Talk:Bamboo

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Contents 1 Thank you 2 Cultural Aspects 3 sympodial vs. monopodial 4 Fruit? 5 Fastest plant 6 New website 7 Bamboo doesn't grow taller or fatter? 8 Any one heard of bamboo rice????? 9 bamboo culture

[edit] Thank you

This was orginally posted at Wikipedia_talk:Contact_us by someone unfamilar with how to contact the authors of the article. I'm moving it here (unedited), and I concur - great work everyone on a great article. -JJLeahy 00:09, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

I am posting this here, becuase i was not able to find an email to send this to you. But I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE BAMBOOWEB SITE IS AWESOME, I AM WORKING ON MY DEGREE AND WILL GRADUATE NEXT YEAR (THANKS TO YOU); I AM NOT ABLE TO UNDERSTAND MY TEXT BOOKS AT TIMES, WHICH LEAD ME TO THIS WEBSITE BY ACCIDENT, I AM A FAITHFULL PROMOTER NOW AND I REALLY CANT THANK YOU ENOUGH.

FOREVER IN YOUR DEBT

JFINCH

[edit] Cultural Aspects

Could someone please explain this sentence "Also, bamboo is considered second in the rank in the order of "Matsu (pine wood), Take (bamboo), Ume (plum)" and this order is used when ordering a sushi course or getting a room in a traditional Ryokan inn."

It is not clear what the Matsu, Take, and Ume have to do with ordering sushi. I found this site which mentions that those words mean large, medium, and small but I'm not sure if that's all their is to it. amRadioHed 04:37, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

I have revised the importance of the bamboo in Philippine culture. I felt that it should be mentioned first because the whole creation story of a whole people started with the bamboo, whereas the Malaysian one only mentions the creation of the woman.--Chicbicyclist 21:15, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] sympodial vs. monopodial

I believe that the terms "sympodial" and "monopodial" are being used incorrectly to describe bamboo growth habits (and yes, I know the bamboo growers themselves are using these terms). These terms seem to have originated with orchids, where they describe very different growth habits. MrDarwin 22:44, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fruit?

I have heard that some species are able to produce a sort of edible fruit. Does anyone know more about this? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 193.216.89.236 (talk • contribs) .

[edit] Fastest plant

Wouldn't it be interesting to include the fact that some bamboo species are the fastest growing plants on Earth (as stated in the Guinness Book of Records)? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 200.55.116.210 (talk • contribs) .

a video would be nice too i don't believe that: 30cm per day! -- Hahih 18:46, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New website

A new website providing tools for identification of bamboos has been created. Someone please have a look and if the content seems appropriate for inclusion in the external links, then put it in.

http://www.bamboo-identification.co.uk/

Bamboo Identifier 12:35, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bamboo doesn't grow taller or fatter?

The article says that a culm will reach full height and diameter in one season, never growing taller or wider. Is this true? I wandered a mountainside and harvested madake bamboo once in Japan (at the end of a growing season) and I thought the variation in culm diameters might be due to age. But apparently not? Surprising. --Ds13 18:43, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

No, it does not. The larger culms are more mature culms. Every year, the new shoots get larger and larger around as the supporting root structure below the surface gets larger and more complex, having the ability to support larger plants. This is also why it is harder to transplant larger plants, because the required root system needs to be large. --Cngodles 18:31, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

That sounds logical; thanks for the response. If we can find a source for this fact (to put verifiability to rest), we can delete/fix the existing "fact" in the article. --Ds13 23:27, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

This article could do with some serious language editing. Some of the cultural manifestations described are also quite ambiguous and thus weaken the latter part.192.58.68.49 10:06, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Any one heard of bamboo rice?????

is there any type of rice in bamboo??? if yes what is it called.... please provide the details....

There's a type of food where rice is cooked in tubes of bamboo, if that's what you mean. LDHan 17:45, 19 November 2006 (UTC)\

No, bamboo rice is rice to which chlorophyll from bamboo is added during the processing. It's an Asian food. KP Botany 17:56, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] bamboo culture

why bamboo is not being cultivated in india? reasons for it. Unsigned comment posted 03:25, 2006 November 20 by Krts

Bamboo is cultivated in Inida. KP Botany 19:38, 20 November 2006 (UTC)