Dracaena sanderiana is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, also known as Dracaena braunii. Lucky Bamboo plants grow naturally under the canopy of wet tropical rain forests.

LUCKY BAMBOO – a well-known plant for bringing good fortune and one key element in feng shui in Chinese Culture. A good addition as a décor in your home, believed to extract a positive energy into your home or office. Receiving a bamboo plant as a gift is assumed to bring a good luck to the receiver. Lucky Bamboo house plant is estimated to grow about 2 to 3 feet in height.

TAKING CARE OF BAMBOO PLANT – a bamboo plant grows fine in a vase filled with pebbles with an inch of water. A drop of liquid fertilizer once a week will motivate its growth. Note that the water of the Bamboo Plant should be changed once in every two weeks. Prefers bright and filtered sunlight, avoid placing in a direct sunlight as it will burn the leaves.

The basic conditions are: 1 to 2 inch water immersion, room temperature, air exposure, and no direct sunlight. Water alone is good enough in the lucky bamboo caring. Water level can be proportional to the bamboo length. The longer the bamboo is the higher water level it needs. No soil or fertilizer is needed. Never leave the bamboo at the temperature below 60 F, which will frostbite the bamboo. Do not bundle tight too many of them together, and leave space for the stem to breathe. Do not let the bamboo fall into water completely, which causes drowning. Treat the bamboo as a living plant. Their life expectancy is around a few years.

TRIMMING A LUCKY BAMBOO – cutting the main stalk of the lucky bamboo is not a good idea. You can do the trimming within the offshoots in an inch or two of the main stem. To depress new growth, you can dip the cut end in paraffin.

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