Bambusa bicicatricata

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Bambusa bicicatricata

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Anybody know anything about Bambusa bicicatricata. I know Richard Lyons and Charlie Crowley sell it in Florida. Charles has it listed as 4 inches by 60 feet. It's not listed in the ABS Source List.


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Charlie Crowley in Sarasota
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Mr. Mike has one. I saw the one at Crowley's, but he didn't have any to sell. He said his cuttings weren't ready yet. One of these days, I will get one. It seems very similar to Dendrocalamus Validus.
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Unknowingly, I have both of them here at the house. Today I took a few pic's of the two of them side by side and I see absolutely no differences in the two.

. The D. bicicatricata has been in the ground for 14 months and finally pushed a shoot up last month. The D. validus is in a 5 g. pot & pushed a shoot up about 3 weeks ago so I put them side by side today for comparison and they are about as close to the same thing as my eyes could see. The photo's are a bit blurry but they are what they are. Sorry! The Validus is on the right

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They sure do look similar. Keep us informed with updates as they grow. It will be good to see the differences.

I have a D. Validus in the ground. I will send pics as it grows larger. I have seen several D. Validus that sure do look nice.
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According to Dr. Widjaja. The plant that she saw in CA was D. valida, but the FOC lists D. valida as Bambusa valida.

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