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Need some ID's

Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 11:44 pm
by miketropic
I went to the zoo and botanical garden last weekend and was overwhelmed this year with all the new plants. This zoo is famous for its plants and bamboos and I wanted to take just about everything home. With that said they had a few bamboo that had no tags on them and I was wondering if anyone could ID them so I could get to looking for them..

small shrub type about 4 ft tall growing in shade. leaes were 12 inchs or better
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This variegated one was a bit bigger at 5 ft in semi shade near a pond
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Re: Need some ID's

Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2013 7:00 am
by Kreos
First is maybe Indocalamus tessellatus

Re: Need some ID's

Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 4:39 pm
by AndyC
I agree with Kreos on the first one. The second one looks just like my Sasa kurilensis 'Shimofuri'. They both need to have their rhizomes restricted unless you've got a lot of space to fill.