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| feet meters |
max diam inch cm |
min temp °F °C |
shade sun 5=full sun |
Comments - Description | Sources | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INDOCALAMUS | Small, running bamboos from China with large, broad leaves; similar to Sasa but with non-prominent culm nodes. | ||||||||||
| I. cordatus |
5 | 0.3 | L7 | ||||||||
| 2 | 0.8 | ||||||||||
| I. decorus |
L7 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 0.5 | ||||||||||
| I. latifolius |
10 | 0.5 | -5 | 3 | Similar to I. tessellatus, leaves about a foot long. | A6 B7 C1 C4 C6 D1 D4 E4 F2 F4 F8 G2 G3 H3 H8 I3 I5 J3 J5 K2 K2 L4 L7 L8 N3 O5 O7 P1 P3 P4 Q2 | |||||
| 3 | 1.3 | -21 | |||||||||
| I. longiauritus |
5 | 0.3 | -5 | 3 | Culms hairy below the nodes; prominent auricles and oral setae. | C6 D1 D4 F5 G2 J3 L2 L7 N3 P3 P5 | |||||
| 2 | 0.8 | -21 | |||||||||
| I. migoi |
7 | 0.6 | 19 | L7 | |||||||
| 2 | 1.5 | -7 | |||||||||
| I. pedalis |
1 | 0.1 | 23 | L7 | |||||||
| 0 | 0.15 | -5 | |||||||||
| I. victorialis |
5 | 0.2 | L7 | ||||||||
| 2 | 0.5 | ||||||||||
| I. sp. 'Hamadae' |
15 | 0.6 | -5 | 3 | The only Japanese Indocalamus. Culms taller and thicker than I. tessellatus, branches commonly not 1 but 3. The large leaves were used for wrapping rice balls. Native to Kyushu. | B7 D1 D7 E4 F4 G2 H8 L7 P3 | |||||
| 5 | 1.5 | -21 | |||||||||
| I. sp. 'Solidus' |
8 | 0.4 | -5 | 3 | Culms solid, leaves only 8 to 10 inches long. Species not known. | A6 B3 B7 C4 D1 G2 G3 H3 H7 I3 K2 K2 K4 K9 L3 L4 L7 L8 N3 O8 P1 P3 P5 | |||||
| 2 | 1 | -21 | |||||||||
| I. tessellatus |
7 | 0.5 | -15 | Usually less than 4 feet tall, it can reach 10ft and has the largest leaves of any bamboo in cultivation, up to 26 inches by 4 inches. Adapts easily to growing in pots. Does well in shade or sun. | A4 A6 B3 B7 B9 C1 C2 C4 C6 D1 D2 D4 D7 E4 E8 E9 F3 F4 F5 F8 F9 G1 G2 G3 G7 G9 H3 H7 H8 H9 I2 I3 I5 I6 J1 J3 J5 J9 K1 K2 K2 K3 K4 K7 K8 K9 L3 L4 L6 L7 L8 M2 M8 N3 O1 O5 O7 O9 P1 P3 P4 P5 Q2 Q4 | ||||||
| 2 | 1.3 | -26 | |||||||||
| I. victorialis |
L7 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 0.5 | ||||||||||
| feet meters |
max diam inch cm |
min temp °F °C |
shade sun 5=full sun |
Comments - Description | Sources | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INDOSASA | A group of mid-size running bamboos from southern China and Vietnam. | ||||||||||
| I. crassiflora |
20 | 1.6 | Culm wall thick, nearly solid. Glabrous, slightly pruinose. | D1 D4 G2 N3 | |||||||
| 6 | 4.1 | ||||||||||
| I. gigantea |
50 | 4 | From south China. Also known as Acidosasa gigantea. | ||||||||
| 15 | 10.2 | ||||||||||
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