Will trade for P. Iridescens

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Will trade for P. Iridescens

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I would like a piece of well colored P. Iridescens. There are apparently several clones out there and I'd rather not waste time growing one that won't
color up. I've got bissettii, rubro, Pleioblastus viridistriatus, Shibataea kumasaca, japonica, and some others. Let's trade! :D
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Re: Will trade for P. Iridescens

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David wrote:I would like a piece of well colored P. Iridescens. There are apparently several clones out there and I'd rather not waste time growing one that won't
color up. I've got bissettii, rubro, Pleioblastus viridistriatus, Shibataea kumasaca, japonica, and some others. Let's trade! :D
David,

When you say "color up", which color are you talking about?:

<img src="http://www.bambooweb.info/images/bamboo/iridescens.jpg" alt="PHYLLOSTACHYS iridescens ">

<img src="http://www.bambooweb.info/images/bamboo ... shoot2.jpg" alt="PHYLLOSTACHYS iridescens ">
<img src="http://www.bambooweb.info/images/bamboo ... scens3.jpg" alt="PHYLLOSTACHYS iridescens ">

<img src="http://www.bambooweb.info/images/bamboo ... scens1.jpg" alt="PHYLLOSTACHYS iridescens ">

<img src="http://www.bambooweb.info/images/bamboo ... scens1.jpg" alt="PHYLLOSTACHYS iridescens ">
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Hi Roy,
I was thinking of the lower nodes on mature culms, but it sure does have colorful shoots!
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David, Marc at Bambu-u claims to have the clone with lots of purple on the culms if you end up buying one. I'm also considering this species so I've been looking around for one.

Roy, this species sometimes has dark purple stripes on the culms. I attempted to paste a link from the database - in fact it is one of Marc's - into this message but it never works for me from our own website here - what is the trick? I saw your code and it appears to come from a different page here? I've deleted the img src part so you can see the page link.


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<img src="http://www.bambooweb.info/images/bamboo ... _culms.jpg" alt="PHYLLOSTACHYS violascens ">

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Ahhhh, got it thanks, I've been pasting in the address and then manually adding the html and by golly, that don't woik so welllllll :lol:
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Good Morning All,

Brad- I think that's a picture of Violascens? :?: I wanted to try to grow violascens, but our mutual friends at Lewis bamboo have not had success with it. It apparently shoots way early and the shoots get nipped. Kind of like Moso- plenty hardy enough just shoots to early. I figure if they can't grow it I sure can't.

Roy - Is that your Iridescens?
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I think Brad was just showing another bamboo(p.violascens) that can have purple coloration on its culms.
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David wrote:Good Morning All,

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Roy - Is that your Iridescens?
David,

I'm just a tropical bamboo guy. I did get take some P. nigra and get it started at my nephew's house, which is about 40 miles south of Meridan, Mississippi. If I were to ever move back to Mississippi, I definitely would plant some temperate bamboos. I've been away form Mississippi so long the the only thing I have left there is some land, my oldest brother, and some kinfolks. It was always way too cold for me there. Tampa has a much better climate, but the hurricanes are getting a little bit scary.
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David, yes, I think I'm too focused on Violescens now that I saw Iridescens as Violescens.

For some reason - the only one that makes sense is that my land has many open spots that get direct sunlight and heat up early - my bamboo has tended to shoot extremely early, compared to the Turtles in TN and the Lewis' in AL, as well as folks elsewhere. I generally have Vivax, Viridis, and some other mid to late season shooters going by mid-April and about 80% of my species are shooting by the beginning of May. This puts the shoots at great risk for frost damage, although I've never seen any real frost damage. Early shooters like the Violescens then, I'll plant on either north-facing slopes or building shaded sites that in both cases are much slower to warm up in the spring. This strategy will effectively push back the shooting dates of early risers and can help to reduce the risk of frost damage.
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Violescens sounded like a weak-walled species. I'm already going to try one of those this year(vivax) :? . I was going to buy a small-sized iridescens from Jim Bonner, but he didn't have that one available. :cry: :(

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Brad- I think you can use micro climates to your advantage. I've planted all my nigra varieties in a creek bottom that is protected from the wind on the west and north by cedar trees, and my henon is rampant it's acting like rubro in full sun on a high water/nitrogen diet. I've planted an Anderson moso clone on a northwest slope hoping for a later shooting date but it it's still in the just sitting there mode. Once it gets established I'm considering pulling the mulch away from it to let the ground get cooler.

I'm in a unique USDA zone. If you look at Middle TN I am in 6b but the zones dip low in the Ohio Valley and I am just 50-75 miles from zone 5B!!
What generally happens is we have a very mild winter overall with the occ really cold spell, and almost always have a very late frigid Canadian blast that does all the damage. It's a particularly diff area to grow borderline plantings because most of the time it's very mild and very don't adjust to a cold setting, and then get slammed with -10F. I sometimes think it would be easier if it were consistantly cooler. Well, as my Chief used to say " If it was easy they would get it at Wal-Mart".

Roy- We all wish we could "just be a tropical bamboo guy". Good luck with your nigra it is a beautiful family of plants.
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needmore wrote:David, Marc at Bambu-u claims to have the clone with lots of purple on the culms if you end up buying one. I'm also considering this species so I've been looking around for one.

Roy, this species sometimes has dark purple stripes on the culms. I attempted to paste a link from the database - in fact it is one of Marc's - into this message but it never works for me from our own website here - what is the trick? I saw your code and it appears to come from a different page here? I've deleted the img src part so you can see the page link.


http://www.bambooweb.info/ShowPictures2 ... ch=AND&s=9
The local bamboo dealer had the purple kind, and thought he had a mistake in ID, so he changed the name to P.nuda localis. I'll have to look up the P.nuda localis to see if they are similar.
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