Bamboo Species
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Note: the heading for each table contains a link to additional information. The Sources links will take you to the contact information for the growers who usually, or sometimes, carry that species.

Ochlandra
Oligostachyum
Olmeca
Otatea
Oxytenanthera

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					feet meters	max diam inch cm	min temp °F °C	shade sun 5=full sun	Comments - Description	Sources
OCHLANDRA					A group of shrubby gregarious reed-like bamboos, native to southern India and Sri Lanka, with persistent culm-sheaths.
O. stridula REED BAMBOO					18	0.8	0	5	Native to Sri Lanka, where it is used extensively for basketry and for paper pulp. Good for craft work. May be misidentified Semiarundinaria species.	C6 D1 D3
					6	2	-18

					feet meters	max diam inch cm	min temp °F °C	shade sun 5=full sun	Comments - Description	Sources
OLIGOSTACHYUM					A group of small to medium running bamboos from the coast of China, similar to Semiarundinaria. Swollen nodes.
O. glabrescens					6	0.4			From Fujian and Zhejiang, China. Long narrow leaves.
					2	1

					feet meters	max diam inch cm	min temp °F °C	shade sun 5=full sun	Comments - Description	Sources
OLMECA					A Mexican genus, with two species. Both species have large fleshy fruits, and rhizomes with long necks, very open clumps.
O. recta					45	2		4	Green culms; nodes subdued on main culm but bulge on branches. Branches at about 10 ft; looks like a palm. Fruits to one inch diameter.
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					feet meters	max diam inch cm	min temp °F °C	shade sun 5=full sun	Comments - Description	Sources
OTATEA					Genus of American clumping bamboos with 3 known species. From central Mexico to Central America.
O. acuminata 'Michoacan'					15	1	28	5	Coarser, with burgundy culm tips, darker culms, more persistant culms sheath and a stiffer look to the leaves.	C6 D3 K2 M3
					5	2.5	-2
O. acuminata ssp. acuminata					15	0.7	28	5	Smaller and more delicate looking then aztecorum, it comes from the hot, humid lowlands of eastern Mexico.	B2 C6 C8 D1 D3 D4 K2 L0 M3 M5
					5	1.8	-2
O. acuminata ssp. aztecorum MEXICAN WEEPING					20	1.5	22	4	The long narrow leaves are produced in such abundance that they almost completely obscure the culms. Clumps open with culms spaced up to 1 or 2 feet.	A1 A6 B2 B8 B9 C2 C4 C6 D1 D3 E5 E7 F1 F7 F9 G3 G6 G9 H3 H4 H8 H9 I9 J7 K1 K2 K4 K5 K7 K9 L7 M0 M1 M3 M5 M9 N0
					6	3.8	-6
O. acuminata ssp. aztecorum 'Dwarf' DWARF MEXICAN WEEPING					4	0.7	22	4	A dwarf form of the above. Looks like a basketball.	C6 D4 K2 K5
					1	1.8	-6
O. fimbriata					14	0.7	24	4	Leaves up to a foot long and 3/4 inch wide, waxy whitish culms, from Mexico to northern Colombia.	C6 D3 G3 K1 K5 M3
					4	1.8	-4
O. glauca 'Mayan Silver'							22		Previously known as O. acuminata 'Mayan Silver'. From Chiapas, Mexico, with hollow culms covered in silver-white waxy powder. Leaves weeping and narrow.	A4 B3 B8 C6 D1 D3 D4 E5 F1 F9 K2 K3 K4 K5 K9 M3 M5
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					feet meters	max diam inch cm	min temp °F °C	shade sun 5=full sun	Comments - Description	Sources
OXYTENANTHERA					Clumping bamboos from the savanna woodlands of tropical Africa.
O. abyssinica					30	4	30	5	Native to Ethiopia. Bright green, no thorns. Zigzag culms.	K4 M5
					9	10.2	-1
O. braunii WINE BAMBOO					30	4	30	5	May be the same species as O. abyssinica. Young shoots are cut off to produce sap that is fermented for wine in Tanzania.	G6
					9	10.2	-1

 

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