ID Please, :)

15 years ago

I posted this topic a while back and got some answers that the bamboo may be A. Gigantea but pics were needed so I went out today and snapped a few quick shots, so i apologize in advance for the low quality pics, i was in a hurry.

This was found all along the creek behind my house, but I have never seen it too much bigger than these pics, which leads me away from believing it is Arundinaria Gigantea considering the Max. Size. This plant has obviously been growing here for a good amount of time considering the amount of plants. I am positive it is bamboo ad if it is indeed A. Gigantea, is there anything i can do to get it to full size? I am going to take some tommorrow and put it in a pot and feed it.

All answers will be much appreciated :)

This 1st pic is of some of the "grove" The canes are around 1 foot in size on average but while visiting family in Northern Fl near Jacksonville I saw some just like it w/ one cane about .5 in diameter and 3-4 foot tall.

This next pic is of one of the culms.

Farther back from the 'grove'.

Ok. Those were the pics. The roots aren't all throughout the rhizome like some of the other species of bamboo. Most of the roots are at the base of the culm and are just barely underground. And many rhizomes end in whipshoots. It is definitely a running species!

If you have any answers as to what this is please let me know. If it is A. Gigantea please let me know (if you know) how to get it around full size.

Thank you sooo much!!! :)

-Steve

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Comments (8)

kudzu9
15 years ago
bambookid-
I don't think it's A. gigantea: the leaves look too thin and long, and the branch structure doesn't look the same to me either. All of those plants look like seedlings, which means that they come from some bamboo that has been flowering. One possibility is F. nitida, which has been flowering for the last several years. The ones in your pictures resemble the nitida seedlings I've seen. As for sizing up, bamboo grow differently than a lot of other plants and there isn't a whole lot you can do to hurry this along. Just give them water and fertilizer in moderation. Bamboo grow on their own schedule and reach a particular size over a number of years. It's not like trying to grow a 500 pound pumpkin: there aren't special things you can do to make your bamboo bigger than mine!
bambookid524
Original Author
15 years ago
Thank you Kudzu, but the thing is, nobody i know of within 2 miles from me is growing anything but moso or Yellow groove. Another thing i found was a bigger batch of these ranging from 3 to 4 feet, and it is in full sunlight ao i am thinking sunlight was minimizing growth in the first area. I will post some pics of the bigger culms. It is a running bamboo though
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kudzu9
15 years ago
bambookid-
Do post some pics of the bigger stuff. While lack of sunlight can slow down the speed at which bamboo max out, it's also possible that you have encountered a species that doesn't get very big. There are about 1200 kinds of bamboo, and the smallest ones never get any bigger than several inches tall...
divahethr
15 years ago
It looks similar to the a gigantea tecta growing around here in the wild.
divahethr
15 years ago
or it could be Arundinaria appalachiana - hill bamboo.
va_highlander
15 years ago
I wouldn't personally know a specimen if I tripped over it. I'm neither a botanist, nor an expert on bamboo, but A appalachiana does seem a reasonable possibility.

Check out the link and see for yourself.

Here is a link that might be useful: Arundinaria appalachiana
bambookid524
Original Author
15 years ago
Thank you guys so much. I think it is Arundinaria Appalachiana.

-Steve

Does anyone know its max size?
va_highlander
15 years ago
According the paper by Triplett, et al - see link - the height of Arundinaria appalachiana varies between 16 and 71 inches. Suppose like most species of bamboo the size depends on growing conditions.

Here is a link that might be useful: Hill cane (Arundinaria appalachiana), a new species of bamboo (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) from the southern Appalachian Mountains - PDF