"Mark. Gooley" wrote

I understand that it's a widespread pest in parts of
Australia, so perhaps people are reluctant to offer it.



I'm in Australia and I haven't heard it referred to as a pest before. It
is, or was the most common large, clumping bamboo on the east coast before
the new era of bamboo plantations. It is a very good durable bamboo
although like many Bambusas, it has a lot of long branches that can get
interlocked making it a little untidy and difficult to manage. I prefer
Gigantochloa & Dendrocalamus species.