Hanging around my bamboo

[Walter John]

I was captured hangin' around my Java Black and Ghost bamboos today. Anyone else do the same ?

Gigantochloa atroviolacea (Java Black)

Dendrocalamus minor var. Amoenus (Ghost)

[aussiearoids]

Awesome Wal , my Timor Black seedling is jumping out of the ground , I act. had to hammer in a stake and wire it down or it would be off down to the gorge to do some white water rafting . Lined up some other great bambos from a local lady , she has Black Asper , and another very nice golden looking sp. I am financing her next collecting trip to Borneo with all the plants I have got from her lately . Will have to educate her on palms , gee she has enough different Durians already !

[chris.oz]

Awesome Wal , my Timor Black seedling is jumping out of the ground , I act. had to hammer in a stake and wire it down or it would be off down to the gorge to do some white water rafting . Lined up some other great bambos from a local lady , she has Black Asper , and another very nice golden looking sp. I am financing her next collecting trip to Borneo with all the plants I have got from her lately . Will have to educate her on palms , gee she has enough different Durians already !

Michael,

Interesting you have a seedling. Based on popular info about bamboo, all the other B. lako in the world should be dead !

My 2 B. lako are alive and well. They were originally supplied to me bare rooted as struck leaf nodes !

[Gan Eden]

Hi Wal,

What do you use as mulch there mate?

Lee

[Walter John]

Hi Lee, sorry I haven't replied. The mulch you see in these pics is good ole sugar cane mulch.

[Gan Eden]

Hi Lee, sorry I haven't replied. The mulch you see in these pics is good ole sugar cane mulch.

Cheers

[junglegalfla]

Wal,

Dendrocalamus minor var. Amoenus (Ghost) is my favorite boo. I've been eying for quite some time and finally found a local source. In your experience with it, is it a tight clumper & kept easily in check? I'd also be interested to know if it sheds as much as say oldhammi. I've been told some are worse offenders than others. I have a bambusa textilis that is terribly messy.

Thanks!

[Walter John]

Yes Bren, a tight clumper and therefore easy to contain. I intend cutting some outside canes and those inner too tight ones later this year. As for shedding leaves, I haven't had it long enough to know, either way, it will be a lovely look and a free mulch provider. It's a real beautiful plant to look at.

[Gan Eden]

I was captured hangin' around my Java Black and Ghost bamboos today. Anyone else do the same ?

Not really.

[Creekside]

Wal,

Dendrocalamus minor var. Amoenus (Ghost) is my favorite boo. I've been eying for quite some time and finally found a local source. In your experience with it, is it a tight clumper & kept easily in check? I'd also be interested to know if it sheds as much as say oldhammi. I've been told some are worse offenders than others. I have a bambusa textilis that is terribly messy.

Thanks!

Bren, minor Amoenus is not as big of a leaf-dropper as oldhamii or textilis. It's also a fairly polite bamboo - a nice medium size and small footprint. A robust grower, especially for a Dendrocalamus; plant a 7-gal now and you'll have a nice clump by the end of the summer. It's one of my faves!

Wal, your bamboos are gorgeous! I wish our black bamboos could enjoy those mild temps.

[southlatropical]

I always enjoy your bamboo pics Wal. Wish I could grow the Amoenus and Java Black here but it gets just a little too cold.

Here is my B. Chungii 'Barbellata'. It was a little 3gal plant with 3 pencil sized canes last year. I've cut well over a dozen small canes out and there are a dozen more shooting now. The growth rate is unbelievable. The white powder does not last long though. I am hoping it will start to show more of it when it reaches it's full size, which should be next year.