Bambusa lako
Common name: “Timor Black”
Photos 1–2: Daderot via Wikimedia Commons, public domain (CC0). Photos 3–5: Forest & Kim Starr via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY 3.0. Photos 6–8: Tommy Bamboo.
Clumping bamboo plants in Hawaiʻi
Explore tropical clumping bamboo varieties suited to different heights, screening needs, colors, and landscape settings.
Bambusa chungii
Common name: “Blue Bamboo”
Photo 1: Daderot via Wikimedia Commons, public domain (CC0). Photos 2–4: Earth100 via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Photo 5: Tommy Bamboo.
Schizostachyum brachycladum ‘Yellow Form’
Common name: “Bali Golden”
Photos: Tommy Bamboo. Photo 1 shows Bali Golden (Schizostachyum brachycladum ‘Yellow Form’) in the foreground and Hitam Black (Dendrocalamus asper ‘Hitam’) in the background.
Nastus elatus
Common name: “New Guinea Green Bamboo”
Nastus elatus in Hilo, Hawaiʻi. Photo: Tommy Bamboo.
Drepanostachyum khasianum
Common name: “Khasia Bamboo”
High-resolution photos coming soon.
Bambusa textilis var. gracilis
Common name: “Weaver's Bamboo”
Photos: Tommy Bamboo.
Bambusa heterostachya
Common name: “Malay Dwarf Bamboo”
Malay Dwarf bamboo (Bambusa heterostachya). Photos: Tommy Bamboo.
Chusquea coronalis
Common name: “Costa Rican Weeping Bamboo”
Photo 1: Tommy Bamboo. Costa Rican Weeping bamboo is Chusquea coronalis.
Thyrsostachys siamensis
Common name: “Monastery Bamboo”
Monastery Bamboo (Thyrsostachys siamensis) — University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa campus, Honolulu, Oʻahu. Photo: Tommy Bamboo.
Gigantochloa atroviolacea
Common name: “Java Black Bamboo”
Java Black Bamboo (Gigantochloa atroviolacea): new shoots, mature culms, and dry culm sheaths burning at the base of the clump. Photos: Tommy Bamboo.
Gigantochloa pseudoarundinacea
Common name: “Maxima Bamboo”
Maxima Bamboo (Gigantochloa pseudoarundinacea). Photo: Tommy Bamboo.
Bambusa vulgaris ‘Wamin’
Common name: “Lumpy Noodle Bamboo”
Lumpy Noodle Bamboo (Bambusa vulgaris ‘Wamin’). Photos: Tommy Bamboo.
Bambusa ventricosa ‘Kimmei’
Common name: “Golden Buddha Belly”
High-resolution photos coming soon.
Dendrocalamus asper
Common name: “Giant Bamboo”
New shoot of Giant Bamboo (Dendrocalamus asper). Photo: Tommy Bamboo.
Dendrocalamus brandisii
Common name: “Velvet Leaf Bamboo”
Velvet Leaf Bamboo (Dendrocalamus brandisii). Photo: Tommy Bamboo.
Guadua angustifolia
Common name: “Guadua Bamboo”
High-resolution photos coming soon.