Description Schizostachyum pergracile is a beautiful medium sized clumping bamboo to about 17 m tall and to 8 cm in diameter, with metallic-blue color and contrasting orange/red layers. It is native to India and Indochina, up to an altitude of 1000 m. The common name for this bamboos species is Tinwa Bamboo and the plant has good quality canes which are used extensively for cooking and baking sticky rice, the poles are also used for construction. It is also an extraordinarily beautiful bamboo and makes an excellent ornamental. Sowing Advice The seeds can be started indoors at any time throughout the year. Press the cereal-like seeds onto moist cultivation soil, cover them thinly with the substratum and move the container in a warm spot. Given temperatures around 25°C and even moisture, the seeds germinate after 10 to 20 days. Seeds sometimes germinate within 4 to 6 weeks although some varieties may take very much longer so please be patient. Plant out in the open ground in warmer countries or in a large container elsewhere.
