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I'm going loony actually having to work a full day 
Pics to follow.mantis wrote:I'm going loony actually having to work a full day
[/quote]loonyk wrote:Then loonyk shall work his magic. So, abracadabra! You have now been fired. You can be online 24/7 now.
) came by my office today and admired my new office plant. Our IT guy has a lucky bamboo in his office. I told him he better not let it see the 'Wamin' or it will have insecurity issues and run out and buy a new Corvette.
My 'Wamin' came home with me todayneedmore wrote:Careful, the heat generated by the connection speed of the T1 line might cause the Wamin to leap into stress flowering and die. The more I think about it, I believe the Wamin would be much safer next to my dial-up connection.
It was sad due to a lack of sun light, and I don't have a good artifical source yet. I am now looking for a nice replacement to take up it's space on my office floor. Time to dig through the "Pictures-Plants" area of bambooweb to find a cool looking shade tolerant plant.
mantis wrote:My 'Wamin' came home with me todayneedmore wrote:Careful, the heat generated by the connection speed of the T1 line might cause the Wamin to leap into stress flowering and die. The more I think about it, I believe the Wamin would be much safer next to my dial-up connection.
And yes, I am still off-line at work. I have become quite an expert "Solitaire" player in the last week.
ROY'S BAMBOO LIST Well, I used to get accused of trick photography on the diameter of my giant bamboos, so I'll just let it go at that....needmore wrote:Hey! That photo looks mighty familiar Mr. Rogers! One I've never posted to this site and I think I pulled it from my website so how you do dat?
That's probably would be another good one also. I have 2 large pots of PSEUDOSASA japonica that have been been growing in very dense shade for over 15 years and they are doing fine. The 2 pots are the remains of this mini-grove I had in the ground. BTW, the kid in this pre-digital picture is 25 years old now. [**see additional remarks below this image]
Roger Lewis says the Green Onion does well in low light. I grow several bamboo indoors but they get about as much light as is possible, save for a full fledge conservatory. Still they drop leaves like mad when first brought in and I've not tried anything in ultra low light but the I Tess is probably a good suggestion.
My 15 year old grew a small pot of BAMBUSA tuldoides 'Ventricosa Kimmei, like the ones below, but smaller, for 2 to 3 years on his north facing window seal. I didn't' think it would get enough light, but it performed very well. It stays on the window seal between the window and the curtain. I had to let it go when I had someone wanting to adopt a Kimmei and I was out of adoption Kimmei plants in my nursery stock.
Roy after 3 years of experimenting with different species, I'd have to say so far the BVV is the easiest to keep happy. Although it drops leaves like all the others the culms hold nice color and it rebounds very quickly in late spring when it goes back out.
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). It is now in a larger pot (7 gallon) and thriving. I'll probably have to bump it up to a 15 gallon pot in the spring. Talk is cheap, pictures are proof!mantis wrote:..snip..
Sorry, no pictures.
ROY'S BAMBOO LISTNo camera at workRoy wrote:
Talk is cheap, pictures are proof!
I'll bring the camera tomorrow and snap some pics.I'm not sure how our office building heats the air, but my house uses natural gas. I was planning on bringing a spray bottle to work so I could mist it's leafs every once in a while.Roy wrote: Your climate is probably similiar to Tampa's climate. Summers are filled with high humidity, whereas Winters have sllightly lower humidity, but not low humidity. Since most people in Tampa use heat pumps, then the house air is still humid in the Winter and indoor plant don't suffer and no need to humidity the air for the plants as well as humans. In colder climates, then with lower humidity and use of gas heat, then drying out of the potting material and the plant is a problem. North side should work as you will get some light most of the day.
And I thought I was the only one who didn't have a cell phone, especially one that would take pictures. Almost all my student have a cell phone that can take pictures. My 15 year old thinks he back in the dark ages because all of his friend have has cell phones since elementary school and he doesn't have one.mantis wrote:Roy wrote:
Talk is cheap, pictures are proof!No camera at work
ROY'S BAMBOO LISTI abhor cell phones. My wife made me get one when she was pregnant with our first kid (in case of emergencies). I got a pay-as-you-go phone. I have the same brick of a phone 4 years later. I use it MAYBE 5 minutes a month.Roy wrote: And I thought I was the only one who didn't have a cell phone, especially one that would take pictures. Almost all my student have a cell phone that can take pictures. My 15 year old thinks he back in the dark ages because all of his friend have has cell phones since elementary school and he doesn't have one.
