What Bamboo am I?

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  1. sun burn

    sun burn Junior Member

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    https://www.photoblog.com/ShangriLa/2011/01/24/

    And other stories.

    Ok i only got one useful shot of the bamboo here but i think it should be pretty telling so i hope its good enough. If not, never mind. I will have to look elsewhere.
     
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    I should know the name of that bamboo Andrea , are the clumps very tight [ close together ]?
    There was a row of this type of bamboo just before turn off for High Falls Farm on Whyanbeel rd .
    I tried propagating it a few times while I lived there , and remembner how thick the timber was .
    Not many bamboos are that thick ..
    https://bambooman.com.au/Genus_Thyrostachys.html

    This guy is our closest supplier and also one of the cheapest , a quarter the price of some of the more southern suppliers .
     
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    That's what i was hoping. I'll check out the link you sent me. They might know. Thanks.
     
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    If it is B. polymorpha, Victor Cusack lists it as "SM2" - translated as Structural type; Medium sized; Structural quality 2 (scale 1-5 with 1 being excellent). The shoots are edible, though slightly bitter. Also suitable for heat bending for furniture crafting.
     
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    Don who is Victor Cusack? Is he the guy who wrote Bamboo World? Yeah i tasted a raw shoot and I noticed it was bitter.
     
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    That would be him - he also wrote "Bamboo Rediscovered" ($20 from Earth Garden Books) - line drawings and b&w photos, and heaps of info on selection, growing & using most varieties available in Aust.
     

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