Unlike most plants that flower annually, the Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis operates on a drastically different timescale.

The hachiku bamboo plant expands by sending out underground stems, which can grow at a rate of about 2 meters per year. The plant then essentially creates clones of itself by sending up shoots ...

Thousands of materials were collected, but the idea of using bamboo came to Edison by chance. He tried the bamboo rods from a Japanese fan and discovered that the bulb shattered all records, staying ...

When Edison sought bamboo from around the world, he was introduced to Japanese timber bamboo through ... The inventor used the plant, and the light bulb glowed for 1,000 hours.