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| This bamboo produces fruit, which is used for many things and is also edible.
My question is, does the fruit have seed in it like a 'normal' fruiting plant? Or does it go into bloom and produce seeds at regular intervals like other bamboo? If no seed is in the fruit, what is it's purpose? Kt |
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| most bamboo only put out seeds every 100 years or so some less some more time so if you see bambo seeds in your lifetime from you plant you a lucky dog this is what i have read about bamboo good luck god bless |
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- Posted by kentuck_8b __ (My Page) on Fri, Jan 11, 13 at 19:59
| Thanks for your response. My P. jap has been blooming and seeding since I bought it over 10 years ago, but it is still in a pot, so maybe that has something to do with it. I had one of my textilis varieties bloom also, but it bloomed and died back, yet survived. I don't think any of my other varieties have bloomed or at least I didn't notice it if they did. Again, my question is, does the fruit have seed inside of it, or does the plant(Melocanna baccifera) also produce seed like other bamboos? Kt |
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| Melocanna produces a fruit that contains a large seed, sometimes germinating on the culm. The fruit is a outsized pericarp that gives this bamboo a tremendous jumpstart---a large cotyledon with large leaves in a question of weeks just sitting on the ground.. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Melocanna Flowering
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- Posted by kentuck_8b __ (My Page) on Sat, May 18, 13 at 13:57
| Great video. Thanks for posting the link to it. Kt |
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