richieboo- I hate to have to continue to be the wet blanket, but buying another P. aureosulcata may not be an insurance policy. Bamboo flowering is a not-well-understood phenomenon, but we do know it often takes place as "gregarious flowering"...which means that all plants of that bamboo species worldwide will be affected and potentially die over a several year period. There are exceptions: some bamboo do a partial flowering or a chronic flowering without seeming to die off. However, the last two bamboo that I had that flowered declined and died as part of a worldwide flowering.

I agree. Amazing how close he was on predicting the timing and start of the outbreak. It is too bad he is leaving The Weather Channel but their loss will be San Angelo's gain.

Great!! Would love to see one of those birds.

Wow, I can almost smell it!!