I am trying to identify a bamboo for a friend, and I could use a little help. It is a yellow type, runner. Here are a few pics of it. Thanks for any help.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w28/ ... 010023.jpg
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w28/ ... 010022.jpg
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w28/ ... oofull.png

I had a few thoughts, until I saw the shoots, so now I am clueless...

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Aaron

looks a bit like my p. bissetii

http://www.lewisbamboo.com/bissetii.html

I dont think it is Bissetii, because of the thin sheath blades. If you look at the bottom of LewisBamboos page, there are two pictures of Bissetii shoots.

img src="http://www.bambooweb.info/images/bamboo/Ph_nuda.JPG" alt="Phyllostachys nuda ">
Looks like nuda.

To be honest, The older culms look like my atrovaginata and the leaf patterns remind me of it. The shoot also has simlar coloration, but I dont remember if atrovaginata has the thin blades. I dont think it does.

so, Nuda

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Brian T. Lawrence
Southern Indiana (2002-2011)
Fort Myers Florida (2012)

Robert Young seems a likely suspect.

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Brad Salmon, zone 5b/6 Southern Indiana
Winters -20 to -25C. Summers 30 to 35C , humid. 115 cm annual precipitation, frost free from May through early October. 259.3 meters elevation. Growing 150+ species. http://www.needmorebamboo.com/

yep, you're right. it looks more like nuda than bissetii.
it's definately not atrovaginata.

Thanks for the help. It is kind of hard after looking at the shoots. Maybe they are too young to show a little better exactly what it is.

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Aaron

Needmore,
If it were Robert Young, wouldn't the older culms be striped and be yellow?
I dont know what RY shoots look like.

Bamboo Conne'isseur, where is her plant growing?

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Brian T. Lawrence
Southern Indiana (2002-2011)
Fort Myers Florida (2012)

Phyllostachys viridis 'Robert Young'
<img src="http://www.bambooweb.info/images/bamboo/Phyllostachys_viridis_Robert_Young.jpg" alt="Phyllostachys viridis 'Robert Young'">

<img src="http://www.bambooweb.info/images/bamboo/Robert_Young_shoot.JPG" alt="Phyllostachys viridis 'Robert Young'">

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Roy Rogers
Southern Tampania de la Floridana Universidad (STFU)
STFU Motto: All Bamboos are not Created Equal; @ STFU, the Search Continues
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ROY'S BAMBOO LIST

Hey those culm sheath blades look very familiar...

Maybe mine is viridis???

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Allen D. Aleshire
Bamboo Nut Farm

http://www.boonut.com

I believe she is in Fort Worth, Texas, which is zone 7b I think.

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Aaron

Here is the new pic, maybe someone can id it better with this one. Shows a blue coloring at the nodes. This is a new culm. Quite beautiful actually.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w28/ ... 010036.jpg

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Aaron

Last photo with the blue starts to suggest aurea, are the nodes flared out just below the sheath scar as it appears?

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Brad Salmon, zone 5b/6 Southern Indiana
Winters -20 to -25C. Summers 30 to 35C , humid. 115 cm annual precipitation, frost free from May through early October. 259.3 meters elevation. Growing 150+ species. http://www.needmorebamboo.com/

Brad,

Here's the blue you are talking about:

Phyllostachys aurea
<img src="http://www.bambooweb.info/images/bamboo/Phy.aurea.jpg" alt="Phyllostachys aurea ">

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Roy Rogers
Southern Tampania de la Floridana Universidad (STFU)
STFU Motto: All Bamboos are not Created Equal; @ STFU, the Search Continues
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ROY'S BAMBOO LIST

It seems to be this way, but I am gonna ask her and find out. Thanks for the help, and pics.

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Aaron