HumanJHawkins Wrote:
> That does appear to be flowering... But the purple tint doesn't look
> like either of my Ph. Nigra. Is the color off a little in the photo?
> Also, all of the Phyllostachys genus have only two prominent branches
> at each node. It is hard to tell from the picture, but it looks like I
> see one with three or more. Phyllostachys sometimes develop branches
> that appear to be a third branch coming from a node, but are actually
> branches that are shooting off of one of the two main branches very
> close to the main culm... Could this be what I am seeing?
>
> Are any of the culms (even perhaps very thin or short original ones
> from when you bought it) ebony black?
>
> From the photo, it actually looks more like a Fargesia nitida, which
> is
> known to be flowering around the world now. But this is a clumper with
> a purple / blue tint... Very different from a Ph. nigra all around.
>
> Confirmation would be nice, as if your bamboo really is Ph. Nigra it's
> going to be bad (but useful) information for a lot of people!
Hi -
Thanks very much for the reply.
When I bought it, it was just labelled "Black Bamboo" - I just assumed
it was P. Nigra at the time but having never seen one in the flesh I
have nothing to compare it to. (I'm pretty new to Bamboo). Only now
that it is flowering have I started looking on the 'net in more
detail.
None of the culms are "ebony" black, I would describe them as very dark
brown with maybe a hint of purple (esp when viewed in direct sunlight.)
I have counted some nodes with 3 (and maybe more) branches, the ridges
at the nodes are much paler than the culms. (as you can see - almost
white)
When it put new culms up last year, they were almost imediatley black /
dark brown, I remember thinking at the time that they should be coming
up green for the first season, then turning black later and I thought
it was odd.
Culms are fairly thin and whip like, and bend over quite considerably
at the top. The wind blows it all over the place. When I bought it it
was in a 8 inch pot with about 3 canes 4 ft tall, and several smaler
ones. It now has about 10 canes at 5 - 6 ft tall and has hardly
expanded at all from it's base - where it's pot would have been.
The colour on the photo is pretty close - I took it in full sunlight
and there's definetly purple in there.
(some more photos - )
[image:
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i143/newlancsvwclub/Bamboo/bamboo6.jpg]
[image:
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i143/newlancsvwclub/Bamboo/bamboo5.jpg]
[image:
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i143/newlancsvwclub/Bamboo/bamboo4.jpg]
[image:
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i143/newlancsvwclub/Bamboo/bamboo2.jpg]
So I can safely assume it's not P. Nigra then........
That would explain a few things. Thanks again for the reply.
I'll have a read up on Fargesia nitida then and see if that looks like
the culprit.
Any more opinions welcome .....
Cheers - Dave.
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Mr Whippy
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