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Description |
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| Clumper/Runner |
| Acidosasa | A genus of bamboos native to south coastal China; shoots are sour. |
Acidosasa
edulis |
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40.00 |
2.00 |
U |
5 |
Culms green, glabrous. Sheath turns from green to brown. Shoots said to be delicious. |
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| Runner |
| Ampelocalamus | Tender clumping bamboos of pendulous or scrambling habit, with ribbed culms and large culm sheath blades, from China to Nepal. |
Ampelocalamus
scandens |
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30.00 |
0.30 |
23 |
3 |
Very prominent leaf sheath bristles and corky swollen nodes. Many subequal branches, central branch may be as large as culm. |
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| Clumper |
| 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 |
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25.00 |
4.00 |
32 |
5 |
From Northern Territory, Australia, along water courses. Dense clumps, thick culms, short internodes, low branches. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
balcooa |
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60.00 |
6.00 |
25 |
5 |
From India. Tangled clumps make harvest difficult. Strong, used for construction, crafts, shoots. |
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| Clumper |
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. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
basihirsuta |
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40.00 |
3.00 |
28 |
5 |
Erect tight clumps. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
beecheyana var pubescens |
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50.00 |
5.00 |
21 |
5 |
More erect, thicker nodal hair, branching lower, no virus
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
blumeana |
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60.00 |
4.00 |
30 |
5 |
A tall thorny bamboo from India and Indonesia where used for building material, baskets and edible shoots. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
boniopsis |
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15.00 |
1.00 |
28 |
5 |
A small green bamboo from Hainan; a recent import. Narrow leaves. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
boniopsis ‘Yellowstripe’ |
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12.00 |
1.00 |
28 |
5 |
Thin yellow pinstripes on the lower culms. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
burmanica |
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50.00 |
4.00 |
32 |
5 |
Strong, nearly solid culms. Leaves up to 12 by 2 inches. Dense clumps, shrubby, lower branches spiny. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
cerosissima |
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15.00 |
1.00 |
18 |
5 |
Similar to Bambusa textilis var. gracilis in size, with more culm wax on new shoots. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
chungii |
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33.00 |
2.50 |
21 |
5 |
Culms covered with white powder. Thin walled. Used in papermaking, weaving. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
chungii var. barbelatta |
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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. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
contracta |
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20.00 |
1.50 |
25 |
5 |
Like a small B.textilis with thicker, shorter internodes |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
cornigera |
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35.00 |
3.00 |
U |
U |
Culms zigzag, and internodes are slightly curved. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
dissimulator |
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50.00 |
3.00 |
25 |
5 |
A giant tropical, produces many thick walled, arching or erect, tough culms with long branches. |
Bambusa dissemulator |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
distegia |
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30.00 |
4.00 |
25 |
5 |
A bamboo from Sichuan, China that has green internodes with a slightly bending top but not drooping. It is said to tolerate light frosts. Description from www.bambooplantation.com |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
dolichoclada |
Long-Branch Bamboo |
65.00 |
4.00 |
25 |
5 |
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B. dolichoclada 'Hayata' |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
dolichomerithalla 'Green stripe' |
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35.00 |
2.00 |
25 |
5 |
This cultivar has yellow-green culms striped with dark green. Introduced in 1980 from Taiwan. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
dolichomerithalla 'Silverstripe' |
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35.00 |
2.00 |
25 |
5 |
This cultivar has culms striped with silver. Introduced in 1980 from Taiwan. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
emeiensis 'Chrysotrichus' |
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35.00 |
2.50 |
24 |
U |
B. emeiensis was known as Neosinocalamus affinis. When moved to Bambusa it needed a new name to avoid confusion with Bambusa affinis, a different species. 'Chrysotrichus' has light yellow culms with dark green lines. |
Neosinocalamus affinis |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
emeiensis 'Flavidovirens' |
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35.00 |
2.50 |
24 |
U |
Green stripes on pale green or yellow/gold culms. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
emeiensis 'Viridiflavus' |
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35.00 |
2.50 |
24 |
U |
Culms erect with yellow stripes alternating 180° on each internode. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
eutuldoides |
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45.00 |
2.00 |
21 |
5 |
Straight, erect, thick-walled culms; some with fine white stripes. Grown in Hong Kong area. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
eutuldoides 'Viridivittata' |
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25.00 |
1.00 |
21 |
5 |
Yellow culms with varying dark green stripes. New shoots have pink and peach tones. Low branching. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
gibba |
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25.00 |
2.00 |
32 |
5 |
Side branches often have soft spines. It is used as a fence; oil is extracted from the culms. |
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| Clumper |
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.) |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
guangxiensis |
Chinese Hedge |
18.00 |
1.50 |
30 |
5 |
Compact with lush foliage to base, excellent trimmed to a dense hedge. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
intermedia |
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40.00 |
3.00 |
25 |
5 |
Dark green with purple stripes. |
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| Clumper |
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' |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
longispiculata |
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50.00 |
4.00 |
30 |
5 |
Culm green, with light green stripes near the base and rings at nodes. Open clumps, straight culms, thin walls, long internodes. Many plants sold under this name may have been Bambusa tulda ‘Striata’. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
maculata |
PRING TUTUL |
U |
U |
28 |
5 |
From Bali; local name pring tutul. Splotchy canes when mature. Used for making furniture. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
malingensis |
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35.00 |
2.50 |
21 |
5 |
An attractive medium-size tropical, produces many culms each year, taller under trees. Reportedly tolerates wind well. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
multiplex 'Alphonse Karr' |
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25.00 |
1.50 |
18 |
5 |
Similar to the species, but the culms and branches are bright yellow with irregular longitudinal narrow dark green stripes. New shoots and culms are often reddish. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
multiplex 'Fernleaf Stripestem' |
FERNLEAF STRIPESTEM |
12.00 |
0.50 |
18 |
5 |
Similar to ‘Fernleaf’ except that the culms are reddish or yellowish and striped with green. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
multiplex 'Fernleaf' |
FERNLEAF BAMBOO |
20.00 |
0.50 |
18 |
5 |
Usually small in size with 10 to 20 closely spaced, two ranked leaves. Often culms come up that have reverted to the larger leaves. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
multiplex 'Golden Goddess' |
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10.00 |
0.50 |
18 |
5 |
A dwarf form similar to 'Fernleaf' but with larger leaves. The culms tend to be yellowish. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
multiplex 'Goldstripe' |
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25.00 |
1.50 |
18 |
5 |
Mature green culms have a gold stripe that bleeds into the green. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
multiplex 'Lucky Silverstripe' |
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25.00 |
1.25 |
18 |
5 |
New leaves have white stripes and the culms have thin silver stripes. The cultivar has twisted and curved culms reminiscent of “Lucky Bamboo”. Some of the culms twist up to 90 degrees between nodes. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
multiplex 'Riviereorum' |
CHINESE GODDESS |
6.00 |
0.30 |
18 |
5 |
Has solid culms and tiny leaves; similar to 'Fernleaf' but smaller, more delicate looking. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
multiplex 'Silverstripe' |
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25.00 |
1.50 |
18 |
5 |
Many leaves have white stripes and some culms are also striped with white. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
multiplex 'Tiny Fern' |
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3.00 |
0.20 |
18 |
5 |
A dwarf form with leaves often less than 1" long, but can grow larger. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
multiplex 'Willowy' |
WANG TSAI |
10.00 |
0.50 |
18 |
5 |
Culms droop or arch strongly with small, narrow leaves. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
nutans |
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40.00 |
3.00 |
28 |
5 |
From Thailand. Nutans means "nodding," which it does. The culms have a white ring below the nodes. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
odashimae |
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65.00 |
3.00 |
25 |
5 |
Ex Taiwan, large dark green leaves, edible shoots. Called B. edulis before, which is a synonym of Phyllostachys edulis.
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| Clumper |
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. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
oliveriana |
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45.00 |
2.00 |
32 |
4 |
Densely clumping with thick-walled, glossy green culms. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
pachinensis |
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33.00 |
2.40 |
25 |
5 |
Medium size with yellowish culms, it resembles B. textilis. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
pervariabilis |
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33.00 |
2.40 |
32 |
5 |
Erect, thick walled. Lower internodes have branches and yellow stripes on culm and sheaths. Used to make farm tools, punting poles in China. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
pervariabilis 'Viridistriatus' |
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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. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
rigida |
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40.00 |
2.30 |
32 |
5 |
Erect. Internodes long. Sheaths persistent. Many branches at nodes. Leaves oblong, 3-9”, dark green. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
sinospinosa |
CHINESE THORNY |
70.00 |
5.00 |
20 |
5 |
A thorny bamboo with rather small leaves, and interlaced low thorny branches, impenetrable hedge. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
sp 'Hirose' |
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55.00 |
5.00 |
21 |
5 |
Tightly clumping, upright, to 50-60ft, 4-6ins, poorly known, possibly B. oldhamii.
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
sp. 'Clone X' |
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75.00 |
2.80 |
21 |
5 |
A vigorous bamboo with extremely thick walls, ivory nodal bands, whitish bloom. Identification uncertain.
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Bambusa tuldoides 'Clone X' |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
sp. 'Nana' |
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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. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
sp. 'Polymorpha' |
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65.00 |
6.00 |
32 |
5 |
Green culms densely covered with grayish white silky hair; branches short, slender, and dense. ID uncertain. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
sp. 'Richard Waldron' |
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10.00 |
0.50 |
20 |
5 |
Compact erect small bamboo similar to B. multiplex, identity and origins uncertain. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
stenostachya |
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70.00 |
6.00 |
28 |
5 |
Basal internodes almost solid. Thorny. Culm sheaths persistent. Useful in building. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
suberecta |
"Jesse Durko Bamboo" |
25.00 |
1.00 |
25 |
U |
A beautiful, relatively small-growing ornamental bamboo that has both variegated leaves and striated culms. |
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| Clumper |
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. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
textilis 'Dwarf' |
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18.00 |
1.25 |
18 |
5 |
Shorter, less erect. "This one is from a Bambusa textilis seedling that Roy Works sold to
Rockledge Gardens in Florida and they have been selling it for a good number
of years as a dwarf version of textilis and it has remained about half size
of a regular textilis."
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
textilis 'Kanapaha' |
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50.00 |
2.50 |
18 |
5 |
Grows larger than normal B. textilis in Florida, with lower half of culms prominently blue & branchless. Very similar to ‘Mutabilis’.
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
textilis 'Maculata' |
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25.00 |
1.00 |
18 |
5 |
Culms and base of new culm sheaths have purple streaks. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
textilis 'Mutabilis' |
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40.00 |
2.30 |
18 |
5 |
Persistent blue-white bloom and long internodes. Previously misidentified as B. mutabilis and as B. textilis var. fusca.
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Bambusa mutabilis |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
textilis 'Scranton' |
|
30.00 |
2.00 |
18 |
5 |
A more open clumper with shorter branches. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
textilis var. albostriata |
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40.00 |
2.00 |
18 |
5 |
Same as species except culms are white striped. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
textilis var. glabra |
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30.00 |
1.00 |
18 |
5 |
Slender, as var. gracilis, but with glabrous culms and culm sheaths. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
textilis var. gracilis |
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30.00 |
1.30 |
18 |
5 |
Culm more slender than the typical B. textilis, nodding top, graceful foliage. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
tulda |
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70.00 |
4.00 |
30 |
5 |
The large, straight, thick walled culms make this one of the most useful tropical bamboos. Frequently solid near the base. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
tulda 'Striata' |
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70.00 |
4.00 |
30 |
5 |
Like the species, the culms are striped near the base, but more prominently. |
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| Clumper |
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. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
tuldoides ‘Swollen Internode’ |
|
18.00 |
2.50 |
15 |
5 |
Buddha’s Belly bamboo like B. ventricosa but with more reliable bellying and asymmetrical culm sheaths. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
variostriata |
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35.00 |
3.00 |
28 |
5 |
New shoots covered with bloom, culm has white stripes, useful and edible. |
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| Clumper |
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' |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
ventricosa 'Kimmei' |
|
55.00 |
2.30 |
21 |
5 |
As the species, but with yellow culms striped with green. |
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| Clumper |
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. |
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| Clumper |
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. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
vulgaris 'Wamin Striata' |
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16.00 |
3.00 |
30 |
5 |
Dwarf with short and swollen lower internodes, light green culms striped with dark green. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
vulgaris 'Wamin' |
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16.00 |
3.00 |
30 |
5 |
A dwarf form with short and swollen lower green internodes. |
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| Clumper |
| Bergbambos | A genus of one species from southern Africa, inflorescences similar to Thamnocalamus and branching as Fargesia |
Bergbambos
tessellata |
BERGBAMBOES |
16.00 |
0.80 |
0 |
4 |
Bergbamboes' of S. Africa. Clumps tight to loose, sun-tolerant, leaves randomly arranged, leaf sheaths persistent. |
Thamnocalamus tessellatus |
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| Cephalostachyum | Tall, shrubby or climbing bamboos with generally slender, stiff and thin-walled culms. From India, China, Madagascar, Malaysia, Indonesia. |
Cephalostachyum
pergracile |
|
30.00 |
2.00 |
32 |
5 |
Culms are straight and erect, covered with white bristly hairs. Used as a flavor-adding vessel for cooking rice. |
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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
marmorea 'Variegata' |
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6.00 |
0.50 |
16 |
3 |
Same, except the leaves have narrow white stripes. |
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| Runner |
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. |
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| Runner |
| 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 |
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26.00 |
1.20 |
U |
3 |
Erect culms, woody with root thorns at internode. Culm sheaths have green and purple striping. |
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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
coronalis |
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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. |
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Chusquea
cumingii |
|
10.00 |
0.80 |
10 |
5 |
Native to semiarid central Chile. Coastal range on exposed slopes. Sometimes clambering. Numerous tiny stiff, very sharp leaves. |
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| Clumper |
Chusquea
liebmannii |
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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. |
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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. |
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Dendrocalamus
asper 'Betung Hitam' |
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100.00 |
8.00 |
32 |
5 |
A black cultivar of D. asper. Rare. |
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| Clumper |
Dendrocalamus
brandisii |
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100.00 |
8.00 |
32 |
5 |
Thick walled culms; similar to D. giganteus. Shoots of high quality, edible raw. |
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| Clumper |
Dendrocalamus
brandisii 'Black' |
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40.00 |
8.00 |
25 |
5 |
A very attractive, fast growing black bamboo. Live culms are black but dry to a dark brown color, very valuable for furniture etc. |
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Dendrocalamus
brandisii (variegated) |
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100.00 |
12.00 |
32 |
5 |
Like the species but with variegated leaves. An unnamed cultivar. |
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Dendrocalamus
copelandii |
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80.00 |
8.00 |
25 |
5 |
Similar to D. giganteus but with much denser culm wax and more persistent culm sheaths with darker hairs. Eye-catching appearance and edible shoots |
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Dendrocalamus
giganteus |
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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. |
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Dendrocalamus
giganteus (Quail Clone) |
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100.00 |
12.00 |
25 |
5 |
Propagated from the large specimen at Quail Botanical Gardens in California.
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Dendrocalamus
giganteus (variegated) |
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U |
U |
25 |
U |
Variegated leaves. An unnamed cultivar. |
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Dendrocalamus
hamiltonii |
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80.00 |
7.00 |
27 |
5 |
Native from the Himalayas to Laos, with pendulous pruinose culms, leaves up to 15 inches long. |
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Dendrocalamus
jianshuiensis |
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55.00 |
5.00 |
25 |
5 |
Similar to D. hamiltonii, but from China, with fimbriate culm sheath ligule. |
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Dendrocalamus
latiflorus |
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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. |
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Dendrocalamus
latiflorus 'Mei-nung' |
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65.00 |
8.00 |
25 |
5 |
Similar, but with light green culms striped with dark green. |
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Dendrocalamus
membranaceus |
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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 |
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Dendrocalamus
minor |
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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. |
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Dendrocalamus
minor 'Amoenus' |
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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 |
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Dendrocalamus
sikkimensis |
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65.00 |
8.00 |
35 |
5 |
Large culms become brownish red. Culm sheaths densely velvety with large auricles. Used for containers and water buckets. |
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Dendrocalamus
sinicus |
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120.00 |
12.00 |
27 |
5 |
Largest bamboo species in China. Culm heavily pruinose with drooping tip, some basal internodes short and asymetrical, & ring of yellowish brown silky hair on nodes. |
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Dendrocalamus
sinicus ‘Aequatus’ |
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120.00 |
12.00 |
27 |
5 |
Better culm shape, nodes are more level and internodes are straighter |
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Dendrocalamus
sp. 'Maroochy' |
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33.00 |
8.00 |
25 |
5 |
Beautiful impressive arching new bamboo with yellow striated culms. Useful as a main feature in a garden. It may be a Gigantochloa. |
D. brandisii 'Straita' |
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Dendrocalamus
sp. 'Parker's Giant' |
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80.00 |
12.00 |
U |
5 |
BIG! An unidentified, giant, timber bamboo. Discovered by Jim Parker in Hawaii. Massive, thick culms. |
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Dendrocalamus
strictus |
MALE BAMBOO |
60.00 |
5.00 |
30 |
5 |
Common bamboo of India, used mainly for pulp. Culms not very straight, often small and usually solid. Flowers frequently. Most internet seed is from this, marketed as anything pretty. |
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Dendrocalamus
validus |
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45.00 |
4.00 |
25 |
5 |
Errect culms with slightly convex internodes. |
Bambusa valida |
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Dendrocalamus
yunnanicus |
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80.00 |
7.00 |
U |
5 |
From southeast Yunnan and from Vietnam. Pale green. Used for shoots, construction, pipes, rafts. |
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| Dinochloa | High-climbing clumping bamboos native from Burma to the Philippines, with solid culms that twine around trees and other plants for support. Large fleshy fruits, from the size of a pea to a golf ball. |
Dinochloa
malayana |
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30.00 |
0.50 |
28 |
3 |
From Malaysia and Thailand. Leaves large and shiny. Rough culms and internodes, and hairy culm sheaths. |
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Dinochloa
scandens |
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30.00 |
0.50 |
28 |
3 |
Has black culms, usually solid, and large ovate leaves. Plants in the U.S. may be D. malayana. |
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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 |
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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. |
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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
Hitam Hijau |
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20.00 |
1.50 |
28 |
5 |
Hitam Hijau means black and green. Very dark green culms with occasional white stripes and dramatically arching tops. |
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Gigantochloa
albociliata |
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30.00 |
2.00 |
30 |
4 |
Tight clump. It has long (up to an inch) culm leaf ligules, narrow leaves. Light gray-green culms, white stripes. |
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Gigantochloa
apus |
BAMBU TALI |
65.00 |
4.00 |
27 |
5 |
Common in Java, not found anywhere in the wild. Used for many purposes. It has large leaves, up to 15 inches long and 21/2 inches wide. Young culms are hairy. |
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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. |
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Gigantochloa
atroviolacea 'Watupawan' |
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52.00 |
4.00 |
25 |
5 |
A faster growing version of Gigantochloa atroviolacea with green culms, black striation and black patches. |
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Gigantochloa
atter |
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50.00 |
4.00 |
28 |
5 |
From Java. Sweet shoots, strong straight culms. Sheath covered with black hairs. Used for furniture. |
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Gigantochloa
hasskarliana |
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30.00 |
2.50 |
28 |
5 |
Native to west Java; dense clumps planted as hedges and used to weave baskets. |
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Gigantochloa
levis |
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45.00 |
5.00 |
28 |
5 |
Young culm densely covered with brown or white tomentum, turning whitish gray when full grown. Edible shoots. |
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Gigantochloa
luteostriata |
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30.00 |
2.00 |
28 |
5 |
Erect with full foliage on top. Young leaves variegated white/green. Canes green, intermittent white stripes. |
Bambusa luteostriata |
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Gigantochloa
maxima |
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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. |
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Gigantochloa
pseudoarundinacea |
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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 |
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Gigantochloa
ridleyi |
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50.00 |
2.00 |
32 |
5 |
A very useful straight culmed, large-leafed, handsome bamboo. Tight habit with persistent culm sheaths. |
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Gigantochloa
robusta |
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60.00 |
3.50 |
28 |
5 |
Large, erect, strong. Java, Sumatra. Used for pipes, construction, handicrafts, shoots. Yellow stripes near base. |
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Gigantochloa
sp 'Rachel Carson' |
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59.00 |
3.00 |
28 |
5 |
Attractive cream stripes on a vivid green culm and large leaves. Cream striped green shoots. A striking larger ornamental with a tropical look. |
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Gigantochloa
sp. 'Bali White Stripe' |
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30.00 |
3.00 |
28 |
5 |
White stripes on leaves and culms. |
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Gigantochloa
sp. 'Sumatra 3751' |
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60.00 |
U |
28 |
5 |
Purple stripes on green canes. May be Gigantochloa kuring, “buluh kuring hitam” and may be bigger. |
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Gigantochloa
sp. marga |
Tiger Stripe |
20.00 |
1.20 |
28 |
5 |
Named for the striping on the culm sheaths |
G4761 |
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Gigantochloa
wrayii |
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30.00 |
3.00 |
30 |
5 |
Long internodes; used for basket making in Malaysia. Culms erect, slightly arching outwards. |
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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 |
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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. |
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Guadua
angustifolia |
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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. |
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Guadua
angustifolia 'Bicolor' |
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100.00 |
8.00 |
30 |
5 |
Culms have vertical yellow and green stripes. Also known as 'Striata'. |
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Guadua
angustifolia 'Less Thorny' |
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100.00 |
8.00 |
30 |
5 |
A clone with significantly fewer and smaller thorns. |
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Guadua
chacoensis |
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65.00 |
6.00 |
30 |
5 |
A large woody thorny green bamboo, with erect culms, from Bolivia to Uraguay. May grow taller than listed. |
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Guadua
sp. 'Aureocaulis' |
Moonlight |
U |
U |
U |
U |
Blonde white culms with random width green stripes and white nodal rings. Leaves strongly white-variegated. |
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Guadua
velutina |
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50.00 |
4.00 |
28 |
5 |
Culms thick walled but not solid. Erect. New shoots have beautiful maroon culm sheaths, which cling tightly to the lower internodes. |
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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' |
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16.00 |
1.30 |
3 |
4 |
This form has strikingly attractive leaves variegated in cream and green. The colors persist throughout the year. |
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| Himalayacalamus | Clump-forming mountain bamboos from the Himalayas with attractive culms and lush foliage. |
Himalayacalamus
porcatus |
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20.00 |
1.00 |
20 |
3 |
From Nepal. Grows above 2000 meters. Tight clumper, finely ridged internodes. |
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| Melocanna | A genus native to India and Burma, with 3 species, only one of which is in the United States. Open clumpers with long-necked rhizomes. |
Melocanna
baccifera |
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60.00 |
3.00 |
32 |
5 |
Thin walled, erect. Fruits, the size of a pear, sometimes sprout on the plant. Shoots & fruit edible. |
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| Nastus | A genus of slender to large bamboos found from Madagascar to the Solomon Islands. Erect, scrambling, or climbing, many branches at each node. |
Nastus
elatus |
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60.00 |
4.00 |
25 |
5 |
Long narrow light grayish-green leaves, erect new lime green culms turn yellowish with age. From coastal New Guinea. Needs humid area. Shoots edible raw. |
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| Neohouzeaua | Medium-sized clumping bamboos from SE Asia. Culm tips often scrambling. Included in Schizostachyum in some references. |
Neohouzeaua
mekongensis |
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5.00 |
0.40 |
40 |
U |
A small clumping bamboo from Vietnam suitable for low hedges. |
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| Neololeba | Tropical genus from Indonesia, PNG, & N Australia. |
Neololeba
atra |
IRON RANGE BAMBOO |
16.00 |
1.20 |
40 |
U |
Plants from Australia previously known as Bambusa forbesii |
Bambusa forbesii |
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| Otatea | Genus of American clumping bamboos with 3 known species. From central Mexico to Central America. |
Otatea
acuminata ssp. Acuminata |
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15.00 |
0.70 |
28 |
5 |
Smaller and more delicate looking then aztecorum, it comes from the hot, humid lowlands of eastern Mexico. |
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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. |
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| Oxytenanthera | Clumping bamboos from the savanna woodlands of tropical Africa. |
Oxytenanthera
abyssinica |
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30.00 |
4.00 |
30 |
5 |
Native to Ethiopia. Bright green, no thorns. Zigzag culms. |
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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 |
GOLDEN, FISHPOLE BAMBOO |
27.00 |
1.80 |
5 |
5 |
The most commonly cultivated bamboo in the U.S., easily identified by one to several short internodes at the base of some of its culms. It is most invasive in areas with warm summers. Culm may grow to 3 inches diameter in favorable conditions. |
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Phyllostachys
aurea 'Flavescens-inversa' |
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27.00 |
1.80 |
5 |
5 |
The green culms have a pale yellow groove. |
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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. |
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Phyllostachys
bambusoides 'Allgold' |
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35.00 |
2.00 |
5 |
5 |
The culms are entirely golden yellow except for an occasional thin green stripe. |
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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 |
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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. |
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| Schizostachyum | Giant to shrub-like tropical, clumping, nodes are usually un-swollen, culm walls thin. Continuously produce flowers without dying, rarely set seed. |
Schizostachyum
brachycladum |
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45.00 |
4.00 |
35 |
5 |
Erect, tight-clumping, drooping tips. Cultivars with coloured culms popular ornamentals in Asia. |
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Schizostachyum
jaculans |
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30.00 |
1.30 |
35 |
5 |
Erect, straight culms with drooping tips. Internodes can be over 3 ft long. May be synonym for S. lima. |
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Schizostachyum
sp. 'Murray Island' |
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16.00 |
1.00 |
37 |
4 |
Has very long internodes, up to 1 meter. Used in the Solomon Islands to make pan flutes and for weaving. |
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| Sinobambusa | Running bamboos similar to Semiarundinaria except that the culm leaves promptly fall off. |
Sinobambusa
tootsik |
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30.00 |
1.50 |
10 |
4 |
A vigorous growing runner with straight, erect culms. |
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| Runner |
Sinobambusa
tootsik 'Albostriata' |
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30.00 |
1.50 |
10 |
4 |
Similar to the type, but with yellowish white striped leaves. |
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| Thyrsostachys | A genus of moderate size, tropical clumping bamboos with rather small leaves and persistent culm sheaths. |
Thyrsostachys
oliveri |
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40.00 |
3.00 |
25 |
5 |
Similar to T. siamensis, possibly larger. The plant at Quail Gardens has grown very rapidly.
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Thyrsostachys
siamensis |
MONASTERY BAMBOO |
40.00 |
3.00 |
25 |
5 |
One of the most graceful bamboos known. Culm walls very thick, almost solid. Sheath persistent. In monasteries in Thailand. |
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