Mark Meckes
24th May 2001, 03:52 AM
http://www.bamboocraft.net/bamboo/data/603/thumbs/PflexPA-066.jpg Here is a picture (http://www.bamboocraft.net/bamboo/showphoto.php?photo=2293) of a 4 cm / 1 1/2" diameter culm of Phyllostachys flexuosa that has weathered at the top of a fence for more than 10 years.
The pole has split open on one side but is still quite strong.
http://www.bamboocraft.net/bamboo/data/603/thumbs/PflexPA-067.jpg Here is the same piece (http://www.bamboocraft.net/bamboo/showphoto.php?photo=2294) of Phyllostachys flexuosa with the top layer scraped off, revealing the colour of the bamboo fibres, indicating that it still has some integral quality remaining.
BTW, I've often noticed wasps scraping pieces of fiber of weathered bamboo, macerating it, then turning it into pulp for nest building.
~ Mark
The pole has split open on one side but is still quite strong.
http://www.bamboocraft.net/bamboo/data/603/thumbs/PflexPA-067.jpg Here is the same piece (http://www.bamboocraft.net/bamboo/showphoto.php?photo=2294) of Phyllostachys flexuosa with the top layer scraped off, revealing the colour of the bamboo fibres, indicating that it still has some integral quality remaining.
BTW, I've often noticed wasps scraping pieces of fiber of weathered bamboo, macerating it, then turning it into pulp for nest building.
~ Mark