new to bamboos and it just gave me a work out
Re: new to bamboos and it just gave me a work out
well I got the best photos I could. mostly of the culms as I think that will give away its ID better than anything. I think I am going to try to harvest some of the smaller canes ( still 15+ft tall) around march before they shoot. the grove is much thicker than I first realized and it might be a bit hard getting it out.. here are a few pics let me know if anyone has a 100% ID on it.
to big to fit my hand around
normal size culms
strange culms
old culm
canopy
whole grove
to big to fit my hand around
normal size culms
strange culms
old culm
canopy
whole grove
Re: new to bamboos and it just gave me a work out
Seeing those I can see its not a Chusquea
Re: new to bamboos and it just gave me a work out
Its got the colouring of castallonis inversa but its much to thick for that. karl.
Re: new to bamboos and it just gave me a work out
after looking at alot of pictures and talking to a few people the best I can come up with is that its phyllostachys aureosulcata "yellow groove" bamboo. don't know if thats right but it seems pretty close.
Re: new to bamboos and it just gave me a work out
Mike, its total wrong colouring for sulcata, plus far to thick. Sulcata does have the zig/zag effect but not the stripes. karl.
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Re: new to bamboos and it just gave me a work out
Bamboos can grow a lot thicker culms in the US (more heat) so my not be obvious to us in the UK what it is.
Re: new to bamboos and it just gave me a work out
this is what i think it is mike http://www.bamboogarden.com/Phyllostach ... zhu%27.htm
a phyllostachys vivax huangwenzhu.
a phyllostachys vivax huangwenzhu.
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Re: new to bamboos and it just gave me a work out
heres a pic of mine very similar but your grove is a lot older than mine.
Re: new to bamboos and it just gave me a work out
everything about that one makes sence the yellow stripe the cold hardynes and the size. these run like mad to which I want but not to much you know. thanks alot jacko
Re: new to bamboos and it just gave me a work out
I`d go for yellow grove too. Just bought a few myself with yellower appearance but narrower. The give away is the yellow streak and the kinky cane.
Re: new to bamboos and it just gave me a work out
ive just checked out this site http://www.lewisbamboo.com/yellowgr.html and now its looks like you could well have phyllostachys aureosulcata. i say this because of the zig zag culms.vivax doesnt do that.i didnt realise that aureosulcata can get that big in the USA.
Re: new to bamboos and it just gave me a work out
+1, also all my aureosulcata is yellow? ,it may even be a hybrid version. karl.
Re: new to bamboos and it just gave me a work out
karl if yours is yellow with a green groove then its phyllostachys aureosulcata spectabilis which is cultivar of phyllostachys aureosulcata which is green with a yellow groove.heres a pic of spectabilis.if its all yellow its Phyllostachys aureosulcata Aureocaulis.
Re: new to bamboos and it just gave me a work out
Jacko, i have both, the spectabilis is a showstopper & a favorite of mine , it also grows faster than sulcata, well in my garden it does!, i find the zig/zag in both variaties stunning. The canes on mikes pic's show a slight white misting which i've not seen before?. karl.