Ebay Bissetii

[kudzu9]

That's never stopped us before! It's better that he knows sooner, rather than later, what kind of people he's fallen in with...

[ghmerrill]

Hey, at least we have not turned this thread into a global warming discussion!

[bambootony]

Hey, at least we have not turned this thread into a global warming discussion!

YEA!!! If that is true then Y is florida not underwater?????

The teri duck tile thing is funny!!!!

[dudley]

i thought archeopteryx was flightless!
shows how much i know about bamboo.

[ghmerrill]

i thought archeopteryx was flightless!
shows how much i know about bamboo.

it could fly pretty high after it drank alchohol distilled from fermented bamboo shoots.....

[dudley]

i think i see one.
just one more beer higher!

[spiros]

My ebay story:
I bought some EBAY bamboo last winter. "8 - 1 gallon plants for about $80" with shipping

I received a mature culms CUT to 5 inches in height and the soil ENTIRELY WASHED AWAY. I wrote the seller back and he said of course there is no soil that way its cheaper to ship. Only 1 has survived (barely). Never again.

[mantis]

My ebay story:
I bought some EBAY bamboo last winter. "8 - 1 gallon plants for about $80" with shipping

I received a mature culms CUT to 5 inches in height and the soil ENTIRELY WASHED AWAY. I wrote the seller back and he said of course there is no soil that way its cheaper to ship. Only 1 has survived (barely). Never again.

I've purchased 3 bamboos from eBay. All 3 were mis-ID'd... not even close. Obviously meant to deceive.

sold as: B. emeiensis 'Flavidovirens', received: B. multi. 'Golden Goddess'
sold as: B. pervariabilis 'Viridistriatus', received: B. multi. 'Alphonse Karr'
sold as: B. textilis var. gracilis, received: B. multi. 'Silverstripe'

Oh well, at least they all survived.

[Alan_L]

Hey mantis, B. emeiensis 'Flavidovirens', B. pervariabilis 'Viridistriatus', and B. textilis var. gracilis are all on your "have to trade" list!!

(just kidding. Haven't actually checked your list)

[mantis]

Hey mantis, B. emeiensis 'Flavidovirens', B. pervariabilis 'Viridistriatus', and B. textilis var. gracilis are all on your "have to trade" list!!

(just kidding. Haven't actually checked your list)

I actually have no bamboo to trade... Gene took it all

[ghmerrill]

Hey mantis, B. emeiensis 'Flavidovirens', B. pervariabilis 'Viridistriatus', and B. textilis var. gracilis are all on your "have to trade" list!!

(just kidding. Haven't actually checked your list)

I actually have no bamboo to trade... Gene took it all

thats what you get for leaving your place unguarded and taking a long road trip!

OK< just so EVERYONE know Mantis SENT the boos to me...

and some of them are doing VERY well (textilkanaptabalis in particular!)

[bambootony]

Hello Group,
The ebay yellow grove has turned all the leaves brown but the Culm is still green
I dug around with my hands today and not much was happening. NO rhizome at all no buds...???
The Yellowgrove that had my first whip shoot has developed quite well!!!
I have about 30 shoots off this clump all small in dia. bt most are 3-5 feet high.
I'll get a photo and can compare to an early shot I took.
From Bamboo Tony

[kudzu9]

bambootony-
Culms can sometimes stay green for quite a while after they are essentially dead. I have had culms that dropped all of their leaves re-leaf, but, given what you started with, I don't think that one's gonna make it.

(P.S.: It's Yellow Groove. not Yellow Grove.)

[bambootony]

bambootony-
Culms can sometimes stay green for quite a while after they are essentially dead. I have had culms that dropped all of their leaves re-leaf, but, given what you started with, I don't think that one's gonna make it.

(P.S.: It's Yellow Groove. not Yellow Grove.)

OK that is GROOVY

[bambootony]

Hello Bamboo group,
Ok so I pulled the Yellow groove I got from Ebay out and washed off the root.
It did have small buds near where the rhizome was cut...
So I cut the culms to 3 foot and potted it. They were 15ft.....
Should I keep this pot in a shadey spot or in direct sun?


I used a mix of potting mix and top soil..
Then added some fresh wood chips....

AND YES!!! I did cut a BIG hole in the bottom of this pot...
Also I got a bag of 27-3-3 fertilizer for 1.00 today...
That will come in handy next year....

From Bamboo Tony