单竹属一新品种‘花皮单竹’

A New Cultivar,‘Huapidanzhu’ from Lingnania cerosissima

‘花皮单竹’属于竹亚科单竹属Lingnania McClure的单竹Lingnania cerosissima McClure变异株,经多年选优、培育而成的栽培竹新品种。‘花皮单竹’为大型合轴型丛生竹,秆高6～8 m,直径4. 5～6. 5 cm;全秆和部分竹枝具黄绿相间条纹,全秆被厚白蜡粉。而单竹秆型相对较小,其秆高3～7 m,直径2～5 cm,竹秆通体绿色,不具条纹,幼时被白蜡粉。经10年的繁育观测,其性状稳定,适宜于年均温17～20℃、年降水量1 000～2 000 mm、海拔6 00 m以下的长江流域以南广大地区栽培。

Lingnania cerosissima ‘Huapidanzhu’,belonging to L. cerosissima in the genus of Lingnania Mc Clure,Bambusoideae,is a new cultivated bamboo cultivar after years efforts in breeding. It is the largely sympodial bamboo species with thick and tall stem,which is 6-8 m in height and 4. 5-6. 5 cm in diameter. The whole culm and part of branches are yellow and green striped,and the whole culm is covered with thick white powder. Its individual culms is relatively smaller,which is 3-7 m in height and 2-5 cm in diameter,and the culms are green without stripes,but covered with white powder. After 10-year breeding and observation,the species is found to be stable in its character.It is concluded that L. cerosissima‘Huapidanzhu’is a excellent ornamental bamboo species to be planted the south to Yangtze River basin where the annual average temperature is about 17-25 ℃,the annual precipitation is 1,700-2,000 mm and the altitude is 600 m or below.