Bambusa oldhamii

Bambusa oldhamii

Bambusa oldhamii is a bamboo species in the genus Bambusa.

Description

Bambusa oldhamii reaches heights 6-12 meters. The blades have a diameter of 3 to 9 inches, are green, aged yellow to yellow and very stable. The internodes are 20 to 35 inches long and have a wall thickness of 4-12 mm. The nodes are narrow and from the middle Halmhöhe starting point of numerous branches, three of which are formed mostly stronger. The Halmscheiden are dark brown, leathery and fall off early. They are at first hairy, later glabrous. The auricles are small, rounded and ciliated. The ligule is about 1 millimeter long. The Halmblattspreite is upright and at the base about half as wide as the leaf sheath. The leaf sheaths are initially rough, slightly bristly auriculate with a ligule about 1 mm in length. The Laubblattspreiten be 15 to 30 inches long and 3-6 inches wide and are oblong lanceolate. The spikelets are 2.7 to 3 inches long and 0.7 to 1 centimeter wide and have three to five bracts and five to nine florets. The glume 0.9 to 1 cm long and about 0.8 mm wide. The lemma is similar to the glume ovate, 1.7 inches long and 1.3 inches wide. The palea is 1.3 millimeters long. It will ever florets formed three corpora cavernosa of 3.5 millimeters. The anthers are 8 mm long, the ovary are oval and about 2 millimeters long. The pen is 5 millimeters long and has three scars.

New shoots appear from May to November flowers appear from summer to autumn.

Occurrence

Bambusa oldhamii is in southern China native to the tropical plains of Fujian, Guangxi, Hainan and was introduced early on Taiwan. There, the type is often grown for their sprouts.