Bambusa lako Seeds | Timor Black Bamboo Bonsai
LATIN NAME: Bambusa lako
COMMON NAME: Timor Black Bamboo
Plant Profile
Bambusa lako, commonly known as Timor Black Bamboo, is a bamboo in the grass family. The Timor black bamboo is dark, glossy aristocrat of bamboo world. Strong, dark culms are also put to fine work of craft, furniture and instrument making. It is a plant of deep, rich, moist, well-drained ground. Plants that offer this much while asking this little are rare enough to treasure.
Science & Biotechnology
The species features in the wider study of the grass family, and its traits make it a useful subject for work on germination biology, cultivation and ornamental selection. The Timor black bamboo has a quiet but interesting place in plant science, studied for almost-black, polished culms and way plant forms its tight clumps. In practice, its long garden history means the grower inherits a plant of known and dependable habits.
Uses & Benefits
In the garden, Timor Black Bamboo earns its place in borders, containers and mixed plantings, and it also rewards growers who raise plants for cutting, drying or kitchen use. The Timor black bamboo is a fine, dramatic plant of warm garden and craft workshop. Almost-black, polished culms make a bold, handsome screen, hedge and specimen of warm garden, and strong, dark wood is cut for furniture, craft, tools and instruments of the region. Plant forms its tight clumps without running away, and dark culms keep their good looks through the years. Beyond the establishment year, its needs are simple and few.
Bamboo is pharmacy, pantry and lumberyard at once: shavings and shavings-extracts, Zhu Ru and Tian Zhu Huang, are classical Chinese herbs for heat and phlegm, the young shoots are a fiber-rich food, and modern research studies bamboo leaf flavonoids as antioxidants.
Growing from Seed
Sow fresh seed of Timor Black Bamboo under ordinary good conditions. Sow the seed evenly over the surface and cover lightly, using a loose, well-drained seed compost, and keep it just moist in bright light until the seedlings are well up. Prick the seedlings out once they are large enough to handle, grow them on in bright light, and plant out when conditions allow.
Our Take
Timor Black Bamboo repays a little patience at sowing time with plenty of garden presence later.
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