Pearson 1977 Bamboo 48 nov. 9 Puerto Blest. Counted flowering bamboo between the Camping meadow and El abuelo, a total of 9 on both sides of the road. 5 on the north cside, 3 of which were believed that had flowered last year also. In other words some culms of a culm had bloomed last year and other culms were blooming this year. On the south side of the road 4 bamboos were blooming, and of these two had culms in which the same culms had bloomed last year and was blooming this year also. Measured light intensity around clump D1 on our study grid, 3 pm clear sky, the clear sky with 6x filter at periphery near 2 meters out from where new shoots would occur, 1 ft above ground ASA 100, f. 16. Shutter Speed : North side 1/2 sec East side 1 sec South side 1 sec West side 1 sec avg. 0.875 sec = .048 Open sky 1/4 ÷ 6 = .042 nov. 10 Measured clump D2 in morning. North side 1/3 sec, 1/6 .167 Open sky East side 1/3 1/4 .25 1/50 = .020 South side 1/2 1/8 .125 West side 1/3 .020 = .054 1/8 .125 .020 x .120 avg. 0.37 = .37 avg. .167 = .167