Bamboo Buddha Belly

Listing ID #6225691

Buddha Belly Bamboo is scientifically known as Bambusa Ventricosa. This species is perfect for growing outdoors, or as a bonsai or indoor plant. However, one of its best advantages is its ability to adapt to a wide range of growing conditions.

Buddha Belly bamboo was named for the plant’s characteristic tendency to have bulging culms, or to ‘belly out’. In order to make it belly out, this plant needs to be stressed for water. Many people have made an art of carefully starving this bamboo in order to achieve maximum ‘belly’ results.

This bamboo does best outdoors in full sun, however, its adaptable nature also makes it capable of being grown indoors. This bamboo has been known to survive temperatures below 20° F, as well as a range of soil conditions. Outside, under optimal conditions, this plant has been known to reach as much as 55 feet tall. However, when kept as a potted plant, its vertical growth is limited. Buddha Belly Bamboo is strong, adaptable and fast growing, possibly even one of the fastest growing species of bamboos.