16 March 2016

DENDROCALAMUS SINICUS — NEW HARVEST FEB. 2016 — GERMINATION PROVED — SEEDS AVAILABLE

Dendrocalamus sinicus — 巨龙竹 (jù lóng zhú) — seeds from Yunnan, China — [866] — seed supplier from China, seed distributor: Boonthammee Bamboo Garden

• seeds [860] [866] collected Feb. 2016
• seeds [866]  in stock since 10 March 2016
10 seeds 98.00 US$
20 seeds 190.00 US$
optional: removing bracts 5.00 US$ per 10 seeds
• prices of larger quantity on request
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• minimum order quantity 10 seeds
(orders may escalate in multiples of 10 seeds)
• approximate 85-110 bract-bearing (130-150 bractless) seeds per 10 g [gram]

Habit of Dendrocalamus sinicus
(courtesy FMXG)

■ Height 23-35 (40) m; culm diameter 16-30 cm; clumper; culm internode length 38-40 cm, culm wall thickness 2-3.5 cm. Dendrocalamus sinicus claims to be the largest bamboo (with self-supporting culms) of the world.
■ In cultivation in southern China.
■ Easy growing, moist or moisture-retentive soil, known to tolerate a little frost (to -3 °C was recorded), thus suitable for warm-temperate, subtropical and tropical climates.
■ One of the best bamboo for construction purposes, but rarely available. Culms used for beams and pillars, plywood, paper-making; plants for landscaping.

Dendrocalamus sinicus [860]:
Bract-bearing seeds (top), seeds bare of bracts (bottom)

► Photos (AF) (PP) (BT)!
► Seed viability: Half year under normal atmospheric conditions; one year under storage at 1-6 °C.
► Seed germination: Test 160220. By the 5th day after sowing, 11 of 19 seeds have germinated.

Dendrocalamus sinicus [860]:
Germinating seeds (bracts removed) on moistened tissue paper, 6th day

Dendrocalamus sinicus [860]:
Germinating seeds (bracts removed) on moistened tissue paper, 13th day

SEEDS OF FURTHER BAMBOO SPECIES

Seeds of the following species might be offered for sale soon if enough customers want to receive them — seed supplier from China, seed distributor:Boonthammee Bamboo Garden

• seeds collected between Sep. 2015 and Feb. 2016
• if interested in these seeds, please, contact
Khun Thammarat of Boonthammee Bamboo Garden
• prices not yet set
• minimum order quantity 2 grams
• Bambusa sp. with long internode
• Bambusa lapidea
• Bambusa tulda
• Bambusa polymorpha
• Cephalostachyum pergracile
• Dendrocalamus asper
• Dendrocalamus barbatus
• Dendrocalamus latiflorus
• Dendrocalamus membranaceus 'Grandis'
• Dendrocalamus peculiaris
• Dendrocalamus sp. from Laos
• Fargesia fungosa
• Fargesia yunnanensis
• Fargesia gaolinensis