Bamboo Species
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Hibanobambusa
Himalayacalamus

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					feet meters	max diam inch cm	min temp °F °C	shade sun 5=full sun	Comments - Description	Sources
HIBANOBAMBUSA					A running genus from Japan once thought to be a natural bigeneric hybrid between Sasa veitchii and Phyllostachys nigra 'Henon', but with little evidence to support that idea.
H. tranquillans					16	1.3	0	3-5	The only species of the genus has single, rarely 2 branches per node and large leaves, like Sasa. Does well in sun or shade.	B8 C4 D0 D3 E6 E7 I1 I7 I8 J6 K0 L4 M0
					5	3.3	-18
H. tranquillans 'Shiroshima'					16	1.3	0	4	This form has strikingly attractive leaves variegated in cream and green. The colors persist throughout the year.	A0 A3 A5 B3 B4 B8 C0 C1 C2 C4 C6 D0 D1 D2 D3 D8 E0 E4 E6 E7 F0 F2 F3 F5 F6 F9 G1 G4 G8 G9 H2 H4 H8 H9 I0 I1 I5 I6 I7 I8 I9 J1 J3 J5 J7 J8 K0 K2 K5 K8 L0 L2 L4 L5 L7 M0 M3 M4 M5 M9 N1
					5	3.3	-18

					feet meters	max diam inch cm	min temp °F °C	shade sun 5=full sun	Comments - Description	Sources
HIMALAYACALAMUS					A newly erected genus of clump-forming bamboos of the lower altitudes of the Himalayan mountains.
H. falconeri					30	1.3	15	3	As 'Damarapa' but with no stripes. Also see Drepanostachyum sengteeanum.	A0 A6 B8 C2 C6 D3 E6 F5 G9 H1 H8 K4 K5 M0 M3
					9	3.3	-9
H. falconeri 'Damarapa' CANDY-STRIPE BAMBOO					20	2	15	2	A beautiful Himalayan bamboo with masses of leaves borne on long, slender branchlets. Culms are green, striped with yellow or lavender-pink. Formerly misidentified, and known as Drepanostachyum hookerianum.	A0 B4 B8 C2 C6 D3 D8 E5 E6 E7 F0 F5 G9 H1 H9 J1 J3 J7 K2 K4 K5 L0 M0 M3 M9 N1
					6	5.1	-9
H. hookerianus BLUE BAMBOO					20	0.8	20	2	Light blue culms become blue-purple in first winter. Has long been sold as Drepanostachyum falcatum. Named seedling clones have not maintained differences when mature.	A6 B7 B8 C2 C6 D3 D4 E6 E7 F3 F5 G9 H9 J1 J7 K2 K4 K5 L0 M0 M3 M9
					6	2	-4
H. planatus					20	0.5	15	3	From C Nepal. As H. falconeri but with rougher culm sheaths. Split from H. asper. Previously Neomicrocalamus microphyllus.	B8 C2 C6 D3 D4 E6 E7 F5 H9 K2 K4 K5 M3
					6	1.3	-4
H. porcatus					20	1	20	3	From Nepal. Grows above 2000 meters. Tight clumper, finely ridged internodes.	B8 C6 D3 F5 G9 K2 K5 M3
					6	2.5	-4

 

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