No this is not called golden bamboo. The most common one is Phyllostachys aurea. Aurea stands for golden. Pankaj
On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 3:03 PM, mani nair <[email protected]> wrote: > I have seen this same Bamboo in a garden in Dombivli. I tried to grow it > from the sucker but failed. > > Regards, > > Mani. > > > On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Madhuri Pejaver <[email protected]>wrote: > >> is it called as golden bamboo? >> madhuri >> >> --- On *Tue, 7/12/10, Nayan Singh <[email protected]>* wrote: >> >> >> From: Nayan Singh <[email protected]> >> Subject: [efloraofindia:56175] Grass Week - Bambusa vulgaris >> To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> >> Date: Tuesday, 7 December, 2010, 2:06 PM >> >> >> Photographed form a Forest Rest house Rukhar near Rukhar WL Sanctuary >> in Pench Tiger Reserve Seoni. In Central India it is mainly planted for >> ornamental purpose. >> thanks and regards >> Nayan. >> >> N.S.Dungriyal IFS >> Chief Conservator of Forests >> and Field Director >> Satpura Tiger Reserve Hoshangabad >> M.P. >> 09424792100 >> >> >> > -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India

