"with a huge amounts of organic matter" (Andre dixit)There it takes root in the key for the success of any species. Regards from Mexico."Con una gran cantidad de materia orgánica":ahí está la clave para el éxito de cualquier especie.Saludos de México.
--- In bamboo-plantations@yahoogroups.com, <leu@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Folks,
> I have two plants from differents sources. One is in the process of flowering and dying. The other is growing well.
>
> I suspect that the plants in Qld that are flowering are divisions of the same parent plant. This is a classic clonal flowering on one plant - sporadic rather than a gregarious flowering of the species.
>
> G. atter rarely sets viable seeds. You will need to collect many kilos of the seeds and put them in planter boxs with a very light potting mix with a huge amounts of organic matter. You may get a few seedlings then.
>
> Best Regards
> Andre
>
> ---- Original message ----
> >Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 08:13:36 +1000
> >From: "Hans Erken" <hans@...>
> >Subject: RE: [bamboo-plantations] Re: G. Atter Flowering
> >To: <bamboo-plantations@yahoogroups.com>
> >
> >
> >
> > A friend showed me his plant at Crystal Waters, Qld
> > which he had got from me some years ago, this was
> > some months ago in Autumn. He wanted to show me the
> > flowering and had failed to spot the seedlings
> > scattered around the base. I dug some up and have
> > them growing in pots now. Andre Leu up in Mossman
> > mentioned to me last week that his atter is
> > flowering also so it looks like this is a wide
> > spread event. Keep your eyes on the ground for
> > seedlings!
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Hans Erken
> >
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bamboo-plantations@yahoogroups.com
> > [mailto:bamboo-plantations@yahoogroups.com] On
> > Behalf Of eberg54
> > Sent: Monday, 22 November 2010 1:02 PM
> > To: bamboo-plantations@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [bamboo-plantations] Re: G. Atter
> > Flowering
> >
> > Hi All. I had planted about 6 of the G.Atters about
> > 5-6 years ago, and a few flowered a couple of years
> > ago and then died without producing any viable
> > seeds, the rest of them are now all flowering and
> > also dying and still not producing any viable seeds,
> > I also am in SE Qld. Australia.
> >
> > --- On Mon, 22/11/10, mkrell1 <mkrell1@...>
> > wrote:
> >
> > From: mkrell1 <mkrell1@...>
> > Subject: [bamboo-plantations] Re: G. Atter Flowering
> > To: bamboo-plantations@yahoogroups.com
> > Received: Monday, 22 November, 2010, 1:10 PM
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I planted a G. atter last year (2009) in S-E QLD
> > (Australia) and noticed last week that it is now
> > flowering. It is only about 1m high.
> >
> > I don't know when it started exactly and am not sure
> > if this is the actual flower, or the remnants of the
> > flower, or the seed.
> >
> > It looks much like the photo shown here:
> > http://www.bambooland.com.au/information_flowering.htm
> >
> > Can anyone tell me how to best collect seeds and/or
> > improve the chances for the "mother" to survive?
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> > --- In bamboo-plantations@yahoogroups.com, "Andre
> > and Julia Leu" <leu@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi folks,
> > >
> > > I have one G.atter in full flower and another not
> > flowering.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > Andre
> > >
> > > Daintree, Qld Australia
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > From: bamboo-plantations@yahoogroups.com
> > > [mailto:bamboo-plantations@yahoogroups.com] On
> > Behalf Of eberg54
> > > Sent: Monday, 26 October 2009 10:57 PM
> > > To: bamboo-plantations@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: [bamboo-plantations] G. Atter Flowering
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi all, two of my G.Atter plants about 4-6mt high
> > that have started to
> > > flower, last year 2 others flowered and died
> > without producing any
> > > viable seed, so I wonder if a trend is starting in
> > this area ( Ningi, Qld.
> > > Australia). Regards
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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