Local bamboo plants are going through a flowering phase in their life cycles, which turns the plants from bright green to a brownish tone. A rare environmental phenomenon is budding across central ...

Unlike most plants that flower annually, the Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis operates on a drastically different timescale. This bamboo species requires an astounding 120 years to complete its ...

Reports about the flowering of bamboo at the Nehru Zoological Park, a phenomenon said to occur once in the life cycle of bamboo plant, have brought into focus the popular belief in the north-east ...

The gregarious flowering of bamboo, reportedly once in its life cycle, is considered as a sign of mass destruction of the bamboo groves as the plants dry up and die after the blooming.

Nine varieties of bamboo have been seen flowering, which in turn account for 30 percent of the types eaten by the panda, Yang said. "So far, no wild panda has been found starved to death.

So a 70-foot-tall bamboo cane is growing at an average rate of more than 1 foot per day, almost right before your eyes. And if the bamboo has a 5-inch diameter, the shoot coming out of the ground ...

As per the forest department data, bamboo flowering has occurred in at least 1.30 lakh hectares, ... “This natural phenomenon, while part of the bamboo life cycle, poses a substantial .

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The species, known locally as Mautak, has a flowering cycle of around 48 years or so. It last bloomed extensively in 1958, prompting the Mautam famine that killed at least 100 people and inflicted ...