flowering of bamboos (was crocus sativus)
Youngs (Wed, 05 Dec 2012 05:57:25 PST)

was Crocus sativus
Peter Taggart (Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:23:33 PST)

Is it known what synchronises the flowering of various bamboos yet?
Peter (UK)

This paper is quite interesting:

Mast Flowering and Semelparity in Bamboos: The Bamboo Fire Cycle Hypothesis

find it here http://werc.usgs.gov/fileHandler.ashx/…

Maggi Young