ID needed on a clumping bamboo
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Re: ID needed on a clumping bamboo
I did take some photos of branching. On lower nodes, there is no branching if culm doesn't get damaged. On lower nodes when branching does appear, there are 3 branches at first, then they multiply rapidly up to around 10 branches and disappear in upper nodes. The whole thing soon gets heavy with foliage.
Wax is quite evident and it stays on the culm even when it turns brown due to sun exposure.
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Re: ID needed on a clumping bamboo
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Re: ID needed on a clumping bamboo
as what?Gunnar_GG wrote:
Yushania brevipaniculata?
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Then moriphen wrote:
Just checked the branch nodes are not as complex.
Yushania brevipaniculata.
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Re: ID needed on a clumping bamboo
Panicles and overall appearance all point to Yushania brevipaniculata.Gunnar_GG wrote:as what?Gunnar_GG wrote:
Yushania brevipaniculata?
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Then moriphen wrote:
Just checked the branch nodes are not as complex.
Yushania brevipaniculata.
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Re: ID needed on a clumping bamboo
Moriphen - Sounds like very good news to have wintered this Yushania! Keep us posted as it's one we want to try here.
May get out to the coast to shoot Scabrida. Potted ones in the city are slow to shoot this year.
Just so we can rule out F. apicirubens here are new shoots from Spring.
May get out to the coast to shoot Scabrida. Potted ones in the city are slow to shoot this year.
Just so we can rule out F. apicirubens here are new shoots from Spring.
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Re: ID needed on a clumping bamboo
Based on the branching patterns I see on all the new culms (2012-2013) this bamboo is in the Yushania genus. Bamboosourcery.com, carries Yushania chungii which is now known has Yushania brevipaniculata and that bamboo appears to be the most likely candidate. Shoots on Yushania brevipaniculata are very similar to my shoots and I presume as the bamboo becomes hardier and more established more of the unique shoot structure will become apparent. Branching and culm sheaths also appear to match my mystery bamboo. The thing to understand is I purchased this bamboo as a 3 gallon Fargesia sp. 'Scabrida' back in 2009, it then went into a 3 year decline with culms dieing each winter and new leaves getting eaten by white fly each summer. I had a another healthy specimen of F. sp 'Scabrida' in my garden too compare with so I made the assumption this was a tissue culture that failed to "take" and would continue to exhibit bizarre / juvenile growth. I was proven wrong in 2012 and 2013, when hardy pest resistant growth emerged, causing me to post this plea for identification.
In closing my mystery bamboo is almost certainly Yushania brevipaniculata and I liked to thank everyone for putting up with my wild guessing and adventure in bamboo botany.
In closing my mystery bamboo is almost certainly Yushania brevipaniculata and I liked to thank everyone for putting up with my wild guessing and adventure in bamboo botany.
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