I wrote:
I'm looking for a source of Bambusa balcooa; I've e-mailed
some businesses on the American Bamboo Society source
list, and I'm awaiting answers, but in the past I've had no
luck with any of the places ABS lists as sometimes having
it. I understand that it's a widespread pest in parts of
Australia, so perhaps people are reluctant to offer it.

One source replies that he is growing some from cuttings,
and that people tell him he may have the only plant of the
species in the U. S.!

Mark., amazed