Unlike most plants that flower annually, the Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis operates on a drastically different timescale.

The hachiku bamboo plant expands by sending out ... leave seeds and die off en masse. Why has this type of bamboo developed such an unusual flowering cycle? First, researchers ran simulations ...

The flowering cycles of bamboo species can range from anywhere between three to 150 years, according to an April 2020 study published in the journal Frontiers in Plant Science. During the blooming ...

where a species of bamboo, known as Melocanna baccifera, undergoes a unique and devastating cycle. This bamboo, nicknamed the "flower of famine," blooms only once in five decades, releasing vast ...

In its in-depth article, Down To Earth states that bamboo flowering is a peculiar phenomenon. Bamboos grow vegetatively for a species-specific period before flowering, seeding and dying. Most bamboo ...