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Pura Vida Tropicals 1541 Sunset Drive Vista, CA 92081 U.S.A. |
760-726-4038 Cell: 760-519-0397 Bob & Vikki Dimattia www.puravidatropicals.com |
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Bambusa | Genus of tropical and subtropical clumping bamboos, usually giant, with numerous branches at a node, one or three much larger than the rest. New shoots appear in late summer or fall in their native areas. | ||||||||
Bambusa arnhemica |
25.00 | 4.00 | 32 | 5 | From Northern Territory, Australia, along water courses. Dense clumps, thick culms, short internodes, low branches. | Sources | MORE |
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Bambusa bambos |
GIANT THORNY | 100.00 | 7.00 | 30 | 5 | Fast growing, thick-walled, soft. Lower branches are long, wiry and armed with thorns. Edible shoots. Used for paper in India. | Sources | MORE |
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Bambusa beecheyana |
BEECHEY BAMBOO | 50.00 | 5.00 | 21 | 5 | Culms with short internodes generally arch strongly and are covered with white powder when young. Big thick-walled culms; edible shoots in much demand. | Sources | MORE |
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Bambusa burmanica |
50.00 | 4.00 | 32 | 5 | Strong, nearly solid culms. Leaves up to 12 by 2 inches. Dense clumps, shrubby, lower branches spiny. | Sources | MORE |
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Bambusa chungii |
33.00 | 2.50 | 21 | 5 | Culms covered with white powder. Thin walled. Used in papermaking, weaving. | Sources | MORE |
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Bambusa chungii var. barbelatta |
22.00 | 1.50 | 21 | 5 | Grows to about 3/4 the size, with lighter ring of hair around new culm nodes and looser culm sheath blade. | Sources | MORE |
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Bambusa dolichoclada 'Stripe' |
65.00 | 4.00 | 25 | 5 | A beautiful giant from Taiwan. The culms are a waxy yellow with dark green stripes. | Sources | MORE |
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Bambusa eutuldoides |
45.00 | 2.00 | 21 | 5 | Straight, erect, thick-walled culms; some with fine white stripes. Grown in Hong Kong area. | Sources | MORE |
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Bambusa eutuldoides 'Viridivittata' |
25.00 | 1.00 | 21 | 5 | Yellow culms with varying dark green stripes. New shoots have pink and peach tones. Low branching. | Sources | MORE |
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Bambusa glaucophylla |
MALAY DWARF | 15.00 | 1.00 | 30 | 5 | Dense, erect, bushy, variegated. Used as an ornamental hedge, easy to prune to desired shape. Previously sold as Bambusa variegata. | Bambusa variegata (hort.) | Sources | MORE |
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Bambusa lako |
TIMOR BLACK | 50.00 | 3.50 | 28 | 5 | Shiny culms green through brown to purple-black with some bold green or pale yellow stripes. Erect culm sheath blades on nearly hairless shoots. Flowers in US prove it to be Bambusa. From Timor. | Gigantochloa atroviolacea 'Timor Black' | Sources | MORE |
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Bambusa oldhamii |
GIANT TIMBER | 55.00 | 4.00 | 21 | 5 | The most common giant tropical bamboo grown in the U.S. Culms straight and erect with relatively short branches. Leaves are rather wide. | Sources | MORE |
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Bambusa pachinensis |
33.00 | 2.40 | 25 | 5 | Medium size with yellowish culms, it resembles B. textilis. | Sources | MORE |
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Bambusa pervariabilis 'Viridistriatus' |
33.00 | 2.40 | 25 | 5 | Recently introduced from China. Similar to the species but much more highly coloured. New shoots are yellow with green stripes maturing to yellow/gold with varying dark green stripes. | Sources | MORE |
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Bambusa sinospinosa |
CHINESE THORNY | 70.00 | 5.00 | 20 | 5 | A thorny bamboo with rather small leaves, and interlaced low thorny branches, impenetrable hedge. | Sources | MORE |
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Bambusa sp. 'Nana' |
25.00 | 2.50 | 28 | 5 | A medium-sized timber bamboo from Thailand. Straight, strong. Some yellow stripes. Note B. nana is a synonym of B. multiplex. | Sources | MORE |
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Bambusa textilis |
WEAVER'S BAMBOO | 40.00 | 2.00 | 18 | 5 | Tight clumps. An extremely handsome plant that arches gracefully. The thin-walled culms are used for weaving. | Sources | MORE |
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Bambusa textilis var. gracilis |
30.00 | 1.30 | 18 | 5 | Culm more slender than the typical B. textilis, nodding top, graceful foliage. | Sources | MORE |
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Bambusa tuldoides |
PUNTING POLE | 55.00 | 2.30 | 21 | 5 | Somewhat similar to B. tulda but not as large and more hardy. It produces a large number of thick walled culms growing in a tight clump. | Sources | MORE |
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Bambusa ventricosa |
BUDDHA'S BELLY | 55.00 | 2.30 | 21 | 5 | It becomes a dwarf with swollen internodes when grown in pots under dry conditions. In the ground it reverts to a giant with zigzag culms and branches. | Bambusa tuldoides 'ventricosa' | Sources | MORE |
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Bambusa ventricosa 'Kimmei' |
55.00 | 2.30 | 21 | 5 | As the species, but with yellow culms striped with green. | Sources | MORE |
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Bambusa vulgaris |
COMMON BAMBOO | 50.00 | 4.00 | 30 | 5 | Common throughout the tropical world. Open clump, culms spaced a foot or two apart. Culm cuttings root very easily. Used for banana props. | Sources | MORE |
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Bambusa vulgaris 'Vittata' |
PAINTED BAMBOO | 50.00 | 4.00 | 30 | 5 | Similar to the species, golden yellow culms with green vertical stripes that look like drip marks. A very popular ornamental. Potted culm cuttings do not always survive. | Sources | MORE |
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Bambusa vulgaris 'Wamin Striata' |
16.00 | 3.00 | 30 | 5 | Dwarf with short and swollen lower internodes, light green culms striped with dark green. | Sources | MORE |
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Bambusa vulgaris 'Wamin' |
16.00 | 3.00 | 30 | 5 | A dwarf form with short and swollen lower green internodes. | Sources | MORE |
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Borinda | Clump-forming mountain bamboos from Bhutan, Tibet, Yunnan, & Sichuan, with different flowers to Fargesia and shorter rhizomes than Yushania. Culms usually blue at first, usually with very fine grooves.. | ||||||||
Borinda fungosa |
20.00 | 1.00 | 20 | 3 | Yunnan, from 6,000 to 9,000 feet. Shoots sweet, culms used for weaving. | Fargesia fungosa | Sources | MORE |
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Borinda fungosa 'White Cloud' |
15.00 | 1.00 | 20 | U | A little smaller and more tender than the species. The leaves have an akebono look with a little white striping | Sources | MORE |
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Chimonobambusa | Medium size running bamboos, often with raised, sometimes thorny nodes, or quadrangular culms, initiating new shoots in the fall or winter, or early spring hence "Winter bamboos". | ||||||||
Chimonobambusa quadrangularis |
SQUARE BAMBOO | 25.00 | 1.50 | 15 | 4 | Prominent nodes. Culms are square in cross section with rounded corners, especially on large mature plants. | Sources | MORE |
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Chimonobambusa quadrangularis 'Suow' |
25.00 | 0.50 | 15 | 4 | Culms are yellow with a few green stripes of varying width. | Sources | MORE |
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Chimonobambusa tumidissinoda |
Walking stick | 20.00 | 1.30 | 10 | 4 | A rare Chinese bamboo noted for its inflated culm nodes. Used for walking sticks in Sichuan, and highly prized for dried shoots. | Qiongzhuea tumidissinoda | Sources | MORE |
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Chimonocalamus | A group of medium-sized clumping bamboos from Yunnan, China with culms bearing thorny basal nodes. Similar to Chimonobambusa but clumping and less hardy, from 1400 to only only 2000 meters in subtropical mountainous regions. Shoots are very good eating. | ||||||||
Chimonocalamus pallens |
26.00 | 1.20 | U | 3 | Erect culms, woody with root thorns at internode. Culm sheaths have green and purple striping. | Sources | MORE |
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Chusquea | A genus of C & S American bamboos that contains 134 described species, and possibly another 70 yet to be described. They are mostly clumping mountain bamboos, but some are runners. The solid culms usually bear one dominant branch and numerous branchlets. | ||||||||
Chusquea circinata |
22.00 | 1.00 | 25 | 4 | Dark arching culms, whorls of small leaves, comes from central and southern Mexico. Clumping. previously misidentified as Arthrostylidium. | Arthrostylidium sp. (hort.) | Sources | MORE |
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Chusquea coronalis |
23.00 | 0.80 | 30 | 4 | A clumping bamboo with numerous tiny leaves on branchlets that completely encircle the culms. Possibly the most beautiful bamboo in cultivation. | Sources | MORE |
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Chusquea culeou |
15.00 | 1.00 | 0 | 5 | Hardy clumper, from southern Chile, long cultivated in Europe. Has many branches per node, all equal size. Many different clones available of varying hardiness and form. | Sources | MORE |
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Chusquea culeou 'Caņa Prieta' |
15.00 | 1.00 | 0 | 5 | Darker culms, becoming red-brown or nearly black. Previously misidentified as C. nigricans. | Chusquea nigricans | Sources | MORE |
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Chusquea liebmannii |
33.00 | 1.00 | 32 | 4 | Mexico to Costa Rica. Culms are strongly arching, sometimes clambering. Spine-like roots on the nodes, takes drier conditions than most bamboos. | Sources | MORE |
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Chusquea mimosa ssp. Australis |
15.00 | 1.00 | 20 | 3 | From southern Brazil. Small leaves, on stiff burgundy-red culms. | Sources | MORE |
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Chusquea pittieri |
25.00 | 2.00 | 24 | 5 | The culms grow up, then arch over and hang down or climb on trees. Thorny nodes, especially near base. One of the largest of the genus. | Sources | MORE |
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Chusquea sp. 'Las Vigas' |
8.00 | 0.50 | 20 | 3 | Large leaves and very pretty rosy-red new shoots and arching culms. It has a fairly vigorous spreading and clambering habit. | Sources | MORE |
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Chusquea virgata |
25.00 | 0.80 | U | U | From Costa Rica. Culms mottled with purple, erect at the base and arching, nodes swollen. | Sources | MORE |
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Dendrocalamus | Giant tropical clumping bamboos similar to Bambusa, often with bigger branches and leaves, and hairier culms. | ||||||||
Dendrocalamus asper |
100.00 | 8.00 | 32 | 5 | An impressive ornamental growing rapidly under favorable conditions. Shoots are large, of the highest quality for food. Thai and Indonesia clones differ. | Sources | MORE |
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Dendrocalamus asper 'Betung Hitam' |
100.00 | 8.00 | 32 | 5 | A black cultivar of D. asper. Rare. | Sources | MORE |
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Dendrocalamus brandisii |
100.00 | 8.00 | 32 | 5 | Thick walled culms; similar to D. giganteus. Shoots of high quality, edible raw. | Sources | MORE |
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Dendrocalamus brandisii (variegated) |
100.00 | 12.00 | 32 | 5 | Like the species but with variegated leaves. An unnamed cultivar. | Sources | MORE |
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Dendrocalamus giganteus |
100.00 | 12.00 | 25 | 5 | From Burma, perhaps the largest bamboo in the world. Leaves can be up to 20 inches long and 4 inches wide. | Sources | MORE |
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Dendrocalamus giganteus (Quail Clone) |
100.00 | 12.00 | 25 | 5 | Propagated from the large specimen at Quail Botanical Gardens in California. | Sources | MORE |
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Dendrocalamus giganteus (variegated) |
U | U | 25 | U | Variegated leaves. An unnamed cultivar. | Sources | MORE |
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Dendrocalamus hamiltonii |
80.00 | 7.00 | 27 | 5 | Native from the Himalayas to Laos, with pendulous pruinose culms, leaves up to 15 inches long. | Sources | MORE |
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Dendrocalamus jianshuiensis |
55.00 | 5.00 | 25 | 5 | Similar to D. hamiltonii, but from China, with fimbriate culm sheath ligule. | Sources | MORE |
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Dendrocalamus latiflorus |
65.00 | 8.00 | 25 | 5 | From southern China. The large, dark green leaves are 10 to 16 inches long and 3 to 4 inches wide. | Sources | MORE |
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Dendrocalamus membranaceus |
70.00 | 4.00 | 28 | 5 | A strong growing bamboo with very straight culms forming loose clumps. Looks like Bambusa but DNA now suggesting Dendrocalamus was the correct genus. | Bambusa membranacea | Sources | MORE |
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Dendrocalamus minor |
25.00 | 2.00 | U | 5 | Culm top bending and drooping. Culm annulus and sheath annulus near the culm base have a yellowish brown ring. | Sources | MORE |
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Dendrocalamus minor 'Amoenus' |
56.00 | 3.00 | 25 | 5 | Culms pale yellow with green stripes, smaller than the species. Dimentions listed is for tropical areas was listed as 25 ft by 2.0 in | Sources | MORE |
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Dendrocalamus sikkimensis |
65.00 | 8.00 | 35 | 5 | Large culms become brownish red. Culm sheaths densely velvety with large auricles. Used for containers and water buckets. | Sources | MORE |
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Dendrocalamus yunnanicus |
80.00 | 7.00 | U | 5 | From southeast Yunnan and from Vietnam. Pale green. Used for shoots, construction, pipes, rafts. | Sources | MORE |
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Drepanostachyum | Small to medium size clumping, bamboos, elegant leaves. Smaller than Himalayacalamus Culm sheaths hairy inside at top. Branches many and all equal, while Himalayacalamus species also have a dominant central branch. | ||||||||
Drepanostachyum khasianum |
12.00 | 0.50 | 28 | 3 | The new culms are dark green covered with white powder which gives them a bluish look. Several species have been grown under this name. Identity of the US clone is uncertain. | Sources | MORE |
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Fargesia | Clumping bamboos from the alpine conifer forests of west and southwest China. Medium to small and all very cold hardy, but not tolerant of very high summer temperatures. Flowers like toothbrushes. Culms smooth. | ||||||||
Fargesia apicirubens 'White Dragon' |
8.00 | 0.50 | -5 | 3 | Selected seedling with Akebono style white variegation on spring leaves. | Fargesia dracocephala 'White Dragon' | Sources | MORE |
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Fargesia nitida |
FOUNTAIN BAMBOO | 12.00 | 0.50 | -15 | 2 | Upright culms with thick grey deciduous wax when young, may become nearly black. Sheaths orange-ribbed. First introduced as seed in 1889, from which many cultivars named. Those plants currently starting a protracted flowering phase and probably all about | Sources | MORE |
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Gigantochloa | Giant, tropical, clumping bamboos similar to Bambusa. G. atroviolacea, G. atter, G. robusta, and G. pseudoarundinacea were formerly all considered to be forms of G. verticillata. Rarely flower or come true from seed, and may be "natural hybrids." | ||||||||
Gigantochloa atroviolacea |
TROPICAL BLACK | 50.00 | 3.50 | 25 | 5 | Matte culms in tight clumps green through dark brown/black with narrow green stripes. Reflexed culm sheath blades on hairy shoots. From Java and Sumatra. | Sources | MORE |
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Gigantochloa luteostriata |
30.00 | 2.00 | 28 | 5 | Erect with full foliage on top. Young leaves variegated white/green. Canes green, intermittent white stripes. | Bambusa luteostriata | Sources | MORE |
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Gigantochloa maxima |
45.00 | 4.00 | 28 | 5 | Variegated culms with cream-colored stripes. The exact ID of plants that have been sold in the past under this name is not clear; also see G. pseudoarundinacea. | Sources | MORE |
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Gigantochloa pseudoarundinacea |
100.00 | 5.00 | 28 | 5 | Formerly included in G. verticillata complex. The culms when young are light green, with thin yellow stripes. | Gigantochloa verticillata | Sources | MORE |
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Gigantochloa ridleyi |
50.00 | 2.00 | 32 | 5 | A very useful straight culmed, large-leafed, handsome bamboo. Tight habit with persistent culm sheaths. | Sources | MORE |
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Gigantochloa sp. 'Sumatra 3751' |
60.00 | U | 28 | 5 | Purple stripes on green canes. May be Gigantochloa kuring, buluh kuring hitam and may be bigger. | Sources | MORE |
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Guadua | A genus of giant, thorny, tropical clumping bamboos native to the New World. Clumps very open. Some older references include them in Bambusa. | ||||||||
Guadua amplexifolia |
50.00 | 4.00 | 28 | 5 | Short internodes, nearly solid in the lower part of the arching culms. Useful, but not as strong as G. angustifolia. | Sources | MORE |
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Guadua angustifolia |
100.00 | 9.00 | 30 | 5 | The largest of the American bamboos, native Venezuela to Peru, used for house construction and furniture. Thorny. Open clumps. | Sources | MORE |
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Guadua angustifolia 'Bicolor' |
100.00 | 8.00 | 30 | 5 | Culms have vertical yellow and green stripes. Also known as 'Striata'. | Sources | MORE |
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Guadua angustifolia 'Less Thorny' |
100.00 | 8.00 | 30 | 5 | A clone with significantly fewer and smaller thorns. | Sources | MORE |
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Guadua chacoensis |
65.00 | 6.00 | 30 | 5 | A large woody thorny green bamboo, with erect culms, from Bolivia to Uraguay. May grow taller than listed. | Sources | MORE |
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Hibanobambusa | A running genus from Japan once thought to be a natural bigeneric hybrid between Sasa veitchii and Phyllostachys nigra 'Henon', but with little evidence to support that idea. | ||||||||
Hibanobambusa tranquillans 'Shiroshima' |
16.00 | 1.30 | 3 | 4 | This form has strikingly attractive leaves variegated in cream and green. The colors persist throughout the year. | Sources | MORE |
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Himalayacalamus | Clump-forming mountain bamboos from the Himalayas with attractive culms and lush foliage. | ||||||||
Himalayacalamus falconeri 'Damarapa' |
CANDY-STRIPE BAMBOO | 20.00 | 2.00 | 15 | 2 | Beautiful cultivar with masses of leaves on long, slender branchlets. Culms green, striped with yellow or lavender-pink. Formerly misidentified, and Drepanostachyum hookerianum. Species stil uncertain. | Drepanostachyum hookerianum | Sources | MORE |
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Himalayacalamus hookerianus |
BLUE BAMBOO | 20.00 | 0.80 | 20 | 2 | Light blue culms become blue-purple in first winter. Formaly sold as Drepanostachyum falcatum. Named seedling clones have not maintained differences when mature. | Drepanostachyum falcatum | Sources | MORE |
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Himalayacalamus planatus |
20.00 | 0.50 | 15 | 3 | From C Nepal. As H. falconeri but with rougher culm sheaths. Split from H. asper. Previously Neomicrocalamus microphyllus. | H. asper | Sources | MORE |
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Himalayacalamus porcatus |
20.00 | 1.00 | 20 | 3 | From Nepal. Grows above 2000 meters. Tight clumper, finely ridged internodes. | Sources | MORE |
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Indocalamus | Small, running bamboos from China with large, broad leaves; similar to Sasa but with non-prominent culm nodes. | ||||||||
Indocalamus tessellatus |
Big Leaf | 7.00 | 0.50 | -10 | 4 | Usually less than 4 feet tall, it can reach 10ft and has the largest leaves of any bamboo in cultivation, up to 26 inches by 5 inches. Adapts easily to growing in pots. Does well in shade or sun. | Sources | MORE |
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Otatea | Genus of American clumping bamboos with 3 known species. From central Mexico to Central America. | ||||||||
Otatea acuminata ssp. Acuminata |
15.00 | 0.70 | 28 | 5 | Smaller and more delicate looking then aztecorum, it comes from the hot, humid lowlands of eastern Mexico. | Sources | MORE |
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Otatea acuminata ssp. Aztecorum |
MEXICAN WEEPING | 20.00 | 1.50 | 22 | 4 | The long narrow leaves are produced in such abundance that they almost completely obscure the culms. Clumps open with culms spaced up to 1 or 2 feet. | Sources | MORE |
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Otatea acuminata ssp. aztecorum 'Dwarf' |
DWARF MEXICAN WEEPING | 4.00 | 0.70 | 22 | 4 | A dwarf form of the above. Looks like a basketball. | Sources | MORE |
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Otatea glauca 'Mayan Silver' |
20.00 | 1.50 | 22 | 4 | Previously known as O. acuminata 'Mayan Silver'. From Chiapas, Mexico, with hollow culms covered in silver-white waxy powder. Leaves weeping and narrow. | Otatea acuminata 'Mayan Silver' | Sources | MORE |
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Phyllostachys | Medium to giant runners which have a distinct groove above pairs of unequal branches at mid-culm nodes. They shoot in spring. | ||||||||
Phyllostachys aurea 'Koi' |
27.00 | 1.80 | 5 | 5 | The culms turn from green to yellow after the first 6 months, but the culm grooves remain green. | Sources | MORE |
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Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Spectabilis' |
Green groove | 26.00 | 1.50 | -5 | 5 | The culms are yellow with a green groove, just opposite of the typical form. Smaller in hottest areas. | Sources | MORE |
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Phyllostachys bambusoides |
GIANT JAPANESE TIMBER, MADAKE | 72.00 | 6.00 | 5 | 5 | The most utilized bamboo in Japan where it is valued for its large straight thick-walled culms. Flowered extensively in the 1970s and many plants died. Most plants have regained their vegetative vigor. | Sources | MORE |
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Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Allgold' |
35.00 | 2.00 | 5 | 5 | The culms are entirely golden yellow except for an occasional thin green stripe. | Sources | MORE |
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Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Castillon Inversa' |
35.00 | 2.00 | 5 | 5 | This is the complement of the above; culms are green with yellow grooves. | Sources | MORE |
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Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Castillon' |
35.00 | 2.00 | 5 | 5 | Golden yellow culms with green grooves and stripes. An occasional leaf is striped in cream. It died due to flowering, and a new clone with less leaf variegation, sometimes called 'McClure's Castillon', has been introduced. | Sources | MORE |
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Phyllostachys nigra |
Black bamboo | 30.00 | 2.00 | 5 | 5 | Culms turn jet black after the first 6 months to one year. Popular because of its graceful habit and the sharp accent of its culm color. Said to grow larger in northern climates. It is not clear whether there is significant difference between some of the cultivars | Sources | MORE |
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Phyllostachys violascens |
20.00 | 2.00 | 0 | 5 | Culms blackish-violet at first, sometimes striped with violet. Sheaths deep purple. | Sources | MORE |
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Phyllostachys vivax |
Vivax | 70.00 | 5.00 | 5 | 5 | Resembles P. bambusoides except that the culms have thinner walls and a white powdery band beneath each node at sheath-fall. Gray-green when mature. | Sources | MORE |
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Pleioblastus | Genus of small and medium size running bamboos with persistent culm leaves. Most are native to Japan, were formerly classified in Arundinaria. | ||||||||
Pleioblastus akebono |
2.00 | 0.30 | 10 | 3 | The small leaves, no more than 3 inches long by 1/2 inch wide, are often green shading to white to the tips. | Sources | MORE |
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Pleioblastus argenteostriatus |
3.00 | 0.30 | 10 | 2 | The green leaves, which are more or less striped with white or yellow, are hairless on both surfaces. | Sources | MORE |
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Pleioblastus distichus |
DWARF FERN LEAF | 2.00 | 0.20 | 0 | 3 | Branchlets bear tiny, two ranked leaves which are often only 1 inch long by 1/4 inch wide. A good ground cover or container plant. | Sources | MORE |
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Pleioblastus kongosanensis |
6.00 | 0.40 | 5 | 4 | Dark green leaves. | Sources | MORE |
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Pleioblastus pygmaeus |
2.00 | 0.10 | 0 | 3 | Similar to Pl. distichus except that the leaves are hairy below. Other small bamboos are often sold under this name. | Sources | MORE |
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Pleioblastus shibuyanus 'Tsuboi' |
UEDA-ZASA | 9.00 | 0.30 | -5 | 3 | A vigorous growing dwarf with rather small, white striped leaves. | Sources | MORE |
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Pleioblastus viridistriatus 'Chrysophyllus' |
3.00 | 0.30 | 0 | 2 | Same as Pl. viridistriatus, except that the leaves are yellow with only very faint green stripes. | Sources | MORE |
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Pseudosasa | Small to medium size running bamboos which usually have only one branch at a node. | ||||||||
Pseudosasa japonica |
Arrow Bamboo | 18.00 | 0.80 | 5 | 3 | Erect culms with large broad leaves, up to a foot long by 1.5 inches wide. Less invasive than most other runners. It does well in tubs and pots. The culms were used in ancient japan to make arrows. | Sources | MORE |
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Pseudosasa japonica 'Tsutsumiana' |
Green Onion | 18.00 | 0.80 | 5 | 3 | Similar to the species except that the culm internodes tend to be swollen in shape somewhat like that of a green onion. | Sources | MORE |
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Sasa | Running species, dwarf or up to 6 feet tall, with at most one branch per node. The leaves are usually large. | ||||||||
Sasa palmata |
7.00 | 0.50 | 5 | 2 | The thick, leathery leaves are up to 15 inches long by 21/2 inches wide. It does well in pots, looks best when grown in the shade. Grows taller in cool climates. | Sources | MORE |
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Sasaella | Similar to Sasa except that culms are more erect, leaves are smaller and the oral setae have bristles only near the base. | ||||||||
Sasaella masamuneana 'Albostriata' |
FUIRI-SHIIYAZASA | 6.00 | 0.30 | 5 | 3 | An attractive variegated bamboo with thick leaves striped in white or cream. | Sasaella glabra 'Albostriata' | Sources | MORE |
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Semiarundinaria | Medium size running bamboos with nearly cylindrical culms and culm leaves that hang for some time attached at the middle of their base. | ||||||||
Semiarundinaria fastuosa |
NARIHIRA BAMBOO | 30.00 | 1.50 | 0 | 5 | Stately cultivar with very erect, straight culms and very short branches Culms eventually turn mottled purplish brown. Internodes narrowly grooved above the branches. | Sources | MORE |
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Semiarundinaria lubrica |
15.00 | 1.00 | 23 | U | A recent introduction. Perhaps is Oligostachyum lubricum Shoots edible. | Sources | MORE |
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Semiarundinaria makinoi |
MAKINOI | 16.00 | 0.80 | 5 | 4 | The culms soon turn reddish-brown. An attractive small bamboo suitable for growing in pots. | Sources | MORE |
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Shibataea | A genus with very dense, short, zig-zagged angular culms with 3-5 branches per node, often clipped into balls. | ||||||||
Shibataea chinensis |
2.00 | 0.10 | -5 | 3 | Similar but smaller than S. kumasaca, it may also be hardier. Shows less leaf burn under alkaline conditions. | Sources | MORE |
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Shibataea kumasaca |
7.00 | 0.30 | -5 | 3 | Short, broad leaves on slender, nearly solid culms with prominent nodes and short slightly zigzag internodes. Prefers acid soil, shows extensive leaf burn if in alkaline environment. | Sources | MORE |
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Sinobambusa | Running bamboos similar to Semiarundinaria except that the culm leaves promptly fall off. | ||||||||
Sinobambusa tootsik 'Albostriata' |
30.00 | 1.50 | 10 | 4 | Similar to the type, but with yellowish white striped leaves. | Sources | MORE |
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Yushania | A large group of spreading thornless frost-hardy bamboos from Taiwan, the Himalayas and Africa. Rhizomes pachymorph, often with long rootless necks, but also tillering, so forming spreading thickets. | ||||||||
Yushania anceps 'Pitt White' |
25.00 | 0.50 | 10 | 3 | May grow taller than the species. Narrow leaves, weeping. A clone from Britain. | Sources | MORE |
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Yushania boliana |
24.00 | 2.00 | 10 | 3 | Pale blue culms, reaches large size quickly. From Sichuan, via Fuji Bamboo Gardens in Japan. Culms well spaced in warmer climates. | Borinda boliana | Sources | MORE |
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Open Clumper |
Product |
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Consulting, Agriculture |
Crafts, Jewelry |
Fences, screens, water pipes |
Gifts |
Other |
Poles |
Rhizome barriers |
Seminars, lectures |
Structures of bamboo |
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