Several years ago I found a stand of bamboo growing in a creek in Jefferson City, Mo. near Algoa prison where I was delivering food for a company where I worked.

I came back later and transplanted some to my land. This spring I noticed that they were flowering...I wasn't all that happy, knowing that it meant that they would die back and leave only the seeds behind. Haven't checked lately, but I'd bet the seeds are ripe now.

Is anyone else experiencing this too? If so, do you know what species this is? (It's smallish-maybe 7 foot and pencil sized culms.) Thanks! Michael Parks