This is tropical bamboo and will not take any cold weather like most of the temperate bamboo will. But the temperate are runners and the tropical are clumpers.
I got mine from a local grower who sells on the web (also e-bay) under
www.tropicalbamboo.com. Lots of nice pics and descriptions.
Lako isn't cheap. I paid more for this than what Ae-Ae go for.
Congrats Jarred on your lako shoot. This make 4 shoots on mine since the first of the year. I'm thrilled with that. These new ones are also a lot thicker, about the diameter of my thumb. It took about a year for it to get settled in again.
Terry