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Botanical name
Bambusa ventricosa.
Origin
Vietnam, Taiwan and Southern China.
Characteristics
Stays small and produces swollen internodes when grown in a small container and supplied with little moisture and nutrient. However, when planted out in-ground it will reach up to 15 m. in height and 55 mm. in diameter, with zig-zagging lower culms.
Use
Kept small and trained for bonsai (penjing), when allowed to grow big it is densly foliaged and ideal as a privacy screen. A hardy plant suitable for indoor pot culture.
Requirements
To achieve ventricosing (swollen nodes) feed sparingly. Foliar feed the leaves and water sparingly. Prune new culms that grow taller than required. |
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| A miniature forest of Buddha Belly Bamboo. Click on the thumbnail image on the right to see more. |
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Interest
Buddha Belly Bamboo is a highly ornamental plant. As a bonsai this species gives the appearance of considerable age.
How fast will it grow?
Our Bamboo
Growth Simulation gizmo shows you the rate of growth starting off
with a small plant. Of course, growth rate depends a lot on climate, food and
water.
Small bamboo plants are slow to get going, so starting off with a bigger
plant will get you there much faster. Also, using the gizmo will show you the
eventual, un-trimmed shape in outline for this species. |
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