Bambusa bambos seedling?
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Joseph Clemens
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Bambusa bambos seedling?
I have a small plant, growing in a 15 gallon pot. It is quickly growing larger. It does not yet have any thorns and the bases of the leaves which wrap around the culms and culm branches (the leaf sheathes) are a rich and vibrant red color. Supposedly this plant was grown from a seed of Bambusa bambos, but perhaps it is something else. Has anyone seen a tropical clumping bamboo with this red coloration?
Joseph Clemens
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Re: Bambusa bambos seedling?
Did you actually grow it from seed, or you got it as a seedling?
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Re: Bambusa bambos seedling?
Someone gave me a few seeds, supposedly produced by Bambusa bambos and one of them grew into this plant - I will take a few pics and post them tomorrow.
A few years earlier I obtained a small division of Bambusa bambos; it was in a four inch pot when I received it, then I grew it until it was gallon pot size when I planted it into the ground. Once it was in the ground it began growing larger very rapidly. The leaf sheathes were not "red", and there were thorns produced at many nodes, even on smaller diameter culms. Though it was growing strong and rapidly, it did not survive that Winter (it was an unusually cold Winter - a 19F freeze occurred). I plan to plant this seedling in the ground soon, I hope it doesn't die from a frost. Though it has already survived two or three Winters in a gallon pot where it germinated and survived severe neglect - over-watered and not fertilized.
A few years earlier I obtained a small division of Bambusa bambos; it was in a four inch pot when I received it, then I grew it until it was gallon pot size when I planted it into the ground. Once it was in the ground it began growing larger very rapidly. The leaf sheathes were not "red", and there were thorns produced at many nodes, even on smaller diameter culms. Though it was growing strong and rapidly, it did not survive that Winter (it was an unusually cold Winter - a 19F freeze occurred). I plan to plant this seedling in the ground soon, I hope it doesn't die from a frost. Though it has already survived two or three Winters in a gallon pot where it germinated and survived severe neglect - over-watered and not fertilized.
Joseph Clemens
Tucson, Arizona, USA
Tucson, Arizona, USA
Re: Bambusa bambos seedling?
I got some bambos seeds from a reliable source a while back they look as you describe no thorns and reddish culm sheaths. Are they really B. bambos... I do not know.
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Re: Bambusa bambos seedling?
Thank you MarCat for the confirmation. I'll try to get some photos today and post them here, particularly good for the record, especially if the frost gets it.
Joseph Clemens
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Re: Bambusa bambos seedling?
Dendrocalamus strictus?
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Re: Bambusa bambos seedling?
Got D. strictus seeds from the same source they grew into very D.strictus looking plants. Got the seeds on a lark as they were cheep neither bambos or strictus will grow here so they are regulated to the green house till they get to big.
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Re: Bambusa bambos seedling?
marcat: Just a thought since a lot of the bamboo seeds for sale turn out to be either D. strictus or Moso.
BTW, I'm still looking for a Clone X. If you have one you might look at my bamboo list, see if there is anything you want in return and I will see if I can take divisions from it. Probably not the best time of year, but I can at least start getting one ready for division.
BTW, I'm still looking for a Clone X. If you have one you might look at my bamboo list, see if there is anything you want in return and I will see if I can take divisions from it. Probably not the best time of year, but I can at least start getting one ready for division.
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Re: Bambusa bambos seedling?
Definitely strictus. I have had over 40 B. Bambos. When they were young, they were reddish... some even had red stripes. They lose those as they get bigger. They definitely have thorns even when small.foxd wrote:
Dendrocalamus strictus?
B. Bambos looks like a ball of barbed wire when young.... if you can survive that juvenile stage, you will get a fantastic bamboo. You absolutely have to trim the lower branches every single time they come out... or risk not being able to get to the culms anymore. The branches on a 4 or 5 inch bambos can be 12 feet long and go just about anywhere.
I purchased 40 D. Hamiltonii.... when I got my B. Bambos. Some vendors don't really watch what they sell. It is still one of my favorite bamboos however. I had to get rid of the one in my back yard last year after the hurricane. It just got too big.
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Re: Bambusa bambos seedling?
Sorry about the confusion. I meant to imply a question about the identity of the supposed Bambusa bambos. The image is D. strictus, but I was wondering how close a match it was to the supposed Bambusa bambos seedling.
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Re: Bambusa bambos seedling?
I have learned that there are many, many different variations to the D. Strictus. Some do grow very large. Some have fuzzy leaves... some don't. Some have fuzzy culm sheaths... some don't. Some grow very straight and tall... some grow every which way and can be quite unattractive. There are actually some that look a lot like bambos when young... but, don't have the thorns. I have spent quite a few years looking into this. I have about 12 different variations. You really don't know what you are getting when young.... especially from the many, many seedling variations.
I was lucky enough to get a really nice D. Strictus... that for about the first 4 years or so, I thought was not that nice... then learned that it was a very stable... drought tolerant, wind tolerant... straight bamboo that looked very nice when you trim the lower branches and thinned it out from time to time (just like so many other bamboos).
Also... mine was very cold tolerant. In the 2004 freeze, it did just fine at around 26. No damage at all... other than the tips of the tallest culms.
I was lucky enough to get a really nice D. Strictus... that for about the first 4 years or so, I thought was not that nice... then learned that it was a very stable... drought tolerant, wind tolerant... straight bamboo that looked very nice when you trim the lower branches and thinned it out from time to time (just like so many other bamboos).
Also... mine was very cold tolerant. In the 2004 freeze, it did just fine at around 26. No damage at all... other than the tips of the tallest culms.