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Henon colour change?

Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2019 11:22 pm
by thebambooguy
While inspecting all my bamboo today I discovered that some canes of my Henon had turned black just like my black bamboo. Is this Typical for Henon or could this just be winter damage?

Re: Henon colour change?

Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2019 5:59 am
by Nicholas
Nigra henonis should not be turning black.
I think your suspicion with with cold damage is likely.

What is the black pattern like?
Maybe you have a mix-up and it is boryana, which can turn quite black.

Re: Henon colour change?

Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 4:38 am
by thebambooguy
I'll see if I can post a picture tomorrow. It's definitely Nigra Henon unless the nursery I bought it from was wrong but I find that unlikely.

I'm starting to think that it's just damage from the winter but I'll post a picture regardless.

Re: Henon colour change?

Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 9:54 pm
by thebambooguy
Here's a picture of the bamboo.

http://imgur.com/gallery/SR986mf

Re: Henon colour change?

Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 11:03 pm
by Culm B 4 the storm
new here but my culms turned purple/black after freeze and winds (Fraser outflow lol) . they are apparently P Aurea. Yours have more of a spotty color. You did have a hard winter in the Okanogan?

Re: Henon colour change?

Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2019 5:48 am
by thebambooguy
Whoa that's pretty interesting looking. I wonder if it will affect the health of the canes

Not actually Okanagan, but close. I'm in the Kootenays. We were having a wonderfully mild winter up until a really nasty winter vortex came through, burned my boo's pretty badly, the worst of which being Dulcis which basically got killed to the ground

Re: Henon colour change?

Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2019 7:21 am
by Nicholas
thebambooguy wrote:Here's a picture of the bamboo.

http://imgur.com/gallery/SR986mf
I'm a bit sceptical that you indeed have henon.
Frost damage can look really similar to the pattern nigra has but the black coloration on your bamboo seems a bit too consistent to me.

Your plant is still relatively small - how long have you had it for? New growth on Nigra punctata takes a few years to turn black.
By the way if it is nigra punctata rhizomes will also turn black over time, so it may be a way for you to identify it sooner as I really doubt that black spotting from frost damage would occur on rhizomes covered with soil.

All the best,

Nicholas

Re: Henon colour change?

Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2019 4:12 pm
by thebambooguy
I hope it's just frost damage, I'd be pretty disappointed if it wasn't Henon as I already have two other nigra.

I've had this plant for probably 3-4 years? But this is the first time I haven't had to dig up and relocate all my bamboo because I found a permanent home for them. Those canes are from last year. I've also noticed they are a lot more straight than my other nigra which is a hall mark of Henon no?

Is it possible to identify from the new shoots that come up?

Re: Henon colour change?

Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2019 5:46 am
by Culm B 4 the storm
Oh right, Creston. You have a lot of hard freezes up that way for sure, guessing below zero F. I was reading about a fungus that looked similar to your spotting and colors. It said the fungus was not harmful. Good luck, my P Aurea are struggling, just had a huge wind event that stripped a ton of leaves. I hope new shoots continue, I have 3.

Re: Henon colour change?

Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2019 9:19 pm
by fredgpops
Photo of my Nigra Bory. Are you sure your Nigra Henon isn't really Bory?

Re: Henon colour change?

Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2019 5:42 pm
by Alan_L
And you just made me miss my Ph. glauca 'Yunzhu'. :(

Re: Henon colour change?

Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2019 7:17 pm
by fredgpops
My P.g.y. flowered 9 years ago (see photo). It still shoots new culms and flowers every year but never develops seeds.