BAMBOO PLANTS AND US

Hi guys! I am here with more interesting facts to share with you readers as always. Today, I will be blogging on something that is famously known for their height and girth. They are something that have been with humankind since the beginning of time. They are alive. Many people have been depending on it for a very long time. Do you know what it is?
PLANTS.

Everyone have seen as least a plant in their life time. Plants are basically everywhere, it surrounds our country, our town and us. But let me ask you this. How often do you stop by a plant and really appreciate them? Not so often at all. That is exactly what this blog will be about. For you to acknowledge plants and realize that they are pretty amazing.

In this blog, I will be focusing on a fact that I've recently acquired, I was flabbergasted.
Did you know that bamboo plants are known to be the fastest growing plants on earth? That is not enough, currently the fastest growth rate is 100 in a DAY! Rhizomes, or horizontal stems extend under ground from the domain plant and it increases the rate of nutrient and water absorption. Since they have the highest rate of photosynthesis, it releases 35% more than other plants and they also absorb up to 12 tons of carbon dioxide from the environment per hectare! Bamboo plants only flower once in their life time which can vary from 60-120 years. They are also the strongest growing woody-plant on earth.

What led me to this topic was our good friend Google. I am currently studying plants in my biology class and I have realized that plants actually hold many amazing characteristics themselves. I was looking around and came across a statement that says that bamboo plants hold the record of plants with highest growth rate on earth and I was stunned. I decided to do further research and came upon myriad of interesting facts.

It raised many questions in my mind as well:
1) What is it that makes bamboo plants photosynthesize so rapidly other than the rhizomes?
2)  Is there a reason to why bamboo plants only flower once in their life time?
3) What restricts bamboo plants' height?
4) If the rhizomes contribute to the high rate of photosynthesis in bamboo plants, then would planting bamboo in a pot slows down the rate?

Sources:
1) http://www.slideshare.net/greenlivelihoods/bamboo-facts
2) https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieKxwOUqtRQmUk99ocb-GcBsvDehztP2w3jL4fDFMpyNQ8Tq2qu8lO-x8AT4t0G9jQgNWm8Y9fpnaJKtl6UBwZmxH0dwqKFWLGvS4eo7FTtYsxcvB4lhfu9zpAr1tRr6m_edwg3ac4sxKl/s400/bamboo-forest.jpg (image)

Thanks for reading! I hope you learned more about bamboo plants and their mind-blowing features!