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Pearson
1976
74
Bamboo (cont.)
Nov. 6 (cont.). Sa Veranda. Here, and at Siao Siao, each
branchlet seems to produce 3 complete leaves at
each growth period. Yearling culms have not yet
sprouted, but the 2-yr-olds have only 3 leaves per
branchlet. Older culms may have 5 or 6 leaves,
occasionally up to 15 at E1. The branchlets of old culm
are much longer than any on the 2-yr-olds, and
have leaf scars that can be counted to get an
age estimate for that branchlet (= (recent leaf scar)
รท 3). Since four of the Sa Veranda branchlets
had more than 5 or 6 leaves, the longevity of
a leaf is less than 2 years.
Dec. 4 Visited Siao Siao with Millers and collected 12
bamboo shoots for cooking, 8 to 18 inches long. 8 of
them contained a single leaf scar; spiral track, faint
pericarp mark near tip. One clump had a dozen
or more fat new purple shoots up to 6 ft tall.
Dec. 5. Collected 15 shoots up to 18" of Castano Ovato
near the campsite, thinner than the Siao Siao over
above. Only 1 of these contained a larva.
Dec. 2 Ram 4 weighed 132.0 - 5.1 g = 126.9 g air dried
Ram 3 weighed 25.0 - 4.7 = 20.3 g.
Dec. 8 Sept with Millers at 9 AM, down Sibuyan and up Triffid,
level of Rio Cullin Mangus. Then stopped at Mac Clouds
on Soap Trapazol, then on to Chilao over Paso Pungdau
and spent night at Hotel Nidgus on Soap Pungdau.
Dec. 9 Sept 8-10, shopped in Osorno, then wrote to Slipper
at least end of Soap Pango where we stayed overnight.