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Strange Trunk of Non-Palm

bubba

By bubba
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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bubba Grand Master

bubba

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kinzyjr Grand Master

kinzyjr

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Looks like Buddha Belly bamboo.

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Lakeland, FL

USDA Zone 1990: 9a  2012: 9b  2023: 10a | Sunset Zone: 26 | Record Low: 20F/-6.67C (Jan. 1985, Dec.1962) | Record Low USDA Zone: 9a

30-Year Avg. Low: 30F | 30-year Min: 24F

Patrick Veteran

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Buddha's belly bamboo. Bambusa something-or-other.

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Oakley, California

55 Miles E-NE of San Francisco, CA

Solid zone 9, I can expect at least one night in the mid to low twenties every year.

Hot, dry summers. Cold, wet winters.

Silas_Sancona Grand Master

Silas_Sancona

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Yep Buddha Belly Bamboo.. Likely the "Wamin" variant, which tends to stay smaller than the typical form of the species..

 

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bubba Grand Master

bubba

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Thank you! Buddha’s Belly Bamboo. Like the ring to that name...

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Silas_Sancona Grand Master

Silas_Sancona

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2 minutes ago, bubba said:

Thank you! Buddha’s Belly Bamboo. Like the ring to that name...

Easy, and really attractive.. esp the dwarf type. ( supposedly only reaches 16ft. Tall type reaches 50ft ) It also produces more " bellies" than the tall form.

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Eric in Orlando Grand Master

Eric in Orlando

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The true Buddhas Belly Bamboo is Bambusa ventricosa. When it it is kept rootbound it remains dwarf with swollen internodes. If it is planted the new culms that emerge eventually develop into non dwarfed form and it makes a clump 40-50ft tall.

The plant in the photo is Bambusa vulgaris 'Wamin', Swollen Timber Bamboo. It only grows 10-12ft and keeps the swollen nodes on the culms. 

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Eric

Orlando, FL

zone 9b/10a

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