Both Madhuri ji and Pankaj ji are right The name Golden bamboo conventionally goes with Phyllostachys aurea, but according to "Multilingual dictionary of Economic Plants" by S. Rehm, it also applies to B. vulgaris (other common name: common bamboo). Other common name for Phyllostachys aurea is fish-pole bamboo.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 6:59 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > golden bamboo > tanay > > > On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 5:10 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 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 >> > > > > -- > *Tanay Bose* > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > Department of Botany. > University of British Columbia . > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > [email protected] > >
