Rooting percentages for adult bamboos
ranged from very low percentages of 10% for Bambusa vulgaris to 73% for adult
Dendrocalamus longispathus (Saxena and Dhawan, 1994). A rooting percentage of 77%
was obtained for adult Dendrocalamus giganteus in 3 or 4 weeks (Ramanayake and
Yakandawala, 1997).