Tarzanus, we do have high winds occasionally, so it's definitely a possibility. I'm not seeing the pattern on brand new leaves.

We had a cooler than usual start to the summer, followed by a week of 100+ degrees, so maybe the rapid rise in temperatures played a role in this??

Here are some closeups. Please remember that these are highly magnified, so even dust specks look large. FRONT: http://gerhardbock.com/public/110811_bambusa_textilis_mutabilis_leaf_spots_01.jpg http://gerhardbock.com/public/110811_bambusa_textilis_mutabilis_leaf_spots_04.jpg BACK: http://gerhardbock...

Any chance something was dripped or sprayed on that plant? It's in your front yard, right -- something from a passing car maybe? Does it look like a pattern from drips or spray drops? Alan, Funny you should mention that. My first thought had been bleach stains from Chlorox :-). This bamboo is near ...

foxd wrote:I did some Googling and found a reference to dry spots on leaves being caused by a bacterial infection.

I'd love to follow up on this. Do you remember where you saw that reference? I wasn't able to find anything useful. Thanks!

...the webs were present though. I fully expected to see some sign of mites, but there was nothing. I'm relieved, because this Bambusa textilis is quite close to one of my favorites, Bambusa eutuldoides 'Viridividatta'. I know this sounds weird, but the spots remind of hail damage on succulents. We...

Looks like bamboo mite damage. Brad, I checked about 20 leaves, and there is no sign whatsoever of any mites, or any other insects. The leaves are perfectly clean. The white blotches are dry spots, as if the leaves were drying up selectively. And yet, the plant overall is very healthy, producing ne...

In the last couple of months, the white spots seen in photo below have appeared on many leaves on my Bambusa textilis 'Mutabilis'. Does anybody have any idea what it could be?

Thank you!

I mail-ordered a 3-gallon Bambusa chungii 'Barbellata' last year. It went in the ground in March 2010, and now (16 months later) it's pushing 1" culms that I expect to grow to 15 ft. or more. I just posted some photos on my blog: http://www.bambooandmore.info/2011/07/taming-alphonse-karr-bamboo...

ocimum_nate wrote:I enjoyed the Chusquea pictures. I wish I could get that one to grow in Utah. Thanks for sharing.

You and me both! At least I have my in-laws' place to use as an experimental bamboo garden .

Gerhard

Nice pictures and commentary on your website. Tradewinds is well run. I have purchased about 15 plants from Gib over the past few years and they have all done very good. Of all the California and Oregon nurseries I have dealt with, I would give Gib a 10 on a scale of 1 to 10 (highest/best). Bamboo ...

Hi all, Last week I had the pleasure of visiting Gib Cooper's Tradewinds Bamboo Nursery in Gold Beach, Oregon ( http://www.bamboodirect.com ). I posted a write-up on my blog: http://www.bambooandmore.info/2011/07/visit-to-tradewinds-bamboo-nursery-gold_16.html It was a great visit, and I hope you'll...

watchnerd wrote:Today I went to the NCCABS annual bamboo festival and sale. While there, I snapped some photos of the great Bamboo Garden at Foothill College.

David,

Excellent photos. I really wanted to go but we were out of town for Easter. I wish they had picked a different weekend...

Gerhard

Do you Californians grow Bambusa Tex. Kanpaha over there... ~BMC. BMC, I have a Bambusa textilis 'Mutabilis' which according to the 2011 ABS Species Source List is "very similar" to 'Kanapaha'. Roy Rogers thinks they are the same . I bought mine as a 15-gallon plant from Bamboo Sourcery a...

Here are photos of some of the potted runners that are shooting here:

http://www.bambooandmore.info/2011/04/s ... mboos.html

But I think the real damage was from wind. David, I think you're spot on with that observation. The leaves on my Bambusa mutabilis and Bambusa eutuldoides 'Viridivittata' are pretty chewed up by the wind we had in the last few months. The good thing is that new leaves are already forming (at least ...