Dendrocalamus sp. (CN: Yunnan: Jianshui)
Dendrocalamus sp. (CN: Yunnan: Jianshui)
Distribution: THAILAND: introduced, in cultivation, rare. — CHINA (South): Jianshui (建水), southern Yunnan.
Culm size: Not recorded, height expected to reach over 10 m.
Specimen: BT1009 [BBG] (living plant), raised from seeds, the seeds from YNB, Yunnan, China, , as "Dendrocalamus 'Jianshui', 建水龙竹 (jiàn shuǐ lóng zhú)", collected in Jianshui (建水), southern Yunnan, Jan. 2017, received by Boonthammee Bamboo Garden, Hang Dong, Chiang Mai, Mar. 2017.
Seed viability: Unknown, viability is assumed to last at least several months.
Seed weight: 10 g ≈ 280–360 dried spikelets (husk-wrapped seeds).
Seed germination: Germination rate very low, <10% (test 170313).
Comments: Perhaps this is the same species as Dendrocalamus jianshuiensis Hsueh & D. Z. Li, 建水龙竹 (jiàn shuǐ lóng zhú) (BS-0326).
Dendrocalamus sp., Jianshui (BT1009): Seeds — by courtesy of คุณธรรมรัตน์ บุญธรรมมี Thammarat Boonthammee, สวนไผ่บุญธรรมมี Boonthammee Bamboo Garden