Otatea acuminata aztecorum/Mexican Weeping Bamboo

This clumping bamboo grows to 15 or more feet when grown in a groound bed with good soil
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This clumping bamboo grows to 15 or more feet when grown in a groound bed with good soil	When canes are thinned, light can pass through the graceful, weeping foliage	Tall culm
Specimen plant in Houston Botanical Gardens	Has fine textured foliage	Close-up of fine textured foliage
Typical drooping foliage of this species	Open, airy culms	Upright, airy culms


Scientific Name:	Otatea acuminata aztecorum
Common Name:	Mexican Weeping Bamboo
Plant Type:	Evergreen
Leaf Type:	Broadleaf
Hardiness Zone:	9, 10, 11 Determine Your Zone
Height:	15-20 feet
Spread:	2 -3 feet
Light Exposure:	Sun, Part Sun
Drainage:	Well drained, Moist
Rate of Growth:	Fast
Water Requirement:	Medium
Maintenance Level:	Low
Susceptible to insects and diseases:	Yes
Comments:	This bamboo a native of Mexico is a clumping bamboo that makes a handsome specimen in the garden because of its rather delicate, graceful, drooping, feathery foliage. This bamboo grows in a mound like to upright form and will not grow where temperatures go below 22 degrees F for any length of time. The very fine textured foliage is an asset. It grows well in containers and reaches a height of about six feet in them.