
Bamboo.
At the Japanese Friendship Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.

Bamboo.
At the Japanese Friendship Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.

Bamboo.
At the Japanese Friendship Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.
Nodes.
Nodes.

Guttation, on a slender new bamboo shoot. In Portsmouth, Virginia.
Etymology note: Guttation is the extrusion of water from the xylem of an uninjured plant’s leaves. It derives from the Latin word gutta, meaning drop. It should not be confused with the droplets that form from condensation as dew.
Guttation, on a slender new bamboo shoot. In Portsmouth, Virginia.
Etymology note: Guttation is the extrusion of water from the xylem of an uninjured plant’s leaves. It derives from the Latin word gutta, meaning drop. It should not be confused with the droplets that form from condensation as dew.