Mystery in a Phyllostchys Nigra pot

[bepah]

I recently picked up a 5 gallon can with P. nigra in it because there was something else amid the black.

Can anyone help me ID it?

as purchased


transplanted


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[bambookid524]

Phyllostachys Nigra is green before it turns black. Not sure if anything is mixed in.

[bepah]

Normally, I would agree except that the leaves are different, node lengths are different, density of foliage is different, and leaf color is different....otherwise, it might be P. nigra after all.

Pictures do not show the difference, but it is real.

Thanks,

Phyllostachys Nigra is green before it turns black. Not sure if anything is mixed in.

[needmore]

The green culms look correct for Nigra, they may well differ from the older culms but they look right for Nigra. It really takes 4-5 years to see consistent culms/leaves among the Phyllostachys and even then you'll see some juvenile leaves on smaller culms on the grove perimeter.

[bambookid524]

The culms, like needmore said, look like the new culms put up this year by my Nigra. My new shoots' leaves looked different frm the way I got the plant. They were a little smaller. I'm almost positive you have Nigra.

[kudzu9]

I agree that it's almost certainly only Ph. nigra. I have seen quite a few species display variability, especially when they're this small.

[ShmuBamboo]

Looks like Phy. nigra (black) to me. I have several clumps of different types of black bamboos, and some culms are tall and narrow and some are short and tufted. Note that many types of bamboos have different size and shaped culms, shoots, and leaves when they are mature as compared to when they are juvenile. Also most black types are green before they turn black.

[Michael]

How long between purchase and transplant? I ask this because I only see P. nigra in the purchases pot and the three green culms in the transplant photo are larger then the culms in the purchase photo. When you transplanted, were the culms connected?

[bepah]

The transplantoccurred the day after I bought it.

This plant was neglected at the nursery where I got it.

Time will tell....