Tropical Bamboo

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Genus of tropical and subtropical clumping bamboos, usually giant, with numerous branches at a node, one or two much larger than the rest. New shoots appear in late summer or fall in their native areas.

Bambusa beecheyana 'Beechey Bamboo'

15° F

5

50'

5"

Bambusa burmanica

32° F

5

60'

4"

Bambusa chungii

21° F

5

30'

2"

Bambusa chungii var. barbelatta

21° F

5

22'

1.5"

Bambusa dissimulator

13° F

5

50'

3"

Bambusa dolichoclada 'Stripe'

20° F

5

65'

4"

Bambusa dolichomerithalla ‘Green stripe’

15° F

5

32'

2"

Bambusa dolichomerithalla ‘Silverstripe’

15° F

5

32'

2"

Bambusa edulis

20° F

5

65'

3"

Bambusa emeinsis 'Flavidovirens'

24° F

35'

2.5"

Bambusa emeinsis 'Viridiflavus'

24° F

35'

2.5"

Bambusa eutuldoides 'Viridivittata'

21° F

5

25'

1"

Bambusa lako 'Timor Black'

28° F

50'

35"

Bambusa luteostriata

28° F

30'

2"

Bambusa maculata Pring Tutul

28° F

5

Bambusa malingensis

20° F

4

35'

2.5"

Bambusa membranacea

25° F

5

70'

4"

Bambusa multiplex 'Alphonse Karr'

12° F

5

35'

1.5"

Bambusa multiplex 'Fernleaf'

12° F

5

20'

0.5"

Bambusa multiplex 'Golden Goddess'

12° F

5

10'

0.5"

Bambusa multiplex 'Green Alphonse Karr'

12° F

5

35'

1.3"

Bambusa multiplex 'Silverstripe’

12° F

5

25'

1.3"

Bambusa multiplex 'Willowy'

12° F

5

20'

0.7"

Bambusa multiplex ‘Rivierorum’

12° F

5

6'

0.3"

Bambusa nutans

25° F

5

40'

3"

Bambusa oldhami 'Giant Timber'

15° F

4

55'

4"

Bambusa pachinensis

25° F

5

33'

2"

Bambusa pervariabilis

32° F

5

33'

2.4"

Bambusa pervariabilis 'Viridistriatus'

25° F

5

33'

2.4"

Bambusa sinospinosa

20° F

5

70'

5"

Bambusa textilis

13° F

5

40'

2"

Bambusa textilis var. glabra

18° F

5

30'

1"

Bambusa textilis var. gracilis

18° F

5

30'

1.3"

Bambusa tulda

27° F

5

70'

4"

Bambusa tulda striata

27° F

5

70'

4"

Bambusa tuldo. ventricosa 'Buddha's Belly'

15° F

4

55'

2.2"

Bambusa tuldo. ventricosa ‘Kimmei’

15° F

4

55'

2.2"

Bambusa tuldoides 'Punting Pole'

15° F

5

55'

2.3"

Bambusa vulgaris

27° F

5

50'

4"

Bambusa vulgaris 'Vittata' 'Painted Bamboo'

27° F

5

50'

4"

Bambusa vulgaris 'Wamin Striata'

30° F

5

16'

3"

Bambusa vulgaris ‘Wamin’

27° F

5

16'

3"

Tall, shrubby or climbing bamboos with generally slender, stiff and thin-walled culms. From India; China; Madagascar; Malasia & Indonesia.

Cephalostachyum virgatum

5

50'

4"

Giant tropical clumping bamboos similar to Bambusa

Dendrocalamus asper

23° F

5

100'

8"

Dendrocalamus asper 'Hitam'

23° F

5

100'

8"

Dendrocalamus brandisii

28° F

5

100'

8"

Dendrocalamus giganteus

25° F

5

100'

12"

Dendrocalamus hamiltonii

27° F

5

80'

7"

Dendrocalamus jianshuensis

5

55'

5"

Dendrocalamus latiflorus

25° F

5

65'

8"

Dendrocalamus latiflorus cv 'mei-nung'

25° F

5

65'

8"

Dendrocalamus minor

5

25'

2"

Dendrocalamus strictus

30° F

5

60'

5"

Giant, tropical, clumping bamboos similar to Bambusa. G. atroviolacea; G. atter; G. robusta; and G. pseudoarundinacea were formerly all considered to be forms of G. verticillata. Rarely flower or come true from seed; may be "natural hybrids."

Gigantochloa apus

27° F

5

65'

4"

Gigantochloa atroviolacea

25° F

5

70'

4"

Gigantochloa maxima

28° F

5

45'

4"

Gigantochloa pseudoarundinacea

28° F

5

100'

5"

A genus of moderate size, tropical clumping bamboos with rather small leaves and persistent culm sheaths.

Thyrsostachys siamensis 'Monastery Bamboo'

25° F

5

40'

3"