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Dendrocalamus
Dinochloa
Drepanostachyum
| feet meters |
max diam inch cm |
min temp °F °C |
shade sun 5=full sun |
Comments - Description | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DENDROCALAMUS | Giant tropical clumping bamboos similar to Bambusa. | |||||||||
| D. asper |
100 | 8 | 32 | 5 | An impressive ornamental growing rapidly under favorable conditions. Shoots are large, of the highest quality for food. Thai and Indonesia clones differ. | A1 A6 B2 B3 B7 B9 C3 C6 C9 D0 D1 D4 D5 E5 G3 G6 I3 I4 I9 K1 K2 K4 K5 K7 K9 L0 M3 M5 M9 N0 | ||||
| 30 | 20.3 | 0 | ||||||||
| D. asper 'Betung Hitam' |
100 | 8 | 32 | 5 | A black cultivar of D. asper. Rare. | A1 B2 B3 B7 C6 D0 D4 D5 E5 G3 G6 I4 I9 K1 K2 K4 K5 M5 M9 N0 | ||||
| 30 | 20.3 | 0 | ||||||||
| D. brandisii |
100 | 8 | 32 | 5 | Thick walled culms; similar to D. giganteus. Shoots of high quality, edible raw. | A1 B2 B7 C1 C6 C9 D0 D1 D3 D4 D5 E5 F1 G3 G6 H8 I4 I9 K1 K2 K4 K5 K7 M3 M5 N0 | ||||
| 30 | 20.3 | 0 | ||||||||
| D. brandisii 'Black' |
8 | 25 | 5 | A very attractive, fast growing black bamboo. Live culms are black but dry to a dark brown color, very valuable for furniture etc. | D5 E5 K5 | |||||
| 20.3 | -4 | |||||||||
| D. brandisii (variegated) |
100 | 12 | 32 | 5 | Like the species but with variegated leaves. An unnamed cultivar. | B2 G3 K2 K5 | ||||
| 30 | 30.5 | 0 | ||||||||
| D. calostachyus |
70 | 5 | 25 | 5 | This may be a misidentification of a cultivar of D. strictus. Used for construction. | D0 E5 K5 | ||||
| 21 | 12.7 | -4 | ||||||||
| D. giganteus |
100 | 12 | 25 | 5 | From Burma, perhaps the largest bamboo in the world. Leaves can be up to 20 inches long and 4 inches wide. | A1 B2 B3 B7 C1 C6 D0 D1 D3 D4 E5 I4 I9 K2 K4 K5 K7 M1 M3 M5 M9 | ||||
| 30 | 30.5 | -4 | ||||||||
| D. giganteus (variegated) |
25 | As above but with variegated leaves. An unnamed cultivar. | K2 K5 M5 | |||||||
| -4 | ||||||||||
| D. hamiltonii |
80 | 7 | 27 | 5 | Native to the northeast Himalayas, with pendulous pruinose culms, leaves up to 15 inches long. | A1 B2 B7 C6 D0 D3 D4 E5 F9 H8 I4 K2 K5 K7 M3 M5 | ||||
| 24 | 17.8 | -3 | ||||||||
| D. jianshuiensis |
55 | 5 | 25 | 5 | Similar to D. hamiltonii, but from China, with fimbriate culm sheath ligule. | C6 D0 D1 D4 E5 G3 H8 I4 K2 K4 K5 M5 M9 | ||||
| 17 | 12.7 | -4 | ||||||||
| D. jianshuiensis (variegated) |
55 | 5 | 5 | As above but with variegated leaves. An unnamed cultivar. | K2 K5 | |||||
| 17 | 12.7 | |||||||||
| D. latiflorus |
65 | 8 | 25 | 5 | From southern China. The large, dark green leaves are 10 to 16 inches long and 3 to 4 inches wide. | A1 C9 D0 D4 E4 E5 G6 I4 K2 K4 K5 M3 M5 N0 | ||||
| 20 | 20.3 | -4 | ||||||||
| D. latiflorus 'Mei-nung' |
65 | 8 | 25 | 5 | Similar, but with light green culms striped with dark green. | A1 C6 D1 D4 E5 G3 H8 I4 I9 K2 K5 K7 M3 M5 M9 | ||||
| 20 | 20.3 | -4 | ||||||||
| D. minor |
25 | 2 | 5 | Culm top bending and drooping. Culm annulus and sheath annulus near the culm base have a yellowish brown ring. | A1 B2 C6 D0 D1 D4 D5 E5 I4 K2 K4 K5 M5 | |||||
| 8 | 5.1 | |||||||||
| D. minor 'Amoenus' |
25 | 2 | 25 | 5 | Culms pale yellow with green stripes, smaller than the type. | A1 A4 B2 B3 B7 C1 C6 C9 D0 D1 D4 D5 E1 E5 F1 F9 G6 H3 I2 I4 I9 K1 K2 K4 K5 K7 K9 M3 M5 N0 | ||||
| 8 | 5.1 | -4 | ||||||||
| D. sikkimensis |
65 | 8 | 35 | 5 | Large culms become brownish red. Culm sheaths densely velvety with large auricles. Used for containers and water buckets. | C1 D0 K2 K4 K5 M5 | ||||
| 20 | 20.3 | 2 | ||||||||
| D. sp. 'Parker's Giant' |
80 | 12 | 5 | BIG! An unidentified, giant, timber bamboo. Discovered by Jim Parker in Hawaii. Massive, thick culms. | D5 E5 F9 G6 K5 K9 M5 | |||||
| 24 | 30.5 | |||||||||
| D. strictus MALE BAMBOO |
60 | 5 | 30 | 5 | This is the most common bamboo in India, used mainly for pulp. Culms not very straight, often small and sometimes solid. Flowers frequently. | A1 B2 B3 C1 C6 D0 D1 E5 F1 K5 K7 M3 M5 | ||||
| 18 | 12.7 | -1 | ||||||||
| D. yunnanicus |
80 | 7 | 5 | From southeast Yunnan and from Vietnam. Pale green. Used for shoots, construction, pipes, rafts. | C6 D0 E5 G6 K2 K4 K5 M5 | |||||
| 24 | 17.8 | |||||||||
| feet meters |
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Comments - Description | Sources | |||||
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| DINOCHLOA | High-climbing clumping bamboos with solid culms, native from Burma to the Philippines, which wind around trees and other plants for support. Have large fleshy fruits, from the size of a pea to a golf ball. | |||||||||
| D. malayana |
30 | 0.5 | 28 | 3 | From Malaysia and Thailand. Leaves large and shiny. Rough culms and internodes, and hairy culm sheaths. | D0 K5 M5 | ||||
| 9 | 1.3 | -2 | ||||||||
| D. scandens |
30 | 0.5 | 28 | 3 | Has black culms, usually solid, and large ovate leaves. Plants in the U.S. may be D. malayana. | D1 M5 | ||||
| 9 | 1.3 | -2 | ||||||||
| feet meters |
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Comments - Description | Sources | |||||
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| DREPANOSTACHYUM | Medium size clumping, mountain bamboos. The differences between genera Drepanostachyum and Himalayacalamus are subtle; Drepanostachyum species have many equal branches; Himalayacalamus species have one dominant branch. | |||||||||
| D. khasianum KHASIA BAMBOO |
12 | 0.5 | 20 | 3 | The new culms are dark green covered with white powder which gives them a bluish look. Several species have been grown under this name. | B8 C6 D0 D3 D4 E5 E7 F5 G6 K2 K4 K5 M3 | ||||
| 4 | 1.3 | -7 | ||||||||
| D. falcatum var. sengteeanum |
30 | 1.1 | 20 | 3 | This has been sold in the US as Drepanostachyum falconeri. A mountain bamboo native to the Himalayas. Grows in a tight clump. Bright green culms, small, papery thin leaves. | B8 C2 C6 D3 K4 K5 M3 | ||||
| 9 | 2.8 | -7 | ||||||||
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