering things in your ear that will eventually get you and come to think of it me in trouble......

green99 · Post by **green99** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 8:00 am

I've seen dark purple and pinkish, but never blood red. That is amazing!
Phil- Do you think that coloring trait is unique to C.culeo species, or unique within C.culeo species?
I'm wondering if any of mine will do that if they are planted in the right spot.
Awesome plant!

philinshelton · Post by **philinshelton** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 4:19 pm

green99, I haven't seen coloring quite like this before, in fact, not even on this very plant. I am sure it is temporary, and caused by the exposure of the culm to the winter sun, and perhaps the cold, dry winds played a part. Viewing from all point except due due south, the color is unremarkable.

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Post by **needmore** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 8:22 pm

Phil, I had some new yellow groove culms turn such a dark burgundy last spring that they were basically black. They were growing right next to my Nigra and it sure confused folks when I said, "No, the black ones are yellow groove and the green ones are the black bamboo...I remember checking them out a few weeks back and there was still some of the coloration, I'll look when I get back home and post a pic if they still have the color. Maybe yours will hang on to it for awhile - beautiful!

Markj · Post by **Markj** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 8:37 pm

Talking about the colour, there's a big spring plant fair near to here, and a local bamboo nursery imported a stack of stuff from Holland to try and sell. One of the plants was Ph. aureosulcata 'aureocaulis' that was greenhouse grown and just finished shooting, every culm was bright red- looked so different from normal garden grown stock! Needless to say they sold every one of the "new red bamboo"

green99 · Post by **green99** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 3:52 am

Still a nice looking plant from the north side. I think you maybe right about winds cold winds having an effect. I've seen plants with more wind turn more color, but it's hard to really prove.

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