Author: Julian ibiza
Date: 2023-08-28 19:30
According to Wikipedia , Anduro Dorax is the cane typically used for woodwind reed making. Here in Spain it grows around river banks and " torrentes " and is an invasive plant . I still have a bit growing in my garden, and while it doesn't prosper without watering, it is impossible to get rid of it without digging out all the tuberous roots.
So basically it's a cane which is commonplace here in the Med and no doubt also in other similar climate places. Basically a weed .
I was a bit surprised to just discover this, as I had somehow assumed that harder Asian bamboos we're used for reed making. Anduro Dorax is a far lighter, less dense, less strong cane that bamboo, but I guess it makes sense that a European cane would be the traditional material for reed making.
Pity you're not here Pokenerd, I could lend you a machete and you could cut yourself a lifetime's supply down by the river in about half an hour.
Julian Griffiths
Tel. 34 696 798 853
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