Phy Propinqua ‘Beijing’ Flowering
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Re: Phy Propinqua ‘Beijing’ Flowering
Alan - My Beijing is down to 2 x 12ft culms. One is leafless and flowered heavily last year, the other is flowerless and with leaves intact and re-leafing. The flowered culm appears to be sending out new leaves.
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Re: Phy Propinqua ‘Beijing’ Flowering
Update, both 'Beijing' culms are sending out new leaves and one big shoot has emerged. So maybe it will survive.
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Shoots are not a sign of recovery -- I had a dozen or more this year and last and they all produced flowers right away. Fingers crossed for you though!
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Re: Phy Propinqua ‘Beijing’ Flowering
And no new leaves on any culms Alan?
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Re: Phy Propinqua ‘Beijing’ Flowering
mine is nearly extinct after mice wreck havoc on its root/rhisome system. I made the mistake of tarping it last winter, and by Spring only one severely-damaged culm manages to releaf to about 5% (a few dozen individual leafs). No shoots this season. I suspect it has become a living stick, and may not make it through another winter.
Re: Phy Propinqua ‘Beijing’ Flowering
For the most part, no new leaves. Most of the culms look like this:
There are a few that look like this though, including two of the new culms farthest from the plant (not quite this leafy of course):
So I don't know what the prognosis is. I'm still leaning toward removing this and perhaps saving the new culms that didn't grow flowers -- the ones that are farthest from the main plant.
There are a few that look like this though, including two of the new culms farthest from the plant (not quite this leafy of course):
So I don't know what the prognosis is. I'm still leaning toward removing this and perhaps saving the new culms that didn't grow flowers -- the ones that are farthest from the main plant.
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Re: Phy Propinqua ‘Beijing’ Flowering
Mine started flowering recently. Any idea how long it takes seed to fully ripen? I husked a few seeds and at the end of the thread there were various sized grains so I'm assuming at least some of the seeds will be viable. Anyone else have any luck getting seeds?
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Here one old culm dead, one flushing a few new leaves and a new culm only got a foot high. That latter culm 's first leaves turned burgundy then brown but newer leaves are fine. No sign of more flowers and last year's produced no seed.
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Re: Phy Propinqua ‘Beijing’ Flowering
Brad had mentioned that these may not be Propinqua at all. Can Bamboo be identified by the seed kernel? I had bought some internet seeds a couple of years ago and the seed kernel on those had a long banana shape to them. These are round but that may have to do with them not being fully ripened. The internet seeds were supposed to be Bambusa Lako and they were viable.
Re: Phy Propinqua ‘Beijing’ Flowering
Mine flowered heavily last year but produced no viable seeds for some reason. If the seed feels full like there is a grain of rice inside it, then it is probably good.
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Re: Phy Propinqua ‘Beijing’ Flowering
One culm flowering here too, took long enough after last year's false start. Not expecting any seeds, only the Fargesias seem to set seed here and not the Phyllos.
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Re: Phy Propinqua ‘Beijing’ Flowering
Anyone seeing signs of life? Mine looks dead. Everything else is putting up shoots
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Since I removed the main plant last summer, I only have a few escaped culms and some culmless rhizomes to go by, but both of those sections have already started shooting (it was earlier than any of the other bamboos by 2 weeks or more). I've removed all of the shoots, but still have a few culms with leaves remaining so we'll see how that goes.
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Re: Phy Propinqua ‘Beijing’ Flowering
Ph. Propinqua is still in the full flower here.
I am engaged in pages about hardy bamboos in Czech language - http://bambusy.info/.
Re: Phy Propinqua ‘Beijing’ Flowering
My one escaped rhizome is putting up shoots now. They look floppy so I'm not getting excited, but we'll see. I'll have to make a decision on this one soon since it's going to be sending rhizomes into my neighbor's yard any second.
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