When does bamboo mature?

Strictly speaking, bamboo is not mature. If it blossoms and bears fruit, it is the end of its life.

Because bamboo is a perennial flowering plant, bamboo flowering is a normal natural phenomenon and belongs to a process of bamboo fruiting and reproduction. People in ancient China have observed this phenomenon for a long time. There is a saying in Shan Hai Jing more than 2,000 years ago: "Bamboo bears flowers, and its years will surely wither." Record. It is recorded in Bamboo Spectrum written by Dai Kai in Jin Dynasty: "The medicine must be sixty, and it will take six years." Its annotation is: "Bamboo roots change easily in sixty years, and roots change easily and die easily." However, bamboo mainly reproduces asexually. Every spring, bamboo shoots grow from underground bamboo whips and then develop into new bamboo. The bamboo whip is not its root, but an underground stem. Underground stems can be divided into three types: uniaxial underground stems can continue to grow, with buds on both sides and lateral buds developing into bamboo shoots; Axial terminal buds develop into bamboo shoots, and lateral buds produce new underground stems, which are connected to form axial buds. Underground stems produce dense bamboo stem clusters, which belong to this category. There is also a compound shaft type, which is a mixture of the above two. The sexual reproduction of bamboo, like other flowering plants, first blooms and then bears seeds to complete the whole growth cycle. There are three types of bamboo flowering cycle due to different bamboo species: few bamboos can bloom every year, and after flowering, bamboo stalks will not die, but they can still whip up bamboo shoots; Most bamboos bloom only once in the whole growth process, and there is a certain period, ranging from 40 to 80 years. After flowering, the stems and leaves turn yellow and die, and the underground stems gradually turn black and lose their germination ability. The seeds formed are called bamboo rice, which can grow into new bamboo, arrow bamboo and bamboo after planting. The other is sporadic flowering from time to time. Bamboo forests do not die after flowering, such as Zizhu. Bamboo, Fargesia macrophylla, etc. All belong to the category of regular flowering. This kind of bamboo has a long flowering interval, usually 50-60 years; Some even open once every 100 years. However, no matter which year the bamboo pole grows, as long as the age of the bamboo whip is the same or similar, then the flowering time is roughly the same. Even if the ecological environment is very different, flowers can bloom at the same time on sunny slopes, shady slopes, steep slopes and gentle slopes, with different soils and different altitudes.