Need a hand with this possible Bambusa - Thanks

CJ_IS_HERE · **Posted:** Wed May 06, 2009 3:48 pm

Local guy here in town sent me these pics with some comments I had to giggle over. But would like the Vets here to confirm or deny that these may be Bambusa. He claims they do great in the chill here... waiting for his reply to my request to pay a visit. I'll try to get more pics too. Chums? lol and his chums grow taller as it ages...16-18 first, then stretching taller the next season and so on for 4-5 years? hehehe

From the owner:
Hi Charles
Survives North Carolina winters well.
Will survive ok down to -20F.
in the 1st year the stalks can grow as high as 16-18'.
Each year, the plant will add additional height and multiple chums.
This is the Bambousa strain.
The life span of a typical bamboo stalk is 4-5 years. In that time, it
would have produced anywhere from 25-50 chums, or more.

mantis · **Posted:** Wed May 06, 2009 4:04 pm

CJ_IS_HERE wrote:

Not a Bambusa.

CJ_IS_HERE · **Posted:** Wed May 06, 2009 4:07 pm

Hi... thanks... have any ideas on what it may be? The small one he claims is a division of the large.
It looks alot like the P. Aurea I have in a planter.

mantis · **Posted:** Wed May 06, 2009 4:19 pm

No idea. Only thing I can think of that would make him think it was a "bambousa" is that it was sold to him as some type of Ph. bambusoides. Even that is a stretch.

Good luck.

ghmerrill · **Posted:** Wed May 06, 2009 4:34 pm

you are right there... the culm sheaths are wrong for a bambusoides. Possibly Ruboro, Nuda, or ???. go and check it out, and get more close up photos.

CJ_IS_HERE · **Posted:** Wed May 06, 2009 4:36 pm

Will do... thanks.. another mystery opens... I should start writing bamboo short stories,,, lol

mantis · **Posted:** Wed May 06, 2009 5:10 pm

Along my same line of thinking... a Sinobambusa? I'm just trying to think why he has bambusa stuck in his head.

CJ_IS_HERE · **Posted:** Wed May 06, 2009 5:38 pm

Sinobambusa ... really... the pic search I did didnt show any that resemble his pics.

mantis · **Posted:** Wed May 06, 2009 5:43 pm

Not really. I'm just bored at work, so my brain has been wandering.

CJ_IS_HERE · **Posted:** Wed May 06, 2009 6:09 pm

Oh... work... i recall doing that... lol... been on medical leave since early Feb... final back surgery... doc says all issues should be resolved ... knock on wood!!

ghmerrill · **Posted:** Wed May 06, 2009 6:36 pm

CJ_IS_HERE wrote:

Oh... work... i recall doing that... lol... been on medical leave since early Feb... final back surgery... doc says all issues should be resolved ... knock on wood!!

carefull there... dont want to give yourself a concussion! :lol:

CJ_IS_HERE · **Posted:** Wed May 06, 2009 9:20 pm

Ohhhhhhhhhh mean Gene is a comic now too... a jack of all trades IC... so when can I get some new adoptees?

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