Lucky Bamboo Plantwith other common names such as Curly Bamboo, Chinese Water Bamboo, Friendship Bamboo, Goddess of Mercy Plant and Ribbon Plant with a scientific name of Dracaena Sanderiana actually originated in the dark, tropical rainforests of Africa and Southeast Asia. Despite its common name ''Lucky Bamboo Plant'' this plant does not belong to Bamboo Family, it literally belongs to the family same as the Lily Plants. It is a famous Feng Shui plant that represents the five elements (Earth, wood, water, metal, and fire) in each of its part. The rocks or pebbles stands for the earth, the stalks stand as the wood, the water stands for life, ornaments or coins symbolizes metal and lastly the colors red, burgundy or (sometimes) pink is for fire. Also, the number of stalks of each Bamboo plant symbolizes different beliefs in Feng Shui.
Two stalks is for Love
Three stalks is for Happiness, Wealth and Long life (FuLuSoh)
Five stalks is for your spiritual, mental, emotional, physical and intuitive side
Six stalks is for good luck and wealth
Seven stalks is for Good Health
Eight Stalks is for Growth
Nine stalks is for Great Luck
Ten stalks is for Perfection
Twenty-one stalks is for powerful blessing
Lucky Bamboo Plant can tolerate growing in both soil and in water condition. If you consider it growing in a soil always check and keep the soil very moist as it is almost swampy to provide your Lucky Bamboo Plant the best growing conditions that it needs. If the soil gets dry, definitely it will cause the death of your plant. If you prefer your plant growing in water, you don't have to be worried as it can thrive as an aquarium plant that aerates and oxygenates aquarium water that made it beneficial to the fishes. Just keep in my mind that you better be sure that the leaves of your plant are completely out of the water or otherwise it may rot, fresh, distilled and bottled water would be the best for this plant to grow than saltwater. As mentioned above you can consider using tap water but be sure to follow the mentioned instructions to avoid any harm in your Lucky Bamboo Plant.
This Famous Lucky Bamboo Plant that can be trained into dazzling shapes like twists and curls with different numbers of stalks has become a popular and common office or house design as years pass by. It may look fragile or seems that hard to care but actually, it's not. Aside from it being a good luck plant, one other reason that made this plant popular is that it is easy to care and grow. It is a very tolerant plant and doesn't need much attention in growing. Here are some growing guide for your Lucky Bamboo Plant to grow on its best
Sunlight Set your Lucky Bamboo Plant in a bright area but away from the direct sun that comes in the windows. The temperature should be 60F to 90F.
WaterLucky Bamboo Plant has been very sensitive to chlorine and other chemicals that can be found in tap water but this doesn't mean that you can't use tap water for your plant. Let the tap water sit for 24hrs or more to allow the chlorine to evaporate and use it for your plant. If you can provide distilled and bottled water for your Lucky Bamboo Plant it will be much better. Red roots from your Lucky Bamboo Plant indicates that your plant is healthy. To maintain healthy growth we encourage you to change the water of your plant weekly.
Fertilizer You don't have to fertilize often, maybe once every three or four months, with a diluted water-soluble fertilizer at one-tenth the normal dosage. Do this when you're changing the water. Yellow leaves usually indicate too much sunlight or fertilizer if this happens to your plant cut out the fertilizer and look for a shadier location where you can move your plant.
Shape Shaping your Lucky Bamboo Plant may sound hard and crucial especially when you are just beginning to grow and take care of this kind of plant but actually, it's not. Place a board above the bamboo so that the stalk will grow sideways towards the light or wiring. You can wrap a wire around the stalks to get them to bend whichever direction you desired. To hold stalks together, use ribbon or twist ties so that they stand upright. As long as sustained with enough sunlight and other growing conditions your indoor Lucky Bamboo can strive living healthy and good looking.
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