TEXAS BAMBOO SOCIETY

BAMBOO PLANT  SILENT AUCTION
List of Winners

During the 11th ANNUAL TBS BAMBOO FESTIVAL

Auction was August 23, 2003, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

All plants and winners become part of the Texas Bamboo Society Plant Stewardship Program!

Winning bids totaled $

Auction Details








PLANTS WHICH WERE  AUCTIONED                         back to top
 
BAMBOO Specifications PLANTS PROVIDED BY:
WINNER WINNING BID
Bambusa chungii
Tropical Blue Bamboo

Culms with white bloom
Weaving,  textiles, paper
(minimum bid $20)

 Mike Beck $80 One 3-gal plant donated by Richard Waldron
Bambusa dolichomerithalla 'Silverstripe'

Green culms with silver stripes, long internodes
Focal point, windbreak, crafts, construction
(minimum bid $18)

 Grady Magnum $65 One 3-gal plant donated by Richard Waldron
Bambusa emeiensis 'Viridiflavus'

Green culms with yellow stripes alternating to opposite sides 
Focal point
(minimum bid $20)

 John Nelson $105 One 3-gal plant donated by Richard Waldron
Bambusa eutuldoides viridi-vittata 
(Bambusa textilis Vittata)

Shoots have pink/peach background and green stripes; background becomes yellow.
Focal point
(minimum bid $20)

 Grady Magnum $200 One 3-gal plant donated by Richard Waldron
Bambusa malingensis
Mali Bamboo 

Tolerates sea breezes 
Furniture, shoots
(minimum bid $16)

 Steve Muzos $57 One 3-gal plant donated by Richard Waldron
Bambusa mutabilis Emerald Bamboo 

Thin layer of white powder on culms, 
delicate, form like B. textilis
Weaving
(minimum bid $15)

 Grady Magnum $65 One 3-gal plant donated by Richard Waldron
Bambusa pervariabilis 'Viridistriatus'
Sunburst Bamboo 

Yellow culms with green stripes 
Focal point, furniture, shoots
(minimum bid $20)

 Mercer Arboretum $150 One 3-gal plant donated by Richard Waldron
Bambusa textilis 
Weaver's Bamboo

Screen, weaving, furniture, roofs

(USDA clone from Kanapaha Gardens Gainsville, FL)
(minimum bid $18)

 Steve Muzos $62 One 3-gal plant donated by Richard Waldron
Bambusa vulgaris
Common Bamboo

Forms open clumps
Windbreak, erosion, furniture, crafts, weaving, paper
(minimum bid $20)

 Jim Fowler $40 One ~15-gal plant donated by Richard Waldron
Chimonobambusa quadrangularis 'Suow'

Culms squarish, variegated leaves and culms
Focal point, can do well in (but does not require) deep shade,
(minimum bid $8)

 Mercer Arboretum
David Cater
Grady Mangum		 $20
$20
$27		 Three 2-gal plants donated by  Ned Jaquith of
Bamboo Garden Nursery
Hibanobambusa tranquillans 'Shiroshima'

Variegated leaves, medium height
Focal point
(minimum bid $8)

 Mercer Arboretum
Mercer Arboretum
Grady Magnum		 $35
$25
$30		 One 2-gal plant donated by 
Bambu-u

Two 2-gal plants donated by  Ned Jaquith of
Bamboo Garden Nursery
Phyllostachys angusta
Stone Bamboo 

Hard culms good for crafts, weaving

The plants from MidAtlantic Bamboo are descendents of P.angusta which grew in Floyd McClure's personal garden.
(minimum bid $25)

 Tradewinds plant:
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MidAtlantic plants:
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 One 2-gal plant donated by Tradewinds Bamboo Nursery

Two size C or D plants donated by 
Mary Ann Silverman of MidAtlantic Bamboo
Phyllostachys atrovaginata 
(P. congesta)
Incense Bamboo

Tolerates wet soil, quick to reach full height, large diameter for its height
Good shoots, crafts
(minimum bid $8 each)

 Winner did not pay ...tsk tsk! plant adopted by  Jim Phillips

Winner did not pay ...tsk tsk! plant adopted by  ???

Winner did not pay ...tsk tsk! plant returned to donor

 $0
 
 

$0
 

$0

 Three 2-gal plants donated by Steve Muzos of
Bamboo Bend
Phyllostachys bambusoides 

Good for groves, construction materials
(minimum bid $8)

 Kevin Edwards
Barb Huber
Dale Parish		 $28
$22
$25		 One 2-gal plant donated by Tradewinds Bamboo Nursery

Two 2-gal plants donated by  Ned Jaquith of
Bamboo Garden Nursery
Phyllostachys heterocycla pubescens (P. edulis) 
Moso 
(Seedling from 2000 with some yellow striping on leaves, and  showing possible golden culms.)
(minimum bid $8)		 Steve Carter $30
One 2-gal plant donated by Steve Muzos of
Bamboo Bend
Phyllostachys makinoi

Shoots, furniture, construction, crafts, paper
(minimum bid $15)

 Steve Muzos
Steve Muzos
????		 $40
$50		 Three 3-gal plants available for the auction
Phyllostachys manii 'Decora'

Tolerates alkaline soil and both hot and dry conditions
Focal point plant, screening, crafts, weaving
(minimum bid $8 each)

 Steve Muzos
Steve Muzos
Steve Muzos		 $20
$25
$24		 Three 2-gal plants donated by Jim Bonner of
Bamboo Plantation
Phyllostachys praecox 'Prevernalis'

Internodes short, and with smaller diameter than nodes, nodes may be purplish, lower canes with yellow-green stripes
Good shoots
(minimum bid $25) 

 Steve Muzos $48 One ~15-gal plant donated by Richard Waldron
Pleioblastus kongosanensis 'Aureostriatus'

Variegated leaves, ground cover, tolerates some sun
(minimum bid $6 each)

 Jim Phillips
Karen Heron / Jim Elinger

Winner did not pay ...tsk tsk! plant adopted by Rex Housour

 $9
$8

$0

 Three 2-gal plants donated by Jim Bonner of 
Bamboo Plantation
Thamnocalamus tessallatus

Clumper with cold tolerance, very flexible canes
(minimum bid $8)

 Jim Fowler
Mike Finley

One of these plants died in transit.:(

 $17
$25

$0

 One 2-gal plant donated by 
Bambu-u

Two 2-gal plants donated by  Ned Jaquith of
Bamboo Garden Nursery

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Last updated by Steve Muzos September 23, 2003