Long stock/long leaf?? - Orchid Board

coirchoir · #1 05-30-2008, 08:49 AM

Does anyone know what this one might be?
Not details on parentage -
I think picture maybe horizontal

LisaW · #2 05-30-2008, 01:20 PM

Hi everyone, I am new to the forum.

I don't know much about orchids but I am learning a lot from this forum. I do know that this a kind of bamboo.

justorchids · #3 05-30-2008, 02:15 PM

I think it is called Lucky Bamboo. You can find it everywhere nowadays. Very easy and forgiving plant, a good plant for hydroponic. Hope this helps. Welcome to the OB.

addictedcountryman · #4 05-30-2008, 05:24 PM

mmm i have the same kind... i bought it from an oriental market. its related to the lucky bamboo... you take care of it the same way.

Orchidaholic · #5 05-31-2008, 01:37 AM

Yep, it's bamboo. I have that stuff everywhere. I even just planted a cutting in my fishtank to see if it works fully submersed! Stuff grows like a weed. You can plant it in soil or keep it in the sphag but keep it moist at all times. My tallest (2ft or so) is in a 3inch X1inch saucer that is kept full of water. The ones I have is potting soil grow much thicker and produce more secondary growths.

kavanaru · #6 05-31-2008, 01:52 AM

Yeap, that's the plant called Lucky Bamboo. Which is actually not a Bamboo but a Dracaena Dracaena sanderiana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia It is easier to keep it just in water!

kavanaru · #7 05-31-2008, 01:53 AM

Yeap, that's the plant called Lucky Bamboo. Which is actually not a Bamboo but a Dracaena Dracaena sanderiana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia It is easier to keep it just in water!

coirchoir · #8 05-31-2008, 10:07 AM

Thank you all for helping me with that - it looked familiar but not being in one of the usual shaped forms that one sees in malls and places I couldn't tell - there are actually a couple of houseplants I have whose labels fell off, or which I dont remember how I came by, and perhaps I'll put them up here one by one (not orchids though - those, I know exactly what they are

- hope this page is not just for orchids) - there seem to be so many knowledgeable people here...
But thanks anyway.

Orchidaholic · #9 05-31-2008, 06:35 PM

We all specialize in orchids but most of us grow a plethora of different plants. I myself have many bonsai's, cactus's and most orchid growers in my society has a night blooming cereus. I say go for it but others may cringe. There is another board that marty started for various other hobbies, forgot the link but someone else may chime in.