Phyllostachys lutea

[Artie]

Touring the Dallas Arboretum yesterday, I was admiring the groves of what I believed to be golden bamboo, or phyllostachys aurea. Much to my surprise, I found a solitary identification marker labeled "Bamboo - phyllostachys lutea." On closer look, I found none of aurea's characteristic short, 'hand-grip' nodes at the base of any of the culms. Most of the culms were 2" diameter or less and as tall as 25 or 30 feet at most.

Having spent some time reading the ABS species list, the species 'lutea' did not sound familiar, and I don't find the species "lutea" on the ABS site anywhere. A google search for "phyllostachys lutea" returned only three hits; two from a French site and one from what might be a New Zealand site.

Anyone familiar with this nomenclature?

Artie