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Earthcare Enterprises PO Box 500 Maleny, QLD 4552 Australia |
07 5327 4096 Hans Erken www.earthcare.com.au |
Specializing in Bamboos, Aquatic Plants, Tropical Root Crops, Spices and Medicinals of the Ginger Family. |
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Bambusa | Genus of tropical and subtropical clumping bamboos, usually giant, with numerous branches at a node, one or three much larger than the rest. New shoots appear in late summer or fall in their native areas. | ||||||||
Bambusa chungii |
33.00 | 2.50 | 21 | 5 | Culms covered with white powder. Thin walled. Used in papermaking, weaving. | Sources | MORE |
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Bambusa lako |
TIMOR BLACK | 50.00 | 3.50 | 28 | 5 | Shiny culms green through brown to purple-black with some bold green or pale yellow stripes. Erect culm sheath blades on nearly hairless shoots. Flowers in US prove it to be Bambusa. From Timor. | Gigantochloa atroviolacea 'Timor Black' | Sources | MORE |
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Bambusa maculata |
PRING TUTUL | U | U | 28 | 5 | From Bali; local name pring tutul. Splotchy canes when mature. Used for making furniture. | Sources | MORE |
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Bambusa oldhamii |
GIANT TIMBER | 55.00 | 4.00 | 21 | 5 | The most common giant tropical bamboo grown in the U.S. Culms straight and erect with relatively short branches. Leaves are rather wide. | Sources | MORE |
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Bambusa textilis |
WEAVER'S BAMBOO | 40.00 | 2.00 | 18 | 5 | Tight clumps. An extremely handsome plant that arches gracefully. The thin-walled culms are used for weaving. | Sources | MORE |
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Bambusa textilis var. glabra |
30.00 | 1.00 | 18 | 5 | Slender, as var. gracilis, but with glabrous culms and culm sheaths. | Sources | MORE |
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Bambusa textilis var. gracilis |
30.00 | 1.30 | 18 | 5 | Culm more slender than the typical B. textilis, nodding top, graceful foliage. | Sources | MORE |
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Bambusa tulda |
70.00 | 4.00 | 30 | 5 | The large, straight, thick walled culms make this one of the most useful tropical bamboos. Frequently solid near the base. | Sources | MORE |
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Chusquea | A genus of C & S American bamboos that contains 134 described species, and possibly another 70 yet to be described. They are mostly clumping mountain bamboos, but some are runners. The solid culms usually bear one dominant branch and numerous branchlets. | ||||||||
Chusquea coronalis |
23.00 | 0.80 | 30 | 4 | A clumping bamboo with numerous tiny leaves on branchlets that completely encircle the culms. Possibly the most beautiful bamboo in cultivation. | Sources | MORE |
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Chusquea liebmannii |
33.00 | 1.00 | 32 | 4 | Mexico to Costa Rica. Culms are strongly arching, sometimes clambering. Spine-like roots on the nodes, takes drier conditions than most bamboos. | Sources | MORE |
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Dendrocalamus | Giant tropical clumping bamboos similar to Bambusa, often with bigger branches and leaves, and hairier culms. | ||||||||
Dendrocalamus asper |
100.00 | 8.00 | 32 | 5 | An impressive ornamental growing rapidly under favorable conditions. Shoots are large, of the highest quality for food. Thai and Indonesia clones differ. | Sources | MORE |
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Dendrocalamus brandisii |
100.00 | 8.00 | 32 | 5 | Thick walled culms; similar to D. giganteus. Shoots of high quality, edible raw. | Sources | MORE |
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Dendrocalamus brandisii 'Black' |
40.00 | 8.00 | 25 | 5 | A very attractive, fast growing black bamboo. Live culms are black but dry to a dark brown color, very valuable for furniture etc. | Sources | MORE |
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Dendrocalamus giganteus |
100.00 | 12.00 | 25 | 5 | From Burma, perhaps the largest bamboo in the world. Leaves can be up to 20 inches long and 4 inches wide. | Sources | MORE |
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Dendrocalamus latiflorus |
65.00 | 8.00 | 25 | 5 | From southern China. The large, dark green leaves are 10 to 16 inches long and 3 to 4 inches wide. | Sources | MORE |
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Dendrocalamus minor 'Amoenus' |
56.00 | 3.00 | 25 | 5 | Culms pale yellow with green stripes, smaller than the species. Dimentions listed is for tropical areas was listed as 25 ft by 2.0 in | Sources | MORE |
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Dendrocalamus sikkimensis |
65.00 | 8.00 | 35 | 5 | Large culms become brownish red. Culm sheaths densely velvety with large auricles. Used for containers and water buckets. | Sources | MORE |
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Drepanostachyum | Small to medium size clumping, bamboos, elegant leaves. Smaller than Himalayacalamus Culm sheaths hairy inside at top. Branches many and all equal, while Himalayacalamus species also have a dominant central branch. | ||||||||
Drepanostachyum khasianum |
12.00 | 0.50 | 28 | 3 | The new culms are dark green covered with white powder which gives them a bluish look. Several species have been grown under this name. Identity of the US clone is uncertain. | Sources | MORE |
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Gigantochloa | Giant, tropical, clumping bamboos similar to Bambusa. G. atroviolacea, G. atter, G. robusta, and G. pseudoarundinacea were formerly all considered to be forms of G. verticillata. Rarely flower or come true from seed, and may be "natural hybrids." | ||||||||
Gigantochloa apus |
BAMBU TALI | 65.00 | 4.00 | 27 | 5 | Common in Java, not found anywhere in the wild. Used for many purposes. It has large leaves, up to 15 inches long and 21/2 inches wide. Young culms are hairy. | Sources | MORE |
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Gigantochloa atroviolacea |
TROPICAL BLACK | 50.00 | 3.50 | 25 | 5 | Matte culms in tight clumps green through dark brown/black with narrow green stripes. Reflexed culm sheath blades on hairy shoots. From Java and Sumatra. | Sources | MORE |
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Gigantochloa luteostriata |
30.00 | 2.00 | 28 | 5 | Erect with full foliage on top. Young leaves variegated white/green. Canes green, intermittent white stripes. | Bambusa luteostriata | Sources | MORE |
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Gigantochloa pseudoarundinacea |
100.00 | 5.00 | 28 | 5 | Formerly included in G. verticillata complex. The culms when young are light green, with thin yellow stripes. | Gigantochloa verticillata | Sources | MORE |
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Gigantochloa sp 'Rachel Carson' |
59.00 | 3.00 | 28 | 5 | Attractive cream stripes on a vivid green culm and large leaves. Cream striped green shoots. A striking larger ornamental with a tropical look. | Sources | MORE |
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Himalayacalamus | Clump-forming mountain bamboos from the Himalayas with attractive culms and lush foliage. | ||||||||
Himalayacalamus planatus |
20.00 | 0.50 | 15 | 3 | From C Nepal. As H. falconeri but with rougher culm sheaths. Split from H. asper. Previously Neomicrocalamus microphyllus. | H. asper | Sources | MORE |
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Melocanna | A genus native to India and Burma, with 3 species, only one of which is in the United States. Open clumpers with long-necked rhizomes. | ||||||||
Melocanna baccifera |
60.00 | 3.00 | 32 | 5 | Thin walled, erect. Fruits, the size of a pear, sometimes sprout on the plant. Shoots & fruit edible. | Sources | MORE |
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Nastus | A genus of slender to large bamboos found from Madagascar to the Solomon Islands. Erect, scrambling, or climbing, many branches at each node. | ||||||||
Nastus elatus |
60.00 | 4.00 | 25 | 5 | Long narrow light grayish-green leaves, erect new lime green culms turn yellowish with age. From coastal New Guinea. Needs humid area. Shoots edible raw. | Sources | MORE |
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Phyllostachys | Medium to giant runners which have a distinct groove above pairs of unequal branches at mid-culm nodes. They shoot in spring. | ||||||||
Phyllostachys edulis |
MOSO | 75.00 | 7.00 | 5 | 5 | Largest of the hardy bamboos. Young culms are covered with a velvety coat of soft hairs. The most used bamboo in China, used for food , timber, paper, plywood, and flooring. | Phyllostachys heterocycla pubescens | Sources | MORE |
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Thyrsostachys | A genus of moderate size, tropical clumping bamboos with rather small leaves and persistent culm sheaths. | ||||||||
Thyrsostachys siamensis |
MONASTERY BAMBOO | 40.00 | 3.00 | 25 | 5 | One of the most graceful bamboos known. Culm walls very thick, almost solid. Sheath persistent. In monasteries in Thailand. | Sources | MORE |
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