Bamboo ID

[Alicehunter2000]

Can someone ID this bamboo...it's really nice.

[Alicehunter2000]

[Sanips]

It reminds me similar to Bambusa chungii But definitely I'm not an expert about bamboos.

[Alicehunter2000]

I don't think it's chunghii.  I have chunghii 'barbalatta " and the culms are not nearly that vertical....they shoot out it 30 degree angles ...in fact this is one of the things that I dislike most about it.....also on this unknown bamboo the older canes look yellow...not sure chunghii has that color. .... but I could be wrong too....I'm definitely a novice on bamboo......do you think it might be some textilis variety?

[Sanips]

18 hours ago, Alicehunter2000 said:

I don't think it's chunghii.  I have chunghii 'barbalatta " and the culms are not nearly that vertical....they shoot out it 30 degree angles ...in fact this is one of the things that I dislike most about it.....also on this unknown bamboo the older canes look yellow...not sure chunghii has that color. .... but I could be wrong too....I'm definitely a novice on bamboo......do you think it might be some textilis variety?

It could be a textilis 'Gracilis'. It's difficult because that dark colour above nodes on the new canes is misleadinng me and some colours could change from place to place due to enviromental and climatoligical conditions. Moreover Internet is sometimes hopeless because it full of retouched photos (aggg, I can't stand that). I'm sure you would obtain a good answer in a specialised forum. Report us the final ID, it's nice to learn about new spicies.

[Alicehunter2000]

Not gracilis. ..much, much bigger. It's funny you both happen to name varieties I already have. This variety does have the same upright habit as gracilis, which is one reason I like it so much. Really curious as to its cold hardiness...this orthodontist office is pretty new and I don't know if this bamboo went through the Polar Vortex in 2014. They had some really nice sylvestris planted in the same parking lot as well.

[Walt]

I can't say, but it's definitely not B. chungii, as I have a nice clump, and the culms are not yellow, but a bluish-green color.

[Alicehunter2000]

Can't believe I stumped you guys .... normally an id like this would have been solved quickly and easily. Trying to post on a bamboo site would involve setting up an account...blah blah blah .... I'm too lazy for that ....besides everybody knows that palm folks are more knowledgeable than other plant peeps 

Com'on folks I got faith in ya'll ....what the heck is this bamboo!

[The Silent Seed]

This bamboo non-expert would have thought Phyllostachys based on what I have seen. 

[Alicehunter2000]

Hmm....maybe....I assumed it was a clumper but maybe not......you might be on to something there....sure looks similar.

 

[Pip]

It isn't Phyllostachys. If you take a look at the culms they are completely round. Phyllostachys has a flat section to the culm at the node where the leaf stem is produced.

[Alicehunter2000]

Hmm...the mystery continues

[Geoff]

looks like Bambusa oldhamii... smaller culms are just from when plant was immature, but now growing into itself... clump shape and size is very typical of B oldhamii, but could be a close relative.