Will trade Parvifolia for the "real" Prominens.

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Will trade Parvifolia for the "real" Prominens.

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I bought a 'Prominens' from the fall 07 ABS auction, but it may or may not be the "real" prominens. This is the plant I want. 8)
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Any takers?

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Hi David :oops: , the plant in the pic - is it supposed to be prominens because it's very, very different to the plants grown here under that name, the shoots are just a plain brown sort of colour and very different from the white/cream sort of dulcis look shoots in the pic..
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Hello Mark,

I got the pic from this site. Here is where the photo came from. Photo used with permission from Otto @ www.bambusarium.de, Germany.
I have never seen a mature prominens first hand so I just went by what is posted. It looked very much like dulcis to me too but I just thought maybe they looked similar. Tell me about yours, and do you have a picture? Thanks.

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David- mine here is still small but I've pinched a pic from Jos v. Palnens site LOL

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Now that's what I'm takin' bout, nice size up :!: 8)

OK - That's the one I want :lol: .

Thanks for the info Mark. I'm hoping the one I have will put up something big enough next season to at least give a clue as to its authenticity (or lack of). Just regret missing a growing season if I don't have the correct one.

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David, I think my Prominens is Bissetii, perhaps Humilis but another spring should tell. Too bad they are going gangbusters and over 6 feet tall with multiple canes. JvDP has 3 of the real deal he is holding for me but as of yet we have not figured out how to get them here.
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Looks like the plant in Davids link has also been mixed up, 'cause it don't look like Prominens to me :?
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Brad/Mark,

Looking at the pic of prominens it appears that it has a black line beneath the nodes. If this is the case then what I have is very likely bissetii as Brad mentioned. Too bad. I really wanted prominens. Maybe next year.
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Well, has any of the supposed "Prominens" had swollen nodes? This is the entry in Ohrnberger's book. (Slightly edited to avoid accidental Emoticons.)
Phyllostachys prominens W. Y. HSIUNG
* Taxonomic and nomenclatural references:
Phyllostachys prominens W.Y. Hsiung [Xiong] in
Nanlin Keji, 1975: 28, fig. 2, invalid (publication
not effected); type: Zhao Qiseng [Chao C.S.]
74181; W.Y. Hsiung in Zhulei Yanjiu no. 3, 1976:
47, fig. 2, invalid (with Chinese descr.)
Phyllostachys prominens W.Y. Hsiung [Xiong] in
Acta Phytotax. Sin. 18 (2), 1980:182, fig. 6; type:
C.S. Chao 74181 (NJFU)
* Common names: Gaojiezhu (Chinese), meaning
swollen node bamboo.
* Features: 7- 10( 11 ) m/4-7 ( 8 ) cm/fl(-)
* Distribution: CHINA: Zhejiang, Anhui; introduced
into many provinces.
* Uses: Shoots edible, consumed as a vegetable;
culms used as handles.
* Horticulture: EUROPE: in cultivation in several
countries, very rare; introduced from China in the
1990's. Frost resistance: In China: tolerating -7°C.
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-7*C = 19.4*F
hope it can "tolerate" temps lower than that.....
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rfgpitt wrote:-7*C = 19.4*F
hope it can "tolerate" temps lower than that.....
Ohrnberger's book seems to be very cautious in the tolerance values listed.
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