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Bambusa lako – 3G – CALL FOR PRICE

Many people consider Timor black bamboo to be the most beautiful of all of the bamboos, and it isn’t hard to see why. The shiny black culms look like polished ebony, which contrast with the bright green of the leaves, making for a very graceful display.

Bambusa lako is truly one of the most beautiful of all of the bamboo plants. The culms are dark green when they first emerge, darkening eventually to shiny ebony after a year. In my opinion they are more beautiful than Phyllostachys nigra, and they are a clumping variety, so you don’t have to worry about them spreading and taking over your yard. The branches are short with long pendulous light green leaves, which are a striking contrast to the dark black culms.

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Bambusa lako – 3G – CALL FOR PRICE

One of the most outstanding ornamental species as a landscape specimen.

A stunning plant from East Timor in the Indonesian Archipelago, this species has shiny black canes with intermittent green stripes. Absolutely gorgeous.

This plant is so vertical it can be pruned out to resemble the form of the great Japanese and Chinese running bamboos – that is, when the older, smaller canes are removed from the clump, the look of an open grove can be achieved with periodic maintenance.
The plant generally attains a height somewhere between 40 and 60 feet, depending on location. Canes are about 4” in diameter. This plant is quick to size and stature. The canes emerge green, turn a rich koa brown, and darken to real black.

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