Re: bamboo
Barry,
I saw this in flower in the Botanical Gardens outside of Jakarta, in Indonesia,
an unbelievable sight. No kidding, hundreds of blooms. It was over 100 years
old The Head gardener was kindly taking us through the garden and this was the
first area we visited. We sat there for 1/2 an hour - how privileged - 100
years and we happened to be there. I took a video but the camera was stolen a
few days later. C'est la vie
Barry Garcia wrote:
> salvia@nr.infi.net writes:
> >Moira
> >
> >I believe there are some Agaves (Century plant) that behave similarly
> >(they
> >are also spectacular in bloom, I understand, or is it the rarity of the
> >display?)
> >
> >Comments, anyone?
>
> Well the most spectacular monocarpic plant I have heard of is Corypha
> umbraculifera, or the Talipot palm. It's from India and all of it's life
> is spent saving up the energy to bloom. Once it does it sends up what I
> hear is the largest Inflorsecence , and then dies when the fruit ripens.
> there is a picture of one in bloom here:
> http://www.plantapalm.com/vpe/photos/Species/Pics/corypha_umbraculifera1.JPG
>
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