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Old 01-05-2009, 04:15 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Default Re: Puerto Vallarta Botanic Garden

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Originally Posted by southlatropical View Post
I am guessing that is Otatea acuminata subsp. aztecorum 'Mexican weeping bamboo' or some other subsp. of Otatea. The culms are solid. This one is actually a clumper although a loose clumper that can take up quite a bit of space.
It's actually Otatea fimbriata, which grows to about 30 feet, close to 2" diameter culms, and seems to run up to 12 feet or more from one culm to the next. I haven't seen the other specie of the genus(O. acuminata) , but it's supposed to be all over in Sonora, and other dry northwest Mexican states which are north of here.
Thanks for the pic though.
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