While taking pictures of any bamboo, one should not forget taking pictures of rhizomes and lower scales or sheaths. These parts play important role in bamboo taxonomy and identification. Regards Pankaj
-- *********************************************** "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

