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Here are the details that applied:
 

1.  Bidding on plants will be limited to Texas Bamboo Society (TBS) members.  You can join TBS at the festival or join in advance with this link.

2.  In order to bid, you must  agree to grow the plant as part of the TBS Stewardship Program.

3.  Bidders must sign the TBS Stewardship Agreement in order to receive a bidder number.

4. Winners will act as plant stewards and grow the plants in Texas, or a neighboring state in a habitat similar to one found in Texas. Plants must be grown outdoors, either in the ground or in a container. Stewards will keep growth records and submit information to TBS every year. here is a copy of the First Year Data Form.
You will grow your stewardship plants until they are ready to propagate by divisions. Then you will provide TBS with a total of three propagated plants, within three years of the time that the plants are ready to be propagated, during August, in time for the Texas Bamboo Festival.  TBS will use the propagated plants to grow, sell or continue/expand the program.

5. Bid increments must be in whole dollar amounts (no cents) with no limit on how much you can increase the bid.

6 .  If there is more than one plant of the same variety in the auction, winning bidder gets choice and can have all the plants of that variety at the winning bid price for each plant. If the winner does not take all, the second highest bidder can take choice/ all of the reamaining plants of that variety for the his/her losing bid price. If the second highest bidder declines, bidding starts over for any remaining  plants of that variety.

7.  Plants must be paid for and picked up by 6:00 p.m. Saturday.

8.  Cash and checks will be accepted. Sorry, no plastic.

9.  If you are a member and unable to attend the festival you may still participate! You can mail a check (made payable to TBS), with a list of your maximum bid for each plant on which they choose to bid. Checks must be received by Monday, August 23, 2004. Someone from TBS who is not bidding in the auction will bid for you.   Refunds will be made by TBS as appropriate. Send your check to:

Absentee bidders must complete a copy of the bidder agreement and include it with their check(s). Please print a copy of the form from this link.

Absentee bidders have two choices regarding their checks. You can send one check to cover all of your maximum bids for all plants on which you wish to bid, or you can send a separate check for each maximum bid for each plant. Please mail everything in one envelope, and include a note which makes your intentions clear.

Absentee bidders must arrange for someone to pick up their plants, or agree to pay for USPS Priority Mail shipping plus a $5.00 donation for handling, in order to have 3-gal plants they win mailed to them.  Shipping 15-gal plants probably is not cost effective, so if you are an absentee bidder, be sure to arrange in advance for someone to take care of large plants you may win until you can pick them up.

PLANT SITTERS WANTED!

TBS members who want to take care of any of the auction plants before the festival are encouraged to volunteer! Email Steve Muzos.
 

PLANT DONATIONS

Plant donations are welcomed. If you would like to donate interesting plants for this auction, email Steve Muzos.
 

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PLANTS THAT WERE AUCTIONED
 
 

Plant
No.     Plant                                              From

1   Bambusa textilis                    Donated by Linda Gay - Mercer Arboretum and Botanic Garden
               Winning Bid = $ 80 , Steve Muzos

2   Semiarndinaria yashadake ‘Kimmei'      Donated by Steve Muzos - Bamboo Bend
             Winning Bid = $45 , Linda Gay

3   Semiarndinaria fastuosa 'Viridis'                            Donated by Steve Muzos - Bamboo Bend
             Winning Bid = $40, Jim Bussey

4  Phyllostachys atrovaginata                       Donated by Steve Muzos - Bamboo Bend
             Winning Bid = $60, Diane Webb

5  Phyllostachys nigra ‘Megurochiku'           Donated by Steve Muzos - Bamboo Bend
             Winning Bid = $65, Justin Perish

6  Bambusa textilis                     Donated by Linda Gay - Mercer Arboretum and Botanic Garden
             Winning Bid = $80, Steve Muzos

7  Semiarndinaria yashadake ‘Kimmei'        Donated by Steve Muzos - Bamboo Bend
             Winning Bid = $40, Jim Bussey

8 Semiarndinaria fastuosa  'Viridis'              Donated by Steve Muzos - Bamboo Bend
             Winning Bid = $45, James Bell

9 Phyllostachys atrovaginata                          Donated by Steve Muzos - Bamboo Bend
             Winning Bid = $60, Diane Webb

10  Phyllostachys nigra ‘Megurochiku'           Donated by Steve Muzos - Bamboo Bend
             Winning Bid = $60, Diane Webb

11  Sasaella masamuneana ‘Albostriata'         Donated by Jim  Mortensen - jmbamboo
             Winning Bid = $45, James Bell

12  Bambusa multiplex ‘Midori Green'          Donated by Ralph Evans - Bamboo Headquarters
             Winning Bid = $70, Steve Muzos

13  Otatea acuminata aztecorum                   Donated by Ralph Evans - Bamboo Headquarters
             Winning Bid = $60, Justin Perish

14  Sasaella masamuneana ‘Albostriata'        Donated by Ralph Evans - Bamboo Headquarters
             Winning Bid = $30, John Womack

15 Pleioblastus shibuyanus ‘tsuboi'  Donated by Gordon & Mila Powell - Ozark Bamboo Garden
             Winning Bid = $40, Glenn Cooper

16 Pleioblastus shibuyanus ‘tsuboi'  Donated by Gordon & Mila Powell - Ozark Bamboo Garden
             Winning Bid = $35, Lee-Ching, Kuo

17 Shibataea lancifolia                   Donated by Gordon & Mila Powell - Ozark Bamboo Garden
             Winning Bid = $40, Richard Sides

18 Shibataea lancifolia                  Donated by Gordon & Mila Powell - Ozark Bamboo Garden
             Winning Bid = $40, Richard Sides

19 Dendrocalamus asper                          Donated by David Cater - Utility Research Garden
             Winning Bid = $55, Allen Aleshire

20 Pseudosasa japonica ‘Tsutsumiana'       Donated by David Cater - Utility Research Garden
             Winning Bid = $85, Richard Sides

21 Phyllostachys angusta          Donated by Bert and Mary Ann Silverman - MidAtlantic Bamboo
     NOTE: This is a clone from the personal garden of Floyd McClure.
             Winning Bid = $55, Steve Muzos

22 Phyllostachys angusta          Donated by Bert and Mary Ann Silverman - MidAtlantic Bamboo
     NOTE: This is a clone from the personal garden of Floyd McClure.
             Winning Bid = $45, Diane Webb

23 Thyrsostachys siamensis      Donated by Bill Gray - Horticultural Consultants Inc.
             Winning Bid = $85, Steve Muzos

24 Dendrocalamus giganteus  Donated by Kathy and Ed Pechacek - Rivers End Nursery and Farm
             Winning Bid = $30, Carl Weaver

25 Bambusa textilis glabra                          From Robert Saporito - Tropical Bamboo Inc.
             Winning Bid = $65, Steve Muzos

26 Bambusa textilis glabra                          From Robert Saporito - Tropical Bamboo Inc.
             Winning Bid = $65, Steve Muzos

27 Bambusa textilis gracilis                         From Robert Saporito - Tropical Bamboo Inc.
             Winning Bid = $55, Steve Muzos

28 Bambusa textilis gracilis                         From Robert Saporito - Tropical Bamboo Inc.
             Winning Bid = $65, Mke Beck

29 Dendrocalamus asper ‘Betung Hitam'        From Robert Saporito - Tropical Bamboo Inc.
             Winning Bid = $130, Allen Aleshire

30 Dendrocalamus minor ‘Amoenus'           From Robert Saporito - Tropical Bamboo Inc.
             Winning Bid = $65, Mike Beck

31 Gigantochloa atter                                   From Robert Saporito - Tropical Bamboo Inc.
             Winning Bid = $45, Jim Bussey

32 Gigantochloa pseudoarundinacia ‘Maxima'    From Robert Saporito - Tropical Bamboo Inc.
             Winning Bid = $65, Linda Gay

33 Gigantochloa pseudoarundinacia var. minor - formerly G. maxima in Florida
                                                                   From Robert Saporito - Tropical Bamboo Inc.
             Winning Bid = $70, Linda Gay

34 Phyllostachys angusta                            Donated by Albert Adelman - Burt Associates Bamboo
             Winning Bid = $20, John Womack

35 ***This will not be available***

36 Pleioblastus shibuyanus ‘tsuboiu'          Donated by Albert Adelman - Burt Associates Bamboo
             Winning Bid = $25, Lee-Ching Kuo

37 Dendrocalamus calostachyus                  Donated by Allen Aleshire - Bamboo Nut Company
             Winning Bid = $40, Jim Bussey

38 Dendrocalamus calostachyus                  Donated by Allen Aleshire - Bamboo Nut Company
             Winning Bid = $35, David Cater

39 Dendrocalamus calostachyus                  Donated by Allen Aleshire - Bamboo Nut Company
             Winning Bid = $35, David Cater

40 Otatea 'Mayan Silver'                           Donated by Gib Cooper - Tradewinds Bamboo Nursery
Very Rare sedling from the only plant growing in the USA. Estimated 20', 1.5 " diam., 27F with white-silver hollow culms and typical Otatea leaves.

             Winning Bid = $90, David Cater

41 Sasa kurlinensis 'Semifuri'                       From Jennifer York -  Bamboo Sourcery
             Winning Bid = $55, David Cater

42 Bambusa tuldoides                                 Donated by Kinder and Mary Len Chambers
             Winning Bid = $40, Carl Weaver

43 Bambusa tuldoides                                 Donated by Kinder and Mary Len Chambers
             Winning Bid = $35, John Womack

44 Bambusa tuldoides 'Ventricosa'              Donated by Kinder and Mary Len Chambers
             Winning Bid = $80, Diane Webb

45 Bambusa tuldoides 'Ventricosa'              Donated by Kinder and Mary Len Chambers
             Winning Bid = $70, Steve Muzos

46 Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Spectabilis'     Donated by Kinder and Mary Len Chambers
             Winning Bid = $55, James Bell

47 Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Spectabilis'     Donated by Kinder and Mary Len Chambers
             Winning Bid = $55, James Bell

48 Pseudosasa japonica                              Donated by Kinder and Mary Len Chambers
             Winning Bid = $55, Zoe Anders

49 Pseudosasa japonica                              Donated by Kinder and Mary Len Chambers
             Winning Bid = $50, James Bell

50 Semiarundinaria fastuosa                      Donated by Kinder and Mary Len Chambers
             Winning Bid = $45, Margie Krebs-Jespersen

51 Phyllostachys aurea 'Flavescens Inversa'              Donated by John Nelson - Bamboo Texas
             Winning Bid = $85, James Bell

52 ***Plant Not Available******                   Donated by John Nelson - Bamboo Texas
 

53 Bambusa eutuldoides viridi-vittata (B. tex. vittata)  Donated by John Nelson - Bamboo Texas
             Winning Bid = $120, Steve Muzos

54 Bambusa dolichomerithalla ‘Silver Stripe'     Donated by John Nelson - Bamboo Texas
             Winning Bid = $65, David cater

55 Bambusa dolichomerithalla ‘Green Stripe'     Donated by John Nelson - Bamboo Texas
             Winning Bid = $80, Selby Clark

56 Bambusa leuteostriata                                   Donated by Jim and Judith Bussey
            Winning Bid = $155, Diane Webb

57 Semiarundinaria fastuosa                               Donated by Jim and Judith Bussey
             Winning Bid = $40, Mike Beck

58 Arundinaria funghomii                               Donated by Kinder and Mary Len Chambers
             Winning Bid = $45, Zoe Anders

59 *** Plant was not available***

60 Pleioblastus hindsii                                         Donated by David Kraemer
             Winning Bid = $55, Jim Bussey

61 Phyllostachys mannii 'Decora'                        Donated by David Kraemer
             Winning Bid = $85, Richard Sides

62 Sinobambusa tootsik 'Albostriata'                               Donated by David Kraemer
             Winning Bid = $95, Jim Bussey

63 Arundinaria gigantea                               Donated by Kinder and Mary Len Chambers
             Winning Bid = $50, Diane Webb

64 Pleioblastus liearis                                       Donated by  Steve Muzos - Bamboo Bend
             Winning Bid = $60, Margie Krebs-Jespersen

65 Gigantochloa pseudoarundinacia ‘Maxima'      From Robert Saporito - Tropical Bamboo Inc.
             Winning Bid = $70, Allen Aleshire
 
 
 

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Last updated by Steve Muzos November 4, 2004