Here's bamboo clump Alpha in April:

And this was Alpha yesterday:

I'm pretty happy about it. Soon I will have a mighty bamboo forest. Perfect for dashing around mysteriously in.

I'm also experimenting with trying to bend the bamboo into a more vertical position. I'm only doing it on a few culms (aka shoots) to make sure I don't kill entire clumps. Seems to be working so far. 

What fun!