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New Bambooer, tell me what it is, I want to buy It!
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Posted by Jeff703 Z8 TX Houston (My Page) on Sat, Dec 17, 05 at 20:41
| I am new to the forum and new to bamboo, In downtown Houston there is a bamboo that is about 3 feet tall, deep green, hollow like a straw.
What is it and where can I get it? |
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RE: New Bambooer, tell me what it is, I want to buy It!
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| That describes many possibilities, and if it is topped, then it could be dozens of possible bamboos, if it is a bamboo at all. Take some pictures and post them here. If not, describe the culm diameter, length and width of the leaves, number of branches at each node, and growth habit(erect, leaning outward, tight clumper, culms spaced close or far apart, etc). Kt |
RE: New Bambooer, tell me what it is, I want to buy It!
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| Jeff703, As Kentuck says pictures would help. When you say it is hollow like a straw, is that from top to bottom without internodes? Most (but not all) bamboo has hollow sections with membranes at the internodes. The others are solid, but I do not know any that are hollow from top to bottom. Are you sure it is bamboo? Mike near Brenham TX |
RE: New Bambooer, tell me what it is, I want to buy It!
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| It's not bamboo !! They sometimes call it horsetail. not bamboo but a rush !! easy to grow. |
RE: New Bambooer, tell me what it is, I want to buy It!
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- Posted by foxd z5b/6a (My Page) on
Sun, Dec 18, 05 at 10:06
| Yesterday I stumbled across an on-line newspaper article on rivercane. I description of native rivercane was interesting: "Since there are so many different species of bamboo, the easiest thing is to learn to recognize native rivercane. Rivercane may grow to 20 feet tall. It is usually an inch or smaller in diameter. The leaves often lack stalks and are up to 15 inches long and 2.5 inches wide. The stalks are greenish in color. Switchcane is just a smaller version." The article was here: http://www.smokymountainnews.com/issues/12_05/12_14_05/out_naturalist.html |
RE: New Bambooer, tell me what it is, I want to buy It!
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| I will take some pictures Monday. It has no leaves and is hollow top to bottom. -Jeff |
RE: New Bambooer, tell me what it is, I want to buy It!
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- Posted by kudzu9 Zone 8b, WA (My Page) on
Sun, Dec 18, 05 at 12:43
Jeff-
While bamboo is hollow, the culms are woody and tough, and you're unlikely to be able to see the inside unless someone takes a machete to it, because even a dead culm will remain upright and intact. Further, something with no leaves in your Zone at this time of year is unlikely to be bamboo. But I'd be interested to see the pictures. |
RE: New Bambooer, tell me what it is, I want to buy It!
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| Sounds like Horsetail Reed/Scouring Rushwetgrass aka Equisetum robustum, or one of the other 35 varieties of this reed. 
Kt |
RE: New Bambooer, tell me what it is, I want to buy It!
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- Posted by meat z6 MO (My Page) on
Sun, Dec 18, 05 at 23:03
| if it is horsetails come spring or so i can hook you up there is a ton of it growing around here. |
RE: New Bambooer, tell me what it is, I want to buy It!
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| Here, too. At least two varieties grow all along creeks and rivers in this, and surrounding counties. We have one clump that takes up a couple of hundred square feet, but recently froze. It will come back next year, as always. Kt |
RE: New Bambooer, tell me what it is, I want to buy It!
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| I think that's it. I took a picture this morning and I will download it this evening. |
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