Chimonocalamus pallens is now showing profuse flowering in Northern California in several locations. Betty Shor (bamboo flowering recorder) has been notified. This is a great loss of one of the best bamboos to come down the pike in years and we can only hope for viable seed in a few months.
- David King
Well mine was top killed last winter at 12F degrees. One small shoot about 6 feet tall emerged late spring so it gets one more chance at glory. I'll keep an eye out for flowering. Poor guy just can't get a break.......
The C. Pallens germination rate is about 30% of the true seeds planted; I don't know what the survival rate is yet nor what the variability in phenotype of the offspring might be (they're only at the 3-leaf stage!). Viable seeds may be obtained from a 1 or 5 gallon plant in flower (personal experience). So there is hope.
- David King
David King Secretary, American Bamboo Society
Northern CA Chapter Director, ABS
Chimonocalamus pallens is now showing profuse flowering in Northern California in several locations. Betty Shor (bamboo flowering recorder) has been notified. This is a great loss of one of the best bamboos to come down the pike in years and we can only hope for viable seed in a few months.
The C. Pallens germination rate is about 30% of the true seeds planted; I don't know what the survival rate is yet nor what the variability in phenotype of the offspring might be (they're only at the 3-leaf stage!). Viable seeds may be obtained from a 1 or 5 gallon plant in flower (personal experience). So there is hope.