Phyllostachys Gigantictboointheworldchensis

BooKing · Post by **BooKing** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 7:57 pm

Anybody heard of this?

rfgpitt · Post by **rfgpitt** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 9:45 pm

not really sure how to respond to this one......

if this was a joke, it wasn't blatent enough for me given that we have to deal with Latin and (pick your derogatory adjective and insert here) people who name their findings to confuse us.

If my phyllostachys vivax 'whatever it is' keeps its dark green stripes and I get a chance to name it I'll keep this one in mind.

If you were serious:
I haven't heard of it and neither has Dr. Google von Yahoo

Iowaboo · Post by **Iowaboo** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 11:41 pm

Is that the one that can grow in the permafrost on the tundra. Supposedly it has reached 50ft tall according to the the eskimos. Not sure how well it does in warm climates such as yours, konifer.

BooKing · Post by **BooKing** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 3:36 am

I'm sorry guys, the cold is getting to me

Thuja · Post by **Thuja** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 12:49 am

Sign me up for your new variety. The cold already got me. I think this is the earliest I've been wiped out. I've pretty much buried everything now in a desperate attempt to save young culms. Leaves are now history.

Iowaboo · Post by **Iowaboo** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 1:03 am

Mike, how low of temperature did you get during this arctic blast. So far it has hit -10F here. Going to be warmer tomorrow, so I guess I'll check the bamboo or what's left of it.

BooKing · Post by **BooKing** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 1:20 am

Rick, it's funny you mention Dr. Von Yahoo, he is currently using tissue culture techniques with the the Parvafolia and it's going to be mass-produced and widely available by spring. He first crossed it with fargesia for extra hardiness and hibanobambusa tran for the leaf form . I, personally think he's a "Mad

sciencetist", but he's not even a sciencetist,
just a bambooaholic

.Still, I am interested to see what this bamboo will do.
So fellows, don't worry about -10 or even -20 by next year you'll have this new boo and your problems will be solved

Thuja · Post by **Thuja** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 1:54 am

I had -7F. Jeez, I'm glad you're around to help make me feel like I'm in a tropical paradise around here.

Iowaboo · Post by **Iowaboo** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 9:46 pm

Places such as sioux city hit record -16F when I hit -10F. So far this week below negativeF temperatures: -5F , -10F, -9F, and just this morning -6F.
With temperatures in the -F's this early in the season, it shouldn't hurt as bad as latter when the ground will be possibly frozen.

I noticed my autumn olive in a tree tube still had some green leaves.

With a spring-like 15*F, I decided to venture out to see the bamboo. I noticed the bamboo wasn't as happy as last time I had seen it. I can't really tell the extent of damage the leaves have sustained yet, but rubro looks like it still has some functioning green leaves on it.

Rubro comes in first place through one arctic blast.

Which boo have you put your money on to win survivor this winter.

Thuja · Post by **Thuja** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 11:34 pm

Interesting that Rubro is hanging in there. Mine was looking pretty bad so I buried it. My best one so far is, as Brad predicted, 'Hoosier' Rivercane. It too is looking stressed, but the leaves are still not burned like the others.

Post by **bambooweb** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 12:48 am

Its been near 0F here for the past week and the only bamboo that has not noticed the low temp is A. gigantea 'Macon'. The surprising thing is it was planted in late September so it did not have much time to get established.
Everything else that is above the snow is showing different degrees of damage. The Rubro and Bissetii have some leaf damage but still look good. The worst looking plant is the Y. maling.

Bill

Iowaboo · Post by **Iowaboo** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 1:13 am

I stayed away from the Arundinaria genus. So far the talk has indicated it crawls rather than runs.

Wasn't there a story about the tortoise and the hare