Miniature Bamboo (Pogonatherum paniceum)

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Evert Helsinki, Finland(Zone 4b) Feb 08, 2003

HUBG - 8.2.2003

Common name: Miniature Bamboo
Family: Gramineae
Genus: Pogonatherum
Species paniceum

Plant Link: http://plantsdatabase.com/go/55137/

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Horseshoe Efland, NC(Zone 7a) Feb 08, 2003

Very cool! Evert, does this look like the same thing? I just got this a few days ago cause I liked the set up.

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Evert Helsinki, Finland(Zone 4b) Feb 08, 2003

Nope, yours is all different (and the plant in my pic is from the botanical). Yours is the famous "lucky bamboo". It isn't a bamboo, but stem pieces of Dracaena. Looks nice anyway, doesn't it? Those are popular plants here too (and people really think they buy real bamboos ;))

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Horseshoe Efland, NC(Zone 7a) Feb 08, 2003

Hah! Really??? "lucky bamboo"...love it! Guess it goes right along with my name, eh? Thanks!

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Evert Helsinki, Finland(Zone 4b) Feb 08, 2003

Yep, that's how they're called.

:)

(sorry if I made you feel sad, [that I told it isn't a bamboo] ;))

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rootdoctor Harrisville, MI(Zone 5b) Feb 08, 2003

Don't do like I did Shoe,I stuck mine in dirt,Nope,it's a water plant. :)

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Horseshoe Efland, NC(Zone 7a) Feb 08, 2003

Not to worry, bro. I like it whatever it is called! I'm thinking of "cork-screwing" some of them, just for entertainment purposes.
I'll have to look up the Dracaena family and check it out more in depth. Only one I'm familiar with is D. marginata.

I like your real bamboo tho...as long as it is contained. (Some folks up the way had some bamboo that took over theiry whole yard and became a nuisance.)

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Evert Helsinki, Finland(Zone 4b) Feb 08, 2003

:]

Well, I don't know what you can call a bamboo. For me, a real bamboo is the tropical, that grows very fast and is very tall. I also have got a "bamboo" in my yard, it is a cold hardy one.

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Morph Dayton, OH(Zone 5a) Jul 16, 2003

LOL, Shoe! I bought the exact same one at Lowes ☺ Is that where you found yours? About of fourth of mine were dying so I asked if I could have it for half of the original price. They manager said SURE without even flinching!

Maybe a different kind of luck!

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Horseshoe Efland, NC(Zone 7a) Jul 16, 2003

Yep! YOu guessed it, Morph...when I saw it I just had to have it!

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