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Dracaena
Sanderana
(Lucky Bamboo)
* Max height 2' - 3’ * Grows Best
Above 10 C * Does Best in Indirect Light *
The popular "lucky bamboo" plant is actually "Dracaena
sanderana" not a true bamboo plant.
Lucky Bamboo is considered a lucky
plant in Feng Shui. In Chinese, the word for prayer and bamboo sounds
alike and some believe that a lucky bamboo plant increases the power of prayer.
Traditionally, it is best to select a plant with three or eight stalks; both are
lucky numbers in Feng Shui. If your plant has eight stalks, it's ideal for
two of them to be curly. Some believe to increase the plants good luck,
tie the stalks together with a red ribbon or a red thread. However, be
certain not to tie them too snugly; lucky bamboo can bruise easily.
Care
When you bring your plant home, let it sit in a bright area
near a window, but NEVER in direct sunlight. You can successfully grow
lucky bamboo in a bathroom with no windows if you give it some indirect sunlight
once a week or so.
Because this plant thrives in water, it's best to give it good
water. Tap water is fine but put the water in a glass or a bowl and let it
sit for 24 hours before adding it to your lucky bamboo. The chlorine and
fluoride in tap water will evaporate or neutralize during that time, and your
lucky bamboo will be much happier with this purer water.
Most lucky bamboo plants are grown in pebbles and water.
Change the water once a month. To keep your plant extra healthy, add a
couple of drops of aquarium plant food when you change the water. It's not
necessary to do this every month.
If your lucky bamboo has been grown in soil, keep the soil
evenly moist. Plant food is not necessary if the plant is getting its
nutrients from the soil.
A stalk that turns yellow has often been overfed with plant
food. If your plant is yellow, change the water immediately, and do not
give it plant food for a month.
Once the stalk turns yellow, it is very difficult to reverse
the damage; if it is clear that you can not save that stalk, remove it
immediately to prevent any plant diseased from spreading to the other stalks.
With proper care lucky bamboo plants can grow two or three
feet tall, and last for years.
Mail Order Minimum is 100 Stocks.
30cm tall straight stock
$1.39 each (Please note that
this is the only size Lucky Bamboo that we sell)
Shipping is $8.00 no matter how many you order or free
when ordered with other plants or items.
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