Shrubby. The fully grown culm often bends down to the ground. Large branches at base. smaller near tip.

This Java native has large leaves and thick-walled culms which are densely hairy when young. Clump growth is fairly open, with culms erect or arching above.

Tight clumping at the base - open at the top. New culms turn black within one year, displaying irregular green vertical stripes. Edible shoots. A highly sought after tropical bamboo species in South Florida.

Culms erect, straight and easily worked. Edible shoots.

Young culm densely covered with brown or white tomenta, turning whitish gray when full grown.  Edible shoots.

From west Indonesia. Dense with large leaves.

Tight clumping erect, long internodes, nodding apically. Often yellow-striped on lower culm internodes. Usually branchless for twenty or more joints. Edible shoots.

Culms highly variegated with cream colored stripes. Until recently, this smaller variety of G.pseudoarundinacia was somehow referred to as G.maxima in Florida.

Large, erect, and strong.  From Java and Sumatra. Used for pipes, construction, handicrafts, shoots. Yellow stripes near base.

Lavender stripes on the new culms. When mature, the stripes fade and the culms turn a burnt orange color. Good container pant. Erect and neat.

Culms with long internodes are erect or arching outwards. Sometimes yellow-striped on lower internodes.