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
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>Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 08:13:36 +1000
>From: "Hans Erken" <hans@earthcare.com.au>
>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@yahoo.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
> From: mkrell1 <mkrell1@yahoo.co.uk>
> 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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