Bamboo PLANTS for free — ต้นไม้ไผ่หลายพันธุ์ ฟรี
— AVAILABILITY WAS CHECKED AND UPDATED FOR EACH POSTED SECTION ON 15 NOV. 2024: For details, please click the "Read more" link below. —
Field-grown bamboo plants of various species are offered for free if you dig them up yourself. We will guide you in digging up effectively and without arduous effort.
Anyone can get these plants for free: private individuals, including gardeners and nurserymen.
Tools:
Please consider getting yourself all the tools and other materials you need to dig up, divide, and transport the bamboo plants you want to receive for free. Here's what tools and other materials you will need: Click on the link to the "Horticultural Stuff" photo album and look at the first two photos, which show several appropriate hand tools. Some of these are essential for the less strenuous digging of bamboo plants. When you click on the photo, it will enlarge, and the text "Info" will appear on the right side of the image.
● A siam (เสียม) is essential for digging, e.g., #1, #2, or #11; the heavier(!) and stronger, the better.
● A short(!) sharp handsaw #9, mainly for sawing off the underground rhizome neck, is needed, at least for necks of the thicker rhizomes.
● Alternatively, the use of tools #12 and #6 together may be suitable for cutting off the rhizome neck instead of sawing it off.
● Any handsaw, e.g., #9, #10, #13, #14, #15, for shortening bamboo culms before digging up the propagule.
● Alternatively, bamboo culms can be cut with a sharp machete (#4), provided the culm diameter is not too large or the culm is not too strong.
● Big sacks are needed to store and transport the bamboo material. Avoid letting the roots dry out.
● If you transport bamboo on the open back of a pickup truck, you may need to cover the bamboo with a large tarp to protect roots, rhizomes, and leaves from sunlight and wind.
● A short(!) sharp handsaw #9, mainly for sawing off the underground rhizome neck, is needed, at least for necks of the thicker rhizomes.
● Alternatively, the use of tools #12 and #6 together may be suitable for cutting off the rhizome neck instead of sawing it off.
● Any handsaw, e.g., #9, #10, #13, #14, #15, for shortening bamboo culms before digging up the propagule.
● Alternatively, bamboo culms can be cut with a sharp machete (#4), provided the culm diameter is not too large or the culm is not too strong.
● Big sacks are needed to store and transport the bamboo material. Avoid letting the roots dry out.
● If you transport bamboo on the open back of a pickup truck, you may need to cover the bamboo with a large tarp to protect roots, rhizomes, and leaves from sunlight and wind.
Here is an example of the excavation of a bamboo propagule step by step:
Division of a bamboo plant with strong pachymorph rhizomes.
Division of a bamboo plant with strong pachymorph rhizomes.
Availability:
Bamboo plants of the species listed below are available at the date of publication or update, respectively. After this date, some species may be temporarily or permanently unavailable. However, other species will become available in 2025 that are not yet listed here.
The best time to dig and transplant bamboo is during the late dry season and the early rainy season (from April to May/June), but always before the bamboo shooting season, which varies depending on the species and can be any month from March to September. The species can be viewed by appointment any day during the daytime all year round. In addition, you will find detailed information on all species in the online monograph “The Bamboos of Thailand”.
ไผ่หนังเสือ (phai nang suea), Gigantochloa marga, BS-0077 [N4]
ไผ่กราซิลิส (phai krasilit), Bambusa textilis var. gracilis, BS-0243 [C4]
ไผ่เฮียะฝุงฮอม (phai hia fung hom), Schizostachyum funghomii, BS-0007
ไผ่ริกิดา (phai rikida), Bambusa cf. rigida, BS-0518 [C4,N2,S4]
ไผ่ตากวาง (phai ta kwang), Gigantochloa latifolia,
BS-0585 [C4-R02] green culms, BS-0546 [C2-R06] yellow striped culms
— This species is no longer available, but similar species are available. —
ไผ่เมฆขาว (phai mek khao), Artificial intergeneric hybrids Bambusa × Dendrocalamus, BS-0725 [E1] and BS-0726 [C3]
ไผ่ซางหม่น (phai sang mon), Dendrocalamus cf. giganteus, BS-0228 [S6]
— Available but no longer offered; saplings can be purchased at Kham Thiang Market —
ไผ่แป้งจีนใต้ (phai paeng chin tai), Dendrocalamus farinosus, BS-0619 [E1]
ไผ่ซาง (phai sang), Dendrocalamus membranaceus, BS-0349 [E3]
— UPDATED 11 MARCH 2022: No longer available. —
Dendrocalamus maximuslamina ,BS-0650 [E3]
— UPDATED 11 MARCH 2022: No longer available. —
ไผ่หยก สหรัฐอเมริกา (phai yok saharat amerika), Bambusa oldhamii cl. US (landscape clone), BS-0333 [E3]
ไผ่ชุง (phai chung), Lingnania chungii, BS-0306 [S4] [W2], BS-0433 [E5] [S2]
ไผ่รวใหญ่ (phai ruak yai), Thyrsostachys oliveri, BS-0002-2 [S6], BS-0002-6 [N4], BS-0002-7 [W4]
ไผ่เลี้ยง (phai liang), ×Thyrsocalamus liang, [S1, W1, W2, C1]
ไผ่หางช้าง (phai hang chang), Melocalamus compactiflorus, BS-0029
— UPDATED 19 AUGUST 2023: No longer available. —
ไผ่ซางจีน (phai sang chin), Dendrocalamus barbatus, BS-0359
— UPDATED 10 FEBRUARY 2022: No longer available. —
Gigantochloa sp. (VN), BS-0500 [W3]
— UPDATED 11 MARCH 2022: No longer available. —
Bambusa cf. duriuscula, BS-0107 [E3], BS-0108 [W4]
Bambusa textilis 'Kanapaha', BS-0443 [W4]
Bambusa textilis 'Mutabilis', BS-0444 [N4], BS-0616 [N4]
ไผ่ภูพาน (phai phu phan), Phuphanochloa speciosa, BS-0673-1
— UPDATED 11 MARCH 2022: No longer available. —
ไผ่ขวัญดี (phai kwan di), Dendrocalamus minor var. amoenus, BS-0254 [C8]
ไผ่ผาก (phai phak), Gigantochloa sp. (TH), BS-0602 [C8-R04]
— UPDATED 11 MARCH 2022: No longer available. —
ไผ่ผาก (phai phak), Gigantochloa sp. (TH), BS-0598 [C8-R05]
— UPDATED 11 MARCH 2022: No longer available. —
ไผ่ไล่ลอ (phai lai lo), Gigantochloa nigrociliata, BS-0553 [C8-R04]
— UPDATED 11 MARCH 2022: No longer available. —
Bambusa sp. (AU), BS-0496 [W3]
— UPDATED 11 MARCH 2022: No longer available. —
ไผ่หินซิ่นหยี (phai hin sinyi), Bambusa subtruncata, BS-0261 [W3]
— UPDATED 18 JULY 2022: No longer available. —
Dendrocalamus aff. khoonmengii pop. Phuket, BS-0532 [W3]
— UPDATED 19 AUGUST 2023: No longer available, but a similar other species is still available. —
ไผ่โคนลาย (phai khon lai), Gigantochloa auriculata s. Gamble, BS-0588 [C2-R06]
— UPDATED 19 AUGUST 2023: No longer available. —
ไผ่ทอง (phai thong), Schizostachyum brachycladum 'Bali Kuning', BS-0191 [N3], BS-0208 [S6]
ไผ่ตุตุล (phai tutun), Bambusa maculata, BS-0439 [E3]
Dendrocalamus sp. (CN: Yunnan: Baoshan), BS-0751-1 [C1]
— UPDATED 11 MARCH 2022: No longer available. —
Gigantochloa sp. (TH) 2, BS-0601A [C2]
ไผ่เมี่ยงไฟ (phai miang fai), Schizostachyum jaculans, BS-0045 [S6], BS-0246 [E1, S4]
Gigantochloa serik, BS-0078 [S6]
Schizostachyum hainanense, BS-0106 [S6], BS-0494 [C6]
Gigantochloa sp., (TH: Krabi) 2, BS-0562 [E2]
Gigantochloa sp. (TH: Chumphon), BS-0087 [E1]
— UPDATED 11 MARCH 2022: No longer available. —
Bambusa grandis, BS-0458 [E2]
— UPDATED 19 SEPTEMBER 2022: No longer available. —
Dendrocalamus peculiaris, BS-0618 [E4]
— UPDATED 11 MARCH 2022: No longer available. —
Dendrocalamus sp. (BD, IN) "D. longerinternodium", BS-0791 [E4]
— UPDATED 11 MARCH 2022: No longer available. —
ไผ่ตากวาง (phai ta kwang), Gigantochloa apus, BS-0319 [C7]
Gigantochloa sp. (AU), BS-0507 [C7n]
ไผ่ขี้มอด (phai khi mot), Gigantochloa ridleyi, BS-0474 [C7]
Lingnania distegia, BS-0435 [C7]
Description and photos of the species:
ไผ่ผาก (phai phak), Gigantochloa densa, BS-0046 [C7]
— UPDATED 11 MARCH 2022: No longer available. —
Gigantochloa cf. hasskarliana, BS-0543 [C3]
ไผ่ด่างกาญจนา (phai dang kanchana), Gigantochloa sp. (TH: S) 1, BS-0885 [C3]
ไผ่ตาใหญ่ (phai ta yai), Bambusa cf. eutuldoides, BS-0258 [C4]
Gigantochloa sp. (MY: Langkawi), BS-0286 [C4-R02]
ไผ่ยักษ์ (phai yak), Dendrocalamus cf. giganteus, BS-0028 [C5]
ไผ่ข้าวหลาม (phai khao lam), Schizostachyum pergracile, BS-0182 [C5, W1]
ไผ่ตากวาง (phai ta kwang), Schizostachyum grande, BS-0581 [C5]
ไผ่มันหมู (phai man mu), Dendrocalamus copelandii, BS-0447 [C8-R04], BS-0185 [N4], BS-0199 [W4]
— UPDATED 19 SEP. 2024: Field-grown plants are no longer available, but a few potted small plants are. —
ไผ่ตาย้าย (phai ta yai), Bambusa sp. (TH: Kanchanaburi 1), BS-0918 [N3]
— UPDATED 19 SEP. 2024: no longer available, but a variety with striped stems is still available. —
ไผ่ไร่ (phai rai), Gigantochloa albociliata, BS-0275 [N2], BS-0924 [E1]
— UPDATED 10 APRIL 2022: No longer available. —
ไผ่รวก (phai ruak), Thyrsostachys siamensis, BS-0569 [W4, W4x]
ไผ่เหมียงไฟ (phai miang fai), Schizostachyum sp. (TH: Nakhon Si Thammarat), BS-0322 [W4]
ไผ่กวางสีแข็งแกร่ง (phai kwang si khaeng kraeng), Bambusa valida, BS-0262 [W3]
Thyrsostachys cf. oliveri, BS-0816 [C1], BS-0722 [E2]
ไผ่เสฉวน (phai sechuan), Bambusa multiplex, BS-0111 [C9]
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ไผ่ต้นข้าว (phai ton khao), Bambusa sp. 'Richard Waldron', BS-0451 [E1]
Vietnamosasa sp., BS-0586 [S3]
ไผ่ดำติมอร์ (phai dam timor), Bambusa lako, BS-0197 [S3]
ไผ่ดำลำตัน (phai dam lam tan), Gigantochloa sp. (TH: Phetchabun) 1, BS-0041 [W4]
Location "Bambusetum Baan Sammi" about 10 km northeast of Chiang Mai:
R4P5+C7 Pa Lan, Doi Saket District, Chiang Mai
Visit by appointment only.
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สวนไผ่บ้านแซมมี - Bambusetum Baan Sammi
has been closed to the public since 1 March 2022.
Visits are still possible, but only by appointment with an exact date and an exact or approximate time.
Visitors are still offered free of charge: pre-cut bamboo poles to take away, bamboo stems to harvest yourself, and living bamboo plants from the garden to dig up yourself.
Contact: Via Facebook Messenger or email, but no calls, and no SMS, please.
