Bamboo flowering

Samir Mehta

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Jan 13, 2008, 1:48:58 AM1/13/08

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Bamboo flowering @ Karnala WLS, Maharashtra; January 3, 2008.

Bamboo trees flower once in 40-60 yrs, depending on the variety, and the tree dies after the event.

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Kiran Srivastava

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Jan 13, 2008, 9:23:35 PM1/13/08

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I have observed mass flowering of Bamboo in Sanjay Gandhi National Park,
Mumbai too. I further learnt that there are two species here - Thorny
Bamboo, Bambusa arundinacea and the Solid Bamboo, Dendrocalamus strictus.

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Kiran Srivastava

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sachin pandhare

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Jan 14, 2008, 5:42:34 AM1/14/08

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if i am not wrong bamboo gets flowers once in 7-8 years.

please correct..

and i am keen to see such flowers.... didn't get a chance to do so. :-(

thanks for sharing these photos.

samirmehta

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Jan 14, 2008, 9:43:31 AM1/14/08

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I learnt of the figure (40-60 yrs) from the forest guides at Karnala -
but it does sound a bit too long to me also, your figure sounds more
realistic.

Best Regards,

Samir Mehta

J.M. Garg

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Mar 12, 2008, 6:47:59 AM3/12/08

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May anyone give the scientific names of the these flowering Bamboos, for inclusion in the Indiantreepix database?

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