07 September 2024

A Schizostachyum bamboo, ไผ่เฮียะฝุงฮอม (phai hia fung hom) — help harvest these culms and get them for FREE!

PHOTO: BS-0622-1_081+058b.jpg

About 50 or a little more culms can be harvested. Culm lengths 6–10 m, basal diameter 2.5–5 cm, thin-walled, easy-splitting, with long internodes, without branches on the lower third of the stems.

Their stems are best used for making bamboo strips as a flat material for paneling on furniture (such as tables and shelves), for flat pickets for fences, and for any weaving purposes.

There are several similar species offered:
1. Schizostachyum funghomii, ไผ่เฮียะฝุงฮอม (phai hia fung hom), native to China, with blackish-green stems, BS-0622-1 [S5], and BS-0631-1 [C8];
2. Schizostachyum cf. hainanense, native to China, with dark green stems, BS-0106 [S6], and BS-0494 [C6];
3. Schizostachyum sp., native to Thailand, with dark green stems, BS-0322 [W4].

Culm harvesting requires your assistance as described in → this post.