Dracaena: perfect office or home plant
Great number of consumers around the world found out, that so called Lucky Bamboo is the perfect office or home plant, which needs so little care to be happy and thriving.
Known for many years as Lucky Bamboo, this plant is not a bamboo, as its botanical name is Dracaena. And grows it in Southeast Asia and Africa dark tropical rainforests.
This plant likes lavish watering, so always keep water levels at about an inch from the base of the canes. It prefers plenty of indirect sunlight and room temperatures at 65-70o F. Though opinions on feeding differ, your Dracaena is a living organism, so it will be useful to add a mild fertilizer from time to time. Since growth depends on feeding, small amounts of fertilizer will keep it at a suitable size.
Like any other plant in your house, Lucky Bamboo can be transferred to a container or pot 2″ larger than the original, or planted for some time into a loose sand or soil mixture providing lots of bottom drainage. To avoid root rot, be sure to let the top of the soil dry out between watering.