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by hotchkiss
Wed Apr 25, 2007 1:59 am
Forum: Bugs, beasts and diseases
Topic: The "milk" and mold
Replies: 6
Views: 10240

RE: The "milk" and mold

I have seen this "orange slime" on cut culm bases and aborted culms of many different Phyllostachys species. Someone brought me the rhizome below which had been exposed and cut on one end. It was covered with the same "orange slime". The picture is not that good but I think you g...
by hotchkiss
Wed Apr 04, 2007 12:19 pm
Forum: Bamboo Identification
Topic: ID help please
Replies: 7
Views: 6338

RE: ID help please

Brad, I have looked at our praecox prevernalis and at the propinqua at Byron. Both have fairly prominent nodal ridges. The praecox is much advanced in shoot development and although they are in different locations I think that is significant. The ligules are somewhat similar but when compared to Mc ...
by hotchkiss
Tue Mar 27, 2007 2:09 am
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: tips on digging up large henon for transplant?
Replies: 13
Views: 8448

RE: tips on digging up large henon for transplant?

I think I will stick with vivax. Of course, I once looked at some pictures and thought the bamboo was bambusoides. When we visited the grove it turned out to be Henon. Shoots should be along soon. Here are some other pictures. http://www.bamboocraft.net/bamboo/showg ... hp?cat=538 .
by hotchkiss
Sun Mar 25, 2007 12:34 am
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: tips on digging up large henon for transplant?
Replies: 13
Views: 8448

RE: tips on digging up large henon for transplant?

Good pictures! I actually think that it may be Phyllostachys vivax. Fairly large leaves, prominent wax rings at the nodes and culms that are slightly zigzag. The green culms are newer ones and the gray ones are older. Are there any broken culms in the grove? The hurricanes and an ice storm two years...
by hotchkiss
Fri Mar 23, 2007 2:24 am
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: tips on digging up large henon for transplant?
Replies: 13
Views: 8448

RE: tips on digging up large henon for transplant?

Sporkandbeans You can still dig rhizomes and get many of them to grow but you will get larger plants and faster growth if you include a culm and at least 4 or 5 sets of branches. Pick 1-2 yr old culms (they will be the cleanest, brightest ones) that are usually on the outside of the grove. Pick a si...
by hotchkiss
Wed Mar 21, 2007 3:07 am
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: 2007 Boo Shooting Season! : Not just for tropicals anymore!
Replies: 283
Views: 114837

RE: 2007 Boo Shooting Season! : Not just for tropicals anymo

David, I don't grow the regular Ph. praecox so I can't make a direct comparison. The ABS source list states that prevernalis has internodes that are smaller in the middle than at the ends. If they are it is not very noticable. I got this plant from Richard Waldron and the origin is somewhat hazy. It...
by hotchkiss
Tue Mar 20, 2007 3:12 am
Forum: Growing Bamboo
Topic: 2007 Boo Shooting Season! : Not just for tropicals anymore!
Replies: 283
Views: 114837

RE: 2007 Boo Shooting Season! : Not just for tropicals anymo

Our first bamboo to shoot in the ground (undisturbed) is Ph. praecox prevernalis

Image

Others are not far behind.
by hotchkiss
Wed Feb 28, 2007 3:52 am
Forum: Sites
Topic: Google Maps Project
Replies: 24
Views: 29901

RE: Google Maps Project

I had missed this post until now. That picture does indeed show the moso grove at the old silverbrook cemetery. The grove is long and narrow and I am not sure of the area. There are other patches of moso in the cemetery but they are along the property line and are also long and narrow.
by hotchkiss
Wed Feb 28, 2007 3:44 am
Forum: Events
Topic: Moso grove cleanup at Old Silverbrook Cemetary, Anderson, SC
Replies: 6
Views: 8030

RE: Moso grove cleanup at Old Silverbrook Cemetary, Anderson

We make allowances for anyone. If you can't work you can always supervise (can you tell I am a govt worker). I hope you can come. Sorry for the short notice. For the past several years the cleanup has always been on the first Saturday in March so mark your calendar for 2008. The Fant house is an ant...
by hotchkiss
Tue Feb 27, 2007 12:49 am
Forum: Events
Topic: Moso grove cleanup at Old Silverbrook Cemetary, Anderson, SC
Replies: 6
Views: 8030

Moso grove cleanup at Old Silverbrook Cemetary, Anderson, SC

The annual Moso grove cleanup at the Old Silverbrook Cemetery in Anderson, SC is planned for 9 a.m., Saturday March 3, 2007. Gloves, loppers, saws and shovels are very helpful. Poles and plants are available to participants. To get there from 1-85, get off at Exit 19 (Anderson-Clemson US 76-28), and...
by hotchkiss
Wed Nov 22, 2006 3:39 am
Forum: Bamboo Identification
Topic: Difference?: B. mutabilis vs B. textilis 'Kanapaha'
Replies: 92
Views: 63755

RE: Difference?: B. mutabilis vs B. textilis 'Kanapaha'

http://bambooweb.info/images/bamboo/TARS17119.jpg http://bambooweb.info/images/bamboo/B_textilis_sm.jpg Roy, These are pictures of B. textilis Kanapaha growing in Puerto Rico and Byron, Georgia. Even though they don't look exactly alike and don't look anything like the plant at Kanapaha they are al...
by hotchkiss
Tue Nov 21, 2006 2:06 pm
Forum: Bamboo Identification
Topic: Difference?: B. mutabilis vs B. textilis 'Kanapaha'
Replies: 92
Views: 63755

Re: RE: Difference?: B. mutabilis vs B. textilis 'Kanapaha'

Is the origin of the plant at Kanapaha Gardens known? I wonder if it was imported separately from other forms of B. textilis in the U.S., or if there is a chance that it simply is a division of one of the other plants that was imported as B. textilis / B. mutabilis . The plant at Kanapaha was obtai...
by hotchkiss
Sat Oct 14, 2006 2:06 am
Forum: Bamboo Discussions
Topic: Byron,Ga
Replies: 6
Views: 4490

RE: Byron,Ga

Here is a link http://www.sec-bamboo.org/events/upcoming/upcomming.htm to information on our chapters website.

Mike
by hotchkiss
Wed Oct 11, 2006 1:44 am
Forum: Bamboo Identification
Topic: Arundainaria g. variant?
Replies: 41
Views: 22669

RE: Arundainaria g. variant?

javascript:emoticon(':oops:') Embarassed Roy, I got in a hurry Friday and should have left off the air canal description since I did not have a picture. Sorry for the confusion. There are two pictures below. One is an A. tecta rhizome cross section. I flattened it slightly with the pruners and it sp...
by hotchkiss
Fri Oct 06, 2006 8:04 pm
Forum: Bamboo Identification
Topic: Arundainaria g. variant?
Replies: 41
Views: 22669

RE: Arundainaria g. variant?

Mike, Thanks for the pictures of A. appalachiana. Chris, I am not sure which species those last pictures represent. I posted some A. tecta pictures on the database but forgot to reduce them so I won't post them here. Look at them and see if that helps any. The air canals remind me of the holes in co...