OTATEA ACUMINATA ACUMINATA

8' height, Full Sun, 22 degrees F Minimum, Clumper.

        Subspecies of Mexican Weeping Bamboo, introduced into the U.S. by ABS in 1986.  Comes from the hot, humid lowlands of the state of Veracruz in Mexico.  Smaller & more delicate looking than the more common Otatea acuminata azectorum.

        A 3 gallon pot sold for $235 at the ABS auction in 1988.  A gallon pot was sold at the fall 1991 S.Cal.A.B.S. sale for $15.