The cane mate from apollo gardening is a clever device which enables you to form pretty much any shape with bamboo canes and other plant support canes made from flexible plastic it features 8 ports for holding bamboo canes one port also goes through the body of the unit so the whole unit can be positioned half way along a canethe bottom of the unit features 3 ports that are attached to the main body by a flexible section of tubing so they are pliable this enables you to position them at pre