Royal Project Fair 13-16 Dec 2008
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Advertising the Fair
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Main entrance of Convention Hall
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Phyllostachys makinoi - phai makinnoi
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Pseudosasa japonica - phai luk son
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Bambusa burmanica - phai bong wan mueang loei
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Bambusa oldhamii - phai yok
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Bambusa oldhamii - phai yok
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Bambusa oldhamii - phai yok
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Dendrocalamus latiflorus - phai wan ang khang
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Dendrocalamus latiflorus - phai wan ang khang
Mae Cho Agricultural Fair 4-10 Dec 2008
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Main entrance of the Mae Cho University
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Another entrance of the Mae Cho University, with a sign announcing the Fair
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Plan of the main area of Mae Cho University
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One of the streets within the Fair area, with booths on both sides
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Pathwalk with booths
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Pathwalk with booths
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A first booth of a vendor from Prachin Buri offering some bamboos
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phai liang wan
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phai liang wan: the cut old culms show solid basal internodes
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phai tong (Dendrocalamus asper): said to be the variety phai tong dam
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phai tong
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phai kin dip: said to be the same as phai li chu
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A second booth of a vendor from Kanchanaburi offering several bamboos, some of them rare in Thailand
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Advertising phai kim sung, a favorite bamboo for shoot production: 1 plant for 150 Baht, 2 plants 250 Baht
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phai kim sung: potted plants, cut young shoots in the foreground
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phai kim sung
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Advertising phai yak (Dendrocalamus giganteus), with a sample of a big culm
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phai yak: nodes with a ring of short aerial roots
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phai yak: sales price of one potted plant is 1,500 Baht, a giant amount for a giant bamboo
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phai yak
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Potted plants of phai yak for 1,500 Baht each
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Potted plants of phai yak: a thin stem (from branch cutting) with a few leaves
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A variegated bamboo, named phai tang kanchana, possibly Hibanobambusa tranquillans from Japan
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phai tang kanchana: the sales price of this potted bamboo is written on the margin of the pot: 6,000 Baht
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Foliage leaf blades of phai tang kanchana
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The two small plants in the foreground are Phyllostachys nigra f. nigra, a bamboo with black culms, and the taller bambo
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Yellow culm of Chimonobambusa quadrangularis: aerial roots have developed from nodes on the very basal part of culm, and
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Chimonobambusa quadrangularis: culms and foliage leaves; culms are rounded square in cross section (can be seen from the
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Chimonobambusa quadrangularis: culms and foliage leaves
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Chimonobambusa quadrangularis: culms and foliage leaves
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Bambusa lako, a black-stem bamboo which originates from Timor
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Bambusa lako
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A third booth of a vendor from Prachin Buri offering one bamboo only
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This vendor is specialized in fruit trees, here shown Jackfruit (in Thai: kanun)
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This bamboo is offered as "phai wan" (sweet bamboo), which could be what is widely known as phai liang wan
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A fourth booth of a vendor from Lampang offering one bamboo only, which he named "phai tong wan"
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Culms and foliage leaves of phai tong wan
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Culms of phai tong wan: internodes bluish-green
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Culms of phai tong wan: internodes bluish-green
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A fifth booth of a vendor from Saraphi offering three bamboos; phai wan cho hae, and (on the right picture margin) phai
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From advertising phai wan cho hae, one can assume that this bamboo is used for making liquor
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Culms of phai wan cho hae, with some foliage leaves and decaying culm sheaths on several culms
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Culms and culm sheaths of phai wan cho hae
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Advertising phai kim sung
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A thin young shoot from a potted plant of phai kim sung
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A thin young shoot from a potted plant of phai kim sung
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A sixth booth of a vendor from Prachin Buri, specialized in fruit trees and offering one bamboo only
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Numerous kinds of fruit trees
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Potted plants of phai ma chu (Dendrocalamus latiflorus), a favorite introduced bamboo for shoot production
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Culms and foliage leaves of phai ma chu