Your comment made me think of those helix-shaped bamboos from IKEA. While this is of course on a whole different level, it does suggest some kind of shaping is possible for bamboo as well. And it wouldn't take decades...

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coryrc 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

"Lucky bamboo" is actually a lily.

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	▲	shmeeed 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Akshually, it's an asparagus - dracaena sanderiana (or, usually erroneously, - braunii). Thanks for inspiring me to look it up! I'm gonna have so much fun at the next party :D

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dekhn 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Probably rattan, not bamboo.

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shmeeed 3 hours ago | parent [-]

See my other comment - it's neither bamboo nor rattan, but a kind of asparagus.

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		Ah, I was thinking of the rattan chairs, some of which are woven into patterns although I don't see any helices.