Could it possibly be a matter of lacking pollination? Maybe there is a particular insect species where the bamboo originally came from, but it is not
present in most other places. Could manual pollination be the key to get some
seeds out of the dying bamboos?
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From: "leu@austarnet.com.au" <leu@austarnet.com.au>
To: bamboo-plantations@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, 25 November, 2010 13:42:18
Subject: RE: [bamboo-plantations] Re: G. Atter Flowering
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@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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