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Not the same plant but representative of the size, this D minor 'Amoenus' was a late 2018 mail order, you can see the 2 original pruned culms if you look closely.
This one was the same size about 20 months ago.
Bambusa oldhamii shoots Bambusa chungii 'Barbellata'

Amazing. Love the blue of that last one too!

Clap, clap , clap. These are just amazing. Sometimes I wis I'd live in a warmer climate.

I have MANY running forms going well but I think I might pull them all over the coming months now that I understand the clumping forms I can grow here a bit better, my B oldhamii is producing > 3" shoots less than 2 years in the ground though I did container grow it up first.

Yeah, my climate zone is a hoot for plants I have bananas ripening on 3 different type bananas in northern CA and I did not expect that, one of my aloe is already taller than I am.

These sub-tropical clumpers are different for sure, they size up much faster, the shoots are much slower to elongate, the branches way slower to sub branch and leaf out. I have 3 gallon mail order size plants producing right at 2" culms in about 15-18 months, no runner ever sized up that fast for me. I recall Roy Rogers saying he liked the clumpers better and I get that.

looking good Brad