What type of bamboo do you have?

Phyllostachys aureosulcata Spectabilis

I saw the other thread on spectabilis but still don't know if there is anything i can do to save mine from dying - still not sure if it is even flowering/setting seed

it does have a nice new shoot coming up.

maybe a pic will help
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The aureosulcatas are known to throw out non viable seeds/flowers from time to time, mine did it last summer, come to think of it, its not doing really well right now, but not flowering... hmm...

GREENGUY - I don't see any flowers in that photo, only new leaves unrolling - am I missing them?

I can't see them either but I just thought it was my tired old eyes.

Oh good, other people aren't seeing the flowers either. *whew*

like I said I am really not sure but I don't think they are just leaves maybe They are but it would be a second flush then and they don't look like the other leaves - i guess i will just keep an eye on it for now and post a new pic if something interesting happens

Perhaps it would help if you posted a picture with what you think are the flowers circled. At present I'm just seeing a bamboo branch with new leaves emerging.

Here it what it should look like. This is my P. aureosulcata aureocaulis
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thanks for the pic stockwell i was thinking the darker new growth in my pic would open up to look like this but maybe i was mistaken. it really does not look like the new leaf growth to me but I am going to relly check it out tonight when i get home (if it is not pouring)

You may be right, maybe it is about to flower, as you suspect. I have had only one branch of an Aureosulcata flower a couple of years back so I do not have any experience with it.