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MattyB Grand Master

MattyB

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I'm scared now.

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

ariscott Grand Master

ariscott

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I want one!! I haven't got one yet.... definitely want one....

Ari & Scott

Darwin, NT, Australia

-12°32'53" 131°10'20"

Walter John Grand Master

Walter John

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That bamboo's got it's own zip code. :blink:

Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

Kailua_Krish Veteran

Kailua_Krish

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Would love to have one, so impressive!

-Krishna

-Krishna

Kailua, Oahu HI. Near the beach but dry!

Still have a garden in Zone 9a Inland North Central Florida (Ocala)

Tropicgardener Mentor

Tropicgardener

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Nup.....don't want one.....my Sacred Bali is big enough for me.....in my previous garden my Timor and Java Blacks were getting to scary proportions but nothing like that sucker !!!

Andrew,
Airlie Beach, Whitsundays

Tropical Queensland

Pedro 65 Grand Master

Pedro 65

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Yes a Giant Bamboo, all these have now flowered around the world and died. The largest are now are seedling plants,heres a pic of another Giant Dendrcalamus. "Black Asper"

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ariscott Grand Master

ariscott

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Apparently black asper will get to Giganteus anyway... as I have been told. The ones at the Kebon Raya Bogor are certainly massive!!

Regards, Ari :)

Ari & Scott

Darwin, NT, Australia

-12°32'53" 131°10'20"

Al in Kona Grand Master

Al in Kona

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If you had a big clump of that giant bamboo and were knowledgeable in how to use it for building construction (not many Westerners are) you just might end up with a strong termite resistant inexpensive house. I visited an all-bamboo house built here on Hawaii Island that was pre-fabed in Vietnam and shipped here for construction. It was nice. Here are some pics of it for you to get a better idea of how this one looks.

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Hawaii Island (Big Island), leeward coast, 19 degrees N. latitude, south Kona mauka at approx. 380m (1,250 ft.) and about 1.6 km (1-mile) upslope from ocean.

 

No record of a hurricane passing over this island (yet!).  

Summer maximum rainfall - variable averaging 900-1150mm (35-45") - Perfect drainage on black volcanic rocky soil.  

Nice sunsets!

ariscott Grand Master

ariscott

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Hi Al,

If only we don't live in cyclone zone... I am not too sure how to make Bamboo building cyclone proof. I need to investigate that. Even if we just build a gazebo, not an actual house, it would be worth it!! Although, it would take a few years for my bamboo to get to that size.

Regards, Ari :)

Ari & Scott

Darwin, NT, Australia

-12°32'53" 131°10'20"

Creekside Proficient

Creekside

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This is one of my giganteus, still very young, yet 7 or 8 years old from a cutting. That's pretty slow for a bamboo. They spend years sending out very small culms, forming a bushy "skirt" of sun-catching leaves which can then produce the energy needed to send up those giant culms. This is a slightly different form than the other giganteus clone I have from Quail (smaller and still years away from sending up anything big.) They've been protected somewhat by the high canopy, so even in our recent cold winters they've done well, but eventually they'll outgrow the oaks...

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Catherine Presley

 

Old Miakka

& Phillippi Creek

Sarasota

SubTropicRay Grand Master

SubTropicRay

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Man that's big!

No one cares about your current yard temperature 🙃

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Tyrone Grand Master

Tyrone

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D giganteus away from the tropics will never get as big as the more cold tolerant Dendrocalamus. I wanted D gigantues until I was told that D latiflorus would outgrow it in my climate. I've got 6 inch diameter culms on my D latiflorus now and that's with indifferent care. If I watered it like crazy and fed it horse manure by the truck load it would launch to the moon. I love those monster bamboos. You never forget them once you see them.

Best regards

Tyrone

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

Pedro 65 Grand Master

Pedro 65

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a Few more BIG ones here.

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Tyrone Grand Master

Tyrone

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Those Dendros are great Peter, especially the brandisii. That latiflorus is about the size of mine that ate my R sapida. Mine also gets roots on the nodes, which I'm very pleased with as they say they don't get them in drier climates.

Best regards

Tyrone

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

ariscott Grand Master

ariscott

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Can't wait till my dendrocalamus get that big!!! They are growing really well behind the dam wall :). All monsters :).

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Ari & Scott

Darwin, NT, Australia

-12°32'53" 131°10'20"

Pedro 65 Grand Master

Pedro 65

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Those Dendros are great Peter, especially the brandisii. That latiflorus is about the size of mine that ate my R sapida. Mine also gets roots on the nodes, which I'm very pleased with as they say they don't get them in drier climates.

Best regards

Tyrone

Wow can Latiflorus get that big in Perth, send a pic Tyrone, this bambusa buddah belly is a nice open bamboo and easy to maintain.

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ariscott Grand Master

ariscott

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My buddha belly looks like topiary now... :angry:

Ari & Scott

Darwin, NT, Australia

-12°32'53" 131°10'20"

Walter John Grand Master

Walter John

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love a wet buddahs belly.

Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

Walter John Grand Master

Walter John

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Here's my G.pseudo thingy maxima. Stripes are happening..

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Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

Pedro 65 Grand Master

Pedro 65

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Another colourful one here is Bambusa Vittata or Painted Bamboo

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Palmə häl′ik Veteran

Palmə häl′ik

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Dats Mongo Boo! :drool:

~Ray.

Brandon, FL

27.95°N 82.28°W (Elev. 62 ft)

Zone9 w/ canopy

ariscott Grand Master

ariscott

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Here's my G.pseudo thingy maxima. Stripes are happening..

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I like this one..... so fast & so pretty!!! Mine is HUGE already.... 2 years in the ground and it is almost 10m tall :)

Ari & Scott

Darwin, NT, Australia

-12°32'53" 131°10'20"

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