jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jun 7, 2014 12:26:23 GMT -5
This is bamboo P. Viridis var. Robert Young; at least the yellow canes are. Robert Young is a yellow sport w/green stripes of plain green and larger P. Viridis w/no stripes. New variety is shooting this year. It is larger and green with stripes. There is a variety called P. Viridis var. Houzeu, but it green with a yellow sulcus(the flat spot). So latin calls this 'inversa'. So it would most likely be called P. Viridis var. Robert Young inversa. It may be a named 'sport' already. But it is peculiar and rare for this behavior.  plain Robert Young  the new sport  from a distance 'in the grove' (pun intended)  |
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jun 7, 2014 12:38:44 GMT -5
Gave it a quicky search and found no such sport. May have a new variety, P. Viridis var. Robert Young Inversa Jamespeii. Imagine that, Jamesp in the latin book.
Need to stop pouring the residue from the still in that grove. The little poison ivy looking plant on the floor is Virgina Creeper(5 instead of 3 leaves). A vine that is about the only plant
that has figured out how to stick roots in the heavy bamboo litter. Poison ivy will do the same thing, Round-up is the cure as bamboo canes are unaffected by it.That floor has never
been sprayed in 10-12 years.
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Post by snowmom on Jun 9, 2014 5:05:46 GMT -5
I love when plants do this... take cuttings off your best example and pot them up, some people have made a
fortune that way... patent and name a sport and sue the pants off anybody else who tries to grow it to sell.
I have some striped grass (Japanese grass or gardeners garters) It looks like miniature versions of this stuff. Invasive as heck, I 'caught' it from the neighbor when hers crept under her fence into my yard.
are the leaves striped too? You could have a real popular thing on your hands if you market it!
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jun 9, 2014 11:44:14 GMT -5
I love when plants do this... take cuttings off your best example and pot them up, some people have made a fortune that way... patent and name a sport and sue the pants off anybody else who tries to grow it to sell. I have some striped grass (Japanese grass or gardeners garters) It looks like miniature versions of this stuff. Invasive as heck, I 'caught' it from the neighbor when hers crept under her fence into my yard. are the leaves striped too? You could have a real popular thing on your hands if you market it! i have not looked to see if the leaves are striped snowmom. thanks for the reminder. About 15 years ago I discovered a sport off of 'Common Rush' (Juncus Effusus). I grew it for 2 years and released it at a fat price, it became national plant and quite common in aquatic plant circles. One of my competitors names it 'Gold Strike' as it has a gold stripe running the length of each spear.   |
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Post by snowmom on Jun 9, 2014 20:04:48 GMT -5
cool!
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mibeachrocks
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Post by mibeachrocks on Jun 10, 2014 7:14:20 GMT -5
nice colors
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