Plant in full sun and water regularly. This plant is listed by the American Bamboo Society as requiring full sun and being hardy only to 25 F. but we also note that Bamboo Sorcery, the Santa Rosa California Bamboo nursery founded by the legendary Gerald Bol, lists the plant as growing in part sun and tolerating temperatures as low as 16°F.

This species was introduced into the US in 1980 from Taiwan where it is used in craftwork and with its long straight culms with 2 feet between internodes was a favorite for making blowguns. The name for the genus comes from the Dutch word 'bamboes' or 'bamboo' that was a modification of Malay word 'bambu' and the specific epithet seems to be from the Greek words 'dolicho' meaning "abnormally long" or "narrow" and 'thallus' meaning "stem" or "shoot" with the connecting word 'meridies' meaning middle. We grew this plant that we got from Abe Nursery in Carpinteria from 2008 until 2015. 

The information about Bambusa dolichomerithalla 'Green Stripe' displayed on this web page is based on our research conducted in the nursery's horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We also include observations made about it as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments we receive from others and welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they can share cultural information that would aid others in growing this plant.