05 September 2024

Rough Giant Bamboo, ไผ่ตง (phai tong), Dendrocalamus asper — help harvest these culms and get them for FREE!

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— UPDATE 18 SEPTEMBER 2024 —

BS-0130 [E5]: A few thick and long stems can be harvested in January 2025.

Culm lengths 15 m and longer, diameter ca. 10 cm, basal diameter over 10 cm, heavy, robust, very strong, moderately thick-walled, without branches on the lower half of the stems.

Uses: Heavy construction, posts, roof beams.

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

For more information about this species, see “The Bamboos of Thailand”:
https://sites.google.com/view/bamboos-of-thailand/…