Rio Castrito Over Morning cold but sunny. A bamboo shoot near tent in 24 hrs (11:10am) grew from 294 mm to 323 mm = 29 mm. Leaves in dwarf were 43 to 73 mm long. Encountered Sigfrido at the Ventiquero Negro; he sent flowering "both" species of bamboo to someone who reported that they contained good pollen. Sigfrido says the flowering shoots are long and drooping in the big bambos, much shorter in the little bambos. Went up to the grid at 2 pm and dug for white guava near the lower end of row 6. Diggin four places and found only one growth; probably dug a total of 1 m^2. Left at 2 pm and drove up to Tironder. A few Berberis Lincaufola blooms there, plus berries. The bamboo near the parking area much grazed; many "old" droppings. Stay clear clear until 3:30, then started to cloud up. All overcast in Bambolo at 8 pm, rain again during the night, Dec 10 Bambolos Rain Dec 11 " Dec 12 Morning partly clear but not raining. Went to Puerto Bloat where it was partly sunny and partly sprinkle. Walked to El Aluedo to count flowering bamboo. Counted 5 clumps along the road and one on a short detour into the forest. 3 of the clumps had well-developed flowers on "new" shoots without leaves yet. There were more like this last year either here or on our tour to the north, also, one "one" the diameter of a kitchen mated and about 1 foot tall, with leaves, had flowers. at 5 pm put out 23 traps through beautiful wet forest