Bamboo ID for this beauty

allangreenbean

Bamboo ID for this beauty

Post by allangreenbean »

Can anyone Id this bamboo please.

As you can see from the picture it's an enormous clump.

I cleverly waited until some unwilling volunteers passed by so you could get an idea of size.

It's probably the healthiest looking bamboo I have ever seen and it was taken mid december 2012
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grub

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Post by grub »

Difficult to say for sure from that picture Allan but I'll go with Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Aureocaulis'.
allangreenbean

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Post by allangreenbean »

Thanks, here's a close up of the leaves.
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call

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Post by call »

it looks like a fargesia to me
GoggleboxUK

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Post by GoggleboxUK »

call wrote:it looks like a fargesia to me
That was my first thought but I bow to Grub's greater experience. It does look a bit like my best P Aurea but all mine are too small to compare as yet.
call

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Post by call »

same with my p. aureosulcata
grub

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call wrote:it looks like a fargesia to me
Too upright... I only went with the Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Aureocaulis' as it's a readily available 'cheapy', yellow canes,I'm sticking with it for now, got any close ups of the culms Allan?
jacko

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the way the leaves are clumped and dangling looks like a young vivax aureocaulis to me.
allangreenbean

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Post by allangreenbean »

Unfortunately they are the only pictures I have of it, I was getting enough strange looks as it was from people wondering why I wasn't buying poinsettia's or smelly candles and showing more interest in the plants. :roll:

I have not seen a clump this large and healthy and as it was only 30 miles down the road from me thought it could be a good boo choice for my garden.

Was rather hoping it was one of the hardy clumping fargesia's but I think grub is right having looked at some Phyllostachys pics on the net.
grub

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Post by grub »

jacko wrote:the way the leaves are clumped and dangling looks like a young vivax aureocaulis to me.
With no other piccies we're playing the waiting game :lol: , I am sure it's a yellow caned Phyllostachys though icon_thumright
jacko

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definitely a yellow caned phyllostachys icon_salut
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Agree with either Jacko or Grub. :lol:
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Looks to me like aureo-sulcata also. I have a fair amount of biggish specimens & it looks familiar. karl.
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Pseudosasa
grub

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greendragon wrote:Pseudosasa
:lol: Random shouts acceptable.
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