PHYLLOSTACHYS NIGRA SHIMADAKE

 

Shade/sun, 0 degrees F Minimum, Runner.

 

        Similar appearance to Henon but culms have occasional vertical brown pinstripes.  The ABS SoCal reference collection contained one plant as of 12/92. A 24" box sold for $300 at the fall '90 ABS sale.  A 5 gallon pot was offered at the fall '92 sale for $25 & 4 collectors tried to buy it. Stanley Terlitsky bought a plant at the 1994 ABS auction in San Francisco for $190.