The Legend Of Phyllostachys Parvafolia and the Giant Panda
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The Legend Of Phyllostachys Parvafolia and the Giant Panda
I would like to hear some tales if anyone out there is willing to offer there
story.
story.
- David
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OK. I'll start the story.
Once upon a time not to long ago there lived a Giant Panda Bear named P. Theodore Whittaker(P. Teddy Bear for short). P. Teddy lived in a grove of giant magical bamboo( P. whitt for short). It was said that this was the bamboo of which legends were made It was said by some that this was THE bamboo of the north. It was magic This was the bamboo of which small oriental children could only dream. This was the bamboo of the Legend of P. parvfolia and the Giant Panda
So settle in children and you shall hear of the midnight tale of Paul Whitta Ker ..........................
Once upon a time not to long ago there lived a Giant Panda Bear named P. Theodore Whittaker(P. Teddy Bear for short). P. Teddy lived in a grove of giant magical bamboo( P. whitt for short). It was said that this was the bamboo of which legends were made It was said by some that this was THE bamboo of the north. It was magic This was the bamboo of which small oriental children could only dream. This was the bamboo of the Legend of P. parvfolia and the Giant Panda
So settle in children and you shall hear of the midnight tale of Paul Whitta Ker ..........................
David Arnold
Middle Tennessee Bamboo Farm
USDA zone 6b
Middle Tennessee Bamboo Farm
USDA zone 6b
What I have understood from a more mythical standpoint, is that this bamboo was not a cultivated species of chinese human origin. I believe many of the assumptions have hurt the fact that the first great explorers that cultivated this species was an unknown group of les schtroumpfs that migrated there in the early a.d.
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Here's help with lkz5ia's last statement.....
Anybody who has a Parvy in the US ready to send me a division??The Smurfs (Les Schtroumpfs in French) are a fictional race of small blue creatures who live in a forest somewhere in Europe. The Belgian cartoonist Peyo introduced smurfs to the world, but English-speakers perhaps know them best through the animated television series from Hanna-Barbera Productions.
Rick
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The legend is yet to unfold:
Magnificent, green-thumbed Admiral Bill, (aka Giant Panda) soon possessed countless baby parvi, so many in fact that he felt compelled to send them out to all his bambooweb friends. His kindness became legendary, and now every flowering event marks a huge celebration in his honor.
--Mike