Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Bamboo ideas needed, 1 by tropicbreeze

tropicbreeze wrote:
There's two Buddha's Belly Bamboos I know of. The ventricosa doesn't develop the "belly" effect when grown in good conditions and normally gets very tall. But apparently it's very cold tolerant, and when bonsaied, kept fairly dry and low on nutrients it will stay small and "Buddha bellied".

The variety of vulgaris has that "belly" effect all the time and remains a shortish, stocky plant. In my view it looks the most spectacular.

This is a photo of the vulgaris "Buddha's Belly".