Reason 1985 Bamboo culms slender but very tall x nov.7 measured + weighed culms from near D-1 and D-2 Incident light (cloudy bright) 2 Pm was 1/100th that on the open road nearby. Culm breadth taken at ground at margin of culm in 3 places. nov.16 Rio Castanea Ocrea. measured the F1 clump. Incident light measured at 3 places around the base of the clump were 1/10, 1/14th, and 1/20th that in the open. Open measurement was pointed toward sky, water splashed by a distant hand, 4 Pm, clear blue sky. f8 1sec, 3/4 sec, and 1/2 sec around clump; f8 1/20th + f8 1/20th in open. have 15x new sheet in F1 middle day Culmclump x nov.17 Castanea Ocrea. The clump next to last year's flowering clump has a new shoot >1m tall plus a 3" new shoot. Not many new shoots around. Surprisingly sloppy synchronization of new shoots. Saw only 1 flowering clump (across road as south of last year's). No seeds or new seedling at last year's. Capitius and albedon longifilis both eat new shoots. Did not eat rhizomnes, While digging up a tiny isolated couple of [illegible] at the caudate, Anita encountered 3 big White Drubs in one shovelful. 2 of them weighed 8.7g = 4.3 g each. Incident light at F2 at 3:45 Pm sunny: