OK, supposed to be Henon....What is it???

[john voss]

in a delayed response to bamboobrother2's experience, in southern louisiana ph. bambus. castillon has done exceedingly well, easily outgrowing both tanake and allgold (too bad as allgold is/was my favorite). and i'm still betting that serenity's plant in question is ph. aur. spec. (also has white stripes) by the reddish nodes on small emerging culms. emergent castillon has that brownish bambusiodes look. my ph. aur. spec. is slower than christmas. finally put out a bunch of maybe nine foot culms this year, while castillon planted nearby (both six years ago) is at the loads of twenty-five footers stage.

[serenityinbamboo]

Just wanted to post new photos from this year...figured it was more matured, definitely colorful...

[bambookid524]

Definitly Phyllostachys Aureosulcata 'Spectabilis'

[ShmuBamboo]

Well, if it is Phy. a. Spectabilis, it will have fine sandpapery culms, not smooth ones. Especially rubbing them in one direction rather then the other (I forget which). Also hard to tell from the photos, but Phy. aureosulcatas has vibrant and vivid striped shoot sheaths.

Phy. bam. Castillon has a waxy smooth culm. Many yellow culm type boos here in the PNW turn red in full sun. Both types have striped leaves, but Castillon has more striped leaves than Spectabilis, which has more random ones.

[bambookid524]

The shoot in the second picture has the same coloration as Phy. A 'Spectabilis'. I don't believe Phy. B. 'Castillon's shoots are that lightly colored.

[ShmuBamboo]

It would be easy to ID with one touch of a culm. *sigh*

[bambookid524]

Yeah, true...

[serenityinbamboo]

SMOOTH!! The culms are smooth.

[bambookid524]

Oh. They are totally smooth? Wow. I thought for sure it was P. A. 'Spectabilis'.
hmmmm... There is still a slight chance of P.A. 'Spec.'

[David]

No doubt Ph. a. 'Spectabilis'. Look at the emerging shoot, no way it's a bambusoides.

[bambookid524]

yeah. I didn't think that could be Bambusoides.

So young culms don't always have that rough feel? I'll have to check on my young Phy. Aureosulcata 'Spectabilis' later tonight and see if the culms are rough.

[dependable]

"Never be sure of anything, it is a sign of weakness" well, that is a paraphrase of Dr Who. Anyway, I have some P A Spectabilis , But this looks more like Semi- Arundinaria Yashadake 'Kimmei', which I also have. But not being there in person, it is just a guess. It could well be something else that does not grow out here. Does not look anything like hennon to me

[bambookid524]

"Never be sure of anything, it is a sign of weakness" well, that is a paraphrase of Dr Who. Anyway, I have some P A Spectabilis , But this looks more like Semi- Arundinaria Yashadake 'Kimmei', which I also have. But not being there in person, it is just a guess. It could well be something else that does not grow out here.

Does yours have a green stripe through the culms? I don't think i've seen that on S.A. Y. 'Kemmei'. I have been thinking about getting some but I don't know to much about it other than the culms look great if left in full sun.

[foxd]

In comparison to the grass in the lawn, the leaves look too small to be Kimmei. There also looks to be a green strip in the sulcus. I would say Spectabilis based on the pictures.

[dependable]

The SA Y Kimmei I have has green stripes and a definite pinkish to reddish shade on new shoots. as does PA Spectabilis.to a lesser degree. The leaves are about twice the length and width of a standard Phylostachys. P A Spectabilis will get bigger than SA Y k. With out seeing scale for size, it may be either.