This is what I originally believed to be Bambusa Oldhammi based on pictures, plant characteristics and observation. However, I have since done more research, consultation, and study and have determined it to be Bambusa Vulgaris. As it turns out, Bambusa vulgaris happens to be a tropical bamboo that easily propagates using both branching cuttings and culm cuttings. Rooting cuttings of this bamboo can yield a high success rate with the right planting techinque and environment.

Anyways, here is what I did in 2003.

I removed some branching and cut the branch into 4 inch sections at each branch node, leaving a secondary branch and leaf. I stuck it in a pot of sand mixed with potting soil and covered with plastic for about a month, wetting several times a week and removing plastic to provide fresh air. I removed the plastic when I noted that remaining leaves were dying. I thought all was lost and left the dead looking sticks in the dirt. Then one day I noticed some green poking through the dirt...to my suprise it was new shoot! This proved to me that it could be done. However, out of 8 sticks I planted, only 1 was successful. Not a very good rate and a little primitive, but a success none the less.

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