Gigantochloa

GIGANTOCHLOA is a genus of giant, tropical, clumping bamboo similar to Bambusa. Rarely flower or come true from seed, and may be “natural hybrids.”

Genus species	Max Height	Max Diameter	Minimum Temperature	Comments/Description
G.albociliata	35′	2″	30F	Shrubby. The fully grown culm often bends down to the ground. Large branches at base. smaller near tip.
G.apus	65′	4″	27F	This Java native has large leaves and thick-walled culms which are densely hairy when young. Clump growth is fairly open, with culms erect or arching above.
G.atroviolacea	40′	3″	28F	Tight clumping at the base – open at the top. New culms turn black within one year, displaying irregular green vertical stripes. Edible shoots. A highly sought after tropical bamboo species in South Florida.
G.atroviolacea ‘Watupawan’	52′	4″	25F	A faster growing version of Gigantochloa atroviolacea with green culms, black striation and black patches.
G.atter	70′	8″	28F	Culms erect, straight and easily worked. Edible shoots.
G.levis	45′	5″	28F	Young culm densely covered with brown or white tomenta, turning whitish gray when full grown.  Edible shoots.
G.ligulata	30′	1.5″	?	Plants are from the seed of the plant at Quail labeled Gigantochloa verticillata. Dr. Widjaja has identified the parent plant as Gigantochloa ligulata ‘Striped’.
G.hasskarliana	30′	2.5″	28F	From west Indonesia. Dense with large leaves.
G.pseudoarundinacea syn. G.verticillata G.maxima	80′	6″	28F	Tight clumping erect, long internodes, nodding apically. Often yellow-striped on lower culm internodes. Usually branchless for twenty or more joints. Edible shoots
G.pseudoarundinacia var. minor	45′	4″	28F	Culms highly variegated with cream colored stripes. Until recently, this smaller variety of G.pseudoarundinacia was somehow referred to as G.maxima in Florida.
G.robusta	60′	3.5″	?	Large, erect, and strong.  From Java and Sumatra. Used for pipes, construction, handicrafts, shoots. Yellow stripes near base.
G.sumatra	30′	2″	28F	Lavender stripes on the new culms. When mature, the stripes fade and the culms turn a burnt orange color. Good container pant. Erect and neat.
G.sp. ‘Hitam Hijau’	20′	1.5″	28F	Hitam Hijau means black and green. Very dark green culms with occasional white stripes and dramatically arching tops.
G.wrayii	35′	3″	30F	Culms with long internodes are erect or arching outwards. Sometimes yellow-striped on lower internodes.