Scientific Name:	Dracaena sanderiana
Pronunciation:	druh-SEE-nuh san-dur-ee-AY-nuh
Common Name:	lucky bamboo, ribbon plant
Family Name:	Asparagaceae
Plant Type:	Indoor foliage plant
Key ID Features:
Course(s):	HORT 1193/1293

Habit: Upright Form: Oval - vertical Texture: Medium Mature Size: Height: 1.3 - 2.0m Spread: 0.6 - 1.0m Origin: Africa Hardiness Rating: Zone 10: (-1 to 4 C) Exposure: Soil/ Growing Medium: Well-drained Water Use: Low, Moderate Landscape Uses: Indoor plant Additional Info: Google Images. 'Lucky Bamboo' is a novelty form, sold as bare canes w. few leaves, often in a clump of braided stems.

Leaf Morphology: Form: Simple Arrangement: Alternate, Sessile Texture/ Venation: Parallel venation, Soft flexible Surfaces: Lustrous Colour in Summer: Green, 'Lucky Bamboo' green; Ribbon Plant with white stripes. Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Lanceolate Apices: Acute Bases: Attenuate Margins: Entire

Inflorescence Type: Umbel Flower Morphology: Number of Petals: 6 Corolla Shape: Funnelform Colour (petals): Showy, Pink Flower Time at Peak: Additional Info: Rarely flowers locally.

Fruit Type: Fruit Colour: Fruiting Time: Additional Info: Fruit insignificant

Bark Morphology: Smooth Bark or Stem Colour: Green     Organ Modifications: Adventitious roots

Propagation:	Stem/cane cuttings, Cuttings
Plant Care:
Optimal Temp.:	Medium indoor temperature
Light Level:	Medium indoor light level
Maintenance:	Low maintenance plant
Other:	Prone to leaf drop due to overwatering.
Pest Susceptibility:	Mites, Root rot, Scale insects

Location(s): (GNH) GreeNHouse Location Map

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