"Campa-Man" wrote in message news:...
Hi

Have a Black (Nigeria whatever)Bamboo for two years now, the first year it
lost two of its three canes as I think it got waterlogged, drilled more
drainage in the half barrel that its in and the other two canes lost and
replaced there leaves as they are supposed to.

However I have noticed now that the tips of all the leaves are turning
black, and am worried that I am loosing the complete plant.

Any ideas?

My other long leaf bamboo is flourishing in the same situation.

It would be much happier planted in the ground.

On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:37:03 -0000, "Campa-Man"
wrote:


"Campa-Man" wrote in message news:...
Hi

Have a Black (Nigeria whatever)Bamboo for two years now, the first year it
lost two of its three canes as I think it got waterlogged, drilled more
drainage in the half barrel that its in and the other two canes lost and
replaced there leaves as they are supposed to.

However I have noticed now that the tips of all the leaves are turning
black, and am worried that I am loosing the complete plant.

Any ideas?

My bamboo, phyllostachys nigra, went black and flowered last year. I
cut it all down to the ground and anticipated that that was the end of
it.
Then it sent out a lot of new shoots which looked healthy.
Having read your post I have looked at it today and all the leaves are
black.
Incidentally, last summer I saw clumps of it black and flowering in 3
public gardens.
It is said that once they flower they die, which is what I thought was
happening to mine. Time will tell.

Pam in Bristol

Are you absolutely sure? I have recently heard of a few cases of P Nigra flowering, but they have all turned out to be Fargesia nitida, which really is flowering. Do your canes have a clear groove (sulcus) - one on every segment, on alternating sides of the cane swapping over at each node? That is a surefire identifier of Phyllostachys. For example, in this one the sulcus is coloured yellow: http://www.junglegiants.co.uk/acatal...s_Inversa.html.
The unscrupulous often sell F nitida as P Nigra.

You were lucky if yours came back. You may just find it comes back to flower again. But there are some cases of it recovering.

"Pam Moore" wrote in message
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On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:37:03 -0000, "Campa-Man"
wrote:


"Campa-Man" wrote in message news:...
Hi

Have a Black (Nigeria whatever)Bamboo for two years now, the first year
it
lost two of its three canes as I think it got waterlogged, drilled more
drainage in the half barrel that its in and the other two canes lost and
replaced there leaves as they are supposed to.

However I have noticed now that the tips of all the leaves are turning
black, and am worried that I am loosing the complete plant.

Any ideas?

My bamboo, phyllostachys nigra, went black and flowered last year. I
cut it all down to the ground and anticipated that that was the end of
it.
Then it sent out a lot of new shoots which looked healthy.
Having read your post I have looked at it today and all the leaves are
black.
Incidentally, last summer I saw clumps of it black and flowering in 3
public gardens.
It is said that once they flower they die, which is what I thought was
happening to mine. Time will tell.

Pam in Bristol

Hopefully I will get some new shoots this year.

On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:34:34 +0000, echinosum
wrote:


Pam Moore;770608 Wrote:
My bamboo, phyllostachys nigra, went black and flowered last year. I
cut it all down to the ground and anticipated that that was the end of
it.
Then it sent out a lot of new shoots which looked healthy.
Having read your post I have looked at it today and all the leaves are
black. Incidentally, last summer I saw clumps of it black and flowering
in 3
public gardens. It is said that once they flower they die, which is
what I thought was happening to mine. Time will tell.

Pam in Bristol
Are you absolutely sure? I have recently heard of a few cases of P
Nigra flowering, but they have all turned out to be Fargesia nitida,
which really is flowering. Do your canes have a clear groove (sulcus)
- one on every segment, on alternating sides of the cane swapping over
at each node? That is a surefire identifier of Phyllostachys. For
example, in this one the sulcus is coloured yellow:
http://tinyurl.com/yoms7y.
The unscrupulous often sell F nitida as P Nigra.

You were lucky if yours came back. You may just find it comes back to
flower again. But there are some cases of it recovering.

Absolutely sure what? Do you mean is it P. nigra?


Pam in Bristol

On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:34:34 +0000, echinosum
wrote:


Pam Moore;770608 Wrote:
My bamboo, phyllostachys nigra, went black and flowered last year. I
cut it all down to the ground and anticipated that that was the end of
it.
Then it sent out a lot of new shoots which looked healthy.
Having read your post I have looked at it today and all the leaves are
black. Incidentally, last summer I saw clumps of it black and flowering
in 3
public gardens. It is said that once they flower they die, which is
what I thought was happening to mine. Time will tell.

Pam in Bristol
Are you absolutely sure? I have recently heard of a few cases of P
Nigra flowering, but they have all turned out to be Fargesia nitida,
which really is flowering. Do your canes have a clear groove (sulcus)
- one on every segment, on alternating sides of the cane swapping over
at each node? That is a surefire identifier of Phyllostachys. For
example, in this one the sulcus is coloured yellow:
http://tinyurl.com/yoms7y.
The unscrupulous often sell F nitida as P Nigra.

You were lucky if yours came back. You may just find it comes back to
flower again. But there are some cases of it recovering.

Absolutely sure what? If you mean am I sure it's P. nigra, then NO
I'm not. I bought it at the Wisley garden centre 20 years ago,
labelled as such but it's never had black stems until they flowered
and died.
I'll go out and look when the rain stops.

Pam in Bristol