Difference between Cane and Bamboo
Eee93
We have a plant that is called cane here. Is it a different plant than bamboo,
or is it just a native variety?
Thanks,
Eveline
Eveline
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IrisCohen
>We have a plant that is called cane here.
Where is "here"? What do the flowers look like? Have you tried looking it up in
the library?
Iris, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"The trouble with people is not that they don't know but that they know so much
that ain't so."
Josh Billings, 1818-1885.
Eee93
I live in central Texas, zone 8. The cane/bamboo doesn't have blooms. It does
have plumes of seed heads at the tops. It grows about 6 foot tall, in the
drainage ditches along the roads. It has joints about 6-8 inches, with a single
leaf coming out of the joint.
I haven't visited the Library to look it up. Was taking the easy way out.
8-)
Eveline
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CynR
phragmite (sp?) It's terribly invasive and in both tidal and non-tidal
wetlands it is forcing native plants out. Neither Snow or Canada Geese will
eat it so it quickly grows to 6-10 feet tall.
It will also poke it's way through an above-ground pool liner. :-(
Hope this isn't the plant you have.
Cynthia
Eee93 wrote in message <19980925225744...@ng-fa2.aol.com>...
bam...@bamboos.com
>
> I live in central Texas, zone 8. The cane/bamboo doesn't have blooms. It does
> have plumes of seed heads at the tops. It grows about 6 foot tall, in the
> drainage ditches along the roads. It has joints about 6-8 inches, with a single
> leaf coming out of the joint.
>
> I haven't visited the Library to look it up. Was taking the easy way out.
> 8-)
> Eveline
> http://members.aol.com/Eee93/WalkON.htm
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Eee93
Thanks for everyone's help. Several people have emailed me and identified it
as Phragmites which is cane not bamboo.
I have it planted in a cement planter in front of my fish pond filter. The
fish pond is a spa tub. Hope the cane roots won't be able to go through that
heavy a plastic.
IrisCohen
I already answered this personally. The plant is Phragmites.
Jam Lpm 88
hey eee93
cane and baboo has a bloom.!!!! it blooms about every 100 years and then
dies.
just some info
j
IrisCohen
> cane and bamboo has a bloom.!!!! it blooms about every 100 years and then
>dies.
Please read the quotation from Josh Billings.
We are not talking about cane here, Phragmites australis, which is a grass and
blooms annually.
Yes, bamboo blooms, like all other flowering plants. A few species bloom
annually. Some bloom every 5, 10, or 25 years. The interesting thing is that
many of the bamboos in cultivation came from a single clone each, so they all
(of one species) bloom at the same time. There are a few species, notably the
one that pandas eat, which do bloom only once every hundred years.
It is also a myth that the bamboo dies completely after blooming. A particular
stand may be weakened, but not all the culms (stems) bloom and not all the
blooming ones die. Even if there are not many new plants from seed, enough of
the old ones usually survive to regenerate.
IrisCohen
PS
There are a few species of bamboo which have never been known to bloom since
they were discovered. Nobody knows why. With all this infrequent blooming, the
taxonomy of the Bambusaceae (bamboo family) is a madhouse, since the taxonomy
of flowering plants is based primarily on the flowers.
bam...@bamboos.com
>
> > cane and bamboo has a bloom.!!!! it blooms about every 100 years and then
> >dies.
>
> Please read the quotation from Josh Billings.
> We are not talking about cane here, Phragmites australis, which is a grass and
> blooms annually.
>
> Yes, bamboo blooms, like all other flowering plants. A few species bloom
> annually. Some bloom every 5, 10, or 25 years. The interesting thing is that
> many of the bamboos in cultivation came from a single clone each, so they all
> (of one species) bloom at the same time. There are a few species, notably the
> one that pandas eat, which do bloom only once every hundred years.
> It is also a myth that the bamboo dies completely after blooming. A particular
> stand may be weakened, but not all the culms (stems) bloom and not all the
> blooming ones die. Even if there are not many new plants from seed, enough of
> the old ones usually survive to regenerate.
to hear of an instance in which the plant survives. It's lifespan is 80 years and it
began flowering about 20 years ago, probably because there are
many clones in cultivation. Other bamboos often survive flowering, Fargesia apparently
does not.