So, I’ve been toying with the wild idea of creating a bamboo herbarium—yes, a museum-worthy collection of dried bamboo leaves and perhaps even those oh-so-mystical little bamboo “shoots.” I mean, why just have a living plant that occasionally reminds you of nature’s chaos when you can display it as a curated relic of your indoor jungle gone artsy?
But here’s my burning question: does anyone actually know if bamboo, that notoriously stubborn and ever-green diva, even wants to play along with the herbarium concept? Or will it simply refuse to dry out gracefully and instead throw a temper tantrum of mold, cosmic fumes, and sarcastic little dead leaves?
I welcome any advice from fellow indoor flora enthusiasts—preferably those who haven’t had their bamboo collection ridicule them at every family gathering. Is this avant-garde botanical project brilliant or a guaranteed recipe for indoor plant purgatory? Let the sarcastic and horticulturally enlightened enlightenment commence!