The following are mostly close up images of different bamboo growing at Bamboo Garden in North Plains, OR. With one of the most diverse bamboo collections in the country, there are so many interesting colors and shapes that change through out the year. My intent is to capture on film, some of the best and most unusual characteristics of bamboo. It is a plant full of surprises, some visible only for a fleeting moment, others ebbing and flowing with the change of the seasons. The following is a tribute to Ned Jaquith, for his genuine love of bamboo, generous knowledge and unique perspective, and outstanding collection of bamboos at Bamboo Garden.
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© Noah Bell, 2007 Phyllostachys angusta new shoot with a colorful culm sheath.	© Noah Bell, 2007 Phyllostachys angusta, the top of a new shoot has long "sheath blades" that show yellow and green striping.	© Noah Bell, 2007 Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Harbin Inversa', new shoot bright yellow, flanked with dark green pin stripes.
© Noah Bell, 2007 Phyllostachys atrovaginata "Incense Bamboo" new shoot with unique sheath pattern.	© Noah Bell, 2007 Phyllostachys decora  "Beautiful Bamboo" culm sheaths have multi colored striping.	© Noah Bell, 2007 Sheath blades on a Fargesia robusta, morning dew drops.
© Noah Bell, 2007 Phyllostachys edulis "Moso" new shoots have a rich, mottled pattern.	© Noah Bell, 2007 Phyllostachys edulis "Moso" new shoot	© Noah Bell, 2007 Phyllostachys edulis "Moso" new shoot
© Noah Bell, 2007 Phyllostachys edulis "Moso" new shoot	© Noah Bell, 2007 Phyllostachys edulis "Moso" new shoot. The culms have very fine white hairs with a velvet texture.	© Noah Bell, 2007 Phyllostachys edulis "Moso"
© Noah Bell, 2007 Chusquea culeou, a Clumping Bamboo native to Chile, has new shoots that are, at times, vibrant cherry red.	© Noah Bell, 2007 Chusquea culeou, with a coating of frost	© Noah Bell, 2007 Chusquea culeou, frozen foliage with winter sun shining through.
© Noah Bell, 2007 Chimonobambusa quadrangularis 'Yellow Groove' has small "root thorns" at the node.	© Noah Bell, 2007 Fargesia nitida in flower, once every 120 years.	© Noah Bell, 2007 Fargesia sp. 'Scabrida'
© Noah Bell, 2007 Phyllostachys praecox 'Viridisulcata' new shoots have wavy sheath blades.	© Noah Bell, 2007 Phyllostachys vivax sheath blades on new shoot.	© Noah Bell, 2007 Phyllostachys vivax sheath blades on new shoot.
© Noah Bell, 2007 Gold Moso, sheath baldes at the tip of a new shoot.	© Noah Bell, 2007 Borinda lushiensis	© Noah Bell, 2007 Borinda lushiensis, same plant, different color.
© Noah Bell, 2007 Chusquea pitteri, with thorns at each node.	© Noah Bell, 2007 Sasa veitchii, showing winter colors with a coating of frost.	© Noah Bell, 2007 Sasa veitchii, close up of ice crystals forming on the edge of a leaf.
© Noah Bell, 2007 Borinda papyrifera	© Noah Bell, 2007 Fargesia robusta, rhizome "neck" and bud, soon to be a new shoot.	© Noah Bell, 2007 Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Richard Haubrich', showing orange variegation in the leaf.
© Noah Bell, 2007 Fargesia sp. 'Scabrida'	© Noah Bell, 2007 Phyllostachys iridescens	© Noah Bell, 2007 Thamnocalamus spathiflorus 'Nyalam'