Thanks. I'll still give the yellow grove a rub down to compare texture and keep my eye on sheath color over the next couple of years as they size up.

Thanks, I'm going to go check out my neighbors grove and compare the culm feel. I guess the juvenile shoots I posted could betray identity? There's another thread next to mine asking about dulculis shoots, those plants and shoots look nearly identical to mine.

I would also say it's most likely to be Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'alata'. Culm texture seems to be rough (soil sticking to it) and it shows some curving of the culm. Nice and vigorous bamboo! I've read a little about this "rough texture" thing. What I've read is that when you rub upward...

Right on.

Any other takers? I've searched the googles for phyllostachys alata and didn't really find many photo's but the ones I found show a lot of very crooked stems. I know I posted a picture of one that has the crooked stem but it's no where near as crooked as what the image search pulled up. The mother c...

Here are some more pics, one of the mother colony.

Thanks, I'll research alta and see if it matches the adult. I couldn't post more pics when starting this thread, 3 maximum, and couldn't post a reply with more pics because the topic had to be approved. So I'll post them later when I have time.

I wanted to start a grove in my backyard with a bamboo that I found at one of my job sites in MD. So I snatched up some small divisions and have some nice shoots this year. I have no idea what kind it is but the mother colony is really cool looking. Here's some of the new shoots (you can see the new...