Live Bamboo Auction - 3 pm - Saturday August 23, 2008 16th Annual Texas Bamboo Festival - Zilker Botanical Garden - Austin, Texas Auction Sponsor & Coordinator: Steve Muzos, Bamboo Bend Auction item: Bamboo Tote Bag Partial List of Auction Items: Bamboo Plants: 10 gal Bambusa chungii - donated by Caldwell Nursery, www.caldwellhort.com (see picture below) 5gal Bambusa eutuldoides 'Viridi Vittata' "Asian Lemon Bamboo" - donated by George Shackelford, Bamboo Source (see picture below) 7 gal Bambusa membranaceuos - donated by Caldwell Nursery, www.caldwellhort.com (see picture below) 7 gal Bambusa textilis var. gracilis- donated by Caldwell Nursery, www.caldwellhort.com (see picture below) 10 gal Bambusa vulgaris 'Vittata' (also known as Painted Bamboo, Striped Bamboo or Golden Hawaiian Bamboo) - well rooted - donated by Selby Clark 3 gal Chusquea circinata - donated by David Glover, Tejastropicals LLC 3 gal Otatea fimbriata - donated by David Glover, Tejastropicals LLC 5 gal Phyllostachys Bambusoides Castillonis - donated by Julian Andrews 1 gal Phyllostachys vivax 'Huangwenzhu Inversa' - donated by David Glover, Tejastropicals LLC 1 gal Rhipidocladum racemiflorum - donated by David Glover, Tejastropicals LLC Non Plant Bamboo Items: Bamboo Tote Bag - donated by Carole Meckes Bamboo Folding Umbrella - donated by Carole Meckes Book - "Farming Bamboo" by Daphne Lewis and Carol Miles. Tells farmers and gardeners what they need to know to raise bamboo as a farm crop. The bamboo is farmed in order to sell bamboo shoots for food and poles for wood. The botany of bamboo is described for a background to making decisions about caring for the bamboo. An encyclopedia describes 27 species of the genus Phyllostachys. - donated by Carole Meckes Book - "The Craft and Art of Bamboo" by Carol Stangler - donated by Jim Ellinger Flower vase - donated by Timothy & Elyse Sens, Waterstones Bamboo Wrist Watch - donated by Buddy Atwell Spum Bamboo Tee Shirt - donated by Waxela, Spirit Mama Dragonfly with Stand - donated by Robert & Mitsue Childers, RM-collectibles.com Silk shirts with bamboo motifs - donated by Steve Muzos, Bamboo Bend Fabric (yardage) with bamboo motif (2 pieces - 2 yards each)- donated by Joann Fabrics Garden post donated by Edimoto Seed Starter System with heating mat for bottom heat - for those of you who wish to try out growing bamboo from seed.... - donated by Carole Meckes Auction item: Bamboo Folding Umbrella Dragonfly with Stand donated by RM-Collectibles.com Bambusa eutuldoides "Viridi Vittata" "Asian Lemon Bamboo" Yellow culms with varying dark green stripes. New shoots have ping and peach tones. Low branching. Grows to 25 feet tall, 1 inch diameter, min temp 21F, full sun. Donated by George Shackelford, Bamboo Source Close up of Bambusa eutuldoides "Viridi Vittata" "Asian Lemon Bamboo" donated by George Shackelford, Bamboo Source 7 gal Bambusa textilis var. gracilis donated by Caldwell Nursery, www.caldwellhort.com 7 gal Bambusa membranaceous donated by Caldwell Nursery, www.caldwellhort.com 10 gal Bambusa chungii donated by Caldwell Nursery, www.caldwellhort.com