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bamboo morphing!

19 years ago

This is so weird that it is spooky. I have had a clump of what was labled as "black bamboo" when I bought it for my husband's birthday in 1977. Since that time it has been very well behaved. Over the last 28 years it has grown slowly to a clump about 8' x 8'. Suddenly this spring it has changed appearance and growth habit. The new canes are a least double the diameter of all the previous canes, they are covered with a heavier sleeve that lasts much longer after emerging than in previous years, it is significantly taller and still growing, and IT IS MARCHING LIKE AN ARMY OF ALIENS! It has sent our 4 or 5 new clumps each about 3' x 3'. Nothing else has changed. It is in an open area surrounded with pasture grass (currently waist high). I'm wondering if this is a lead up to blooming? A flame out? Is the warm dry winter followed by monsoons.

What is happening???????????? jwww

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