Is the Bamboo Plant Considered Lucky?

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Overview

For over 4,000 years, bamboo has been considered a lucky plant. With the growing popularity of Feng Shui in Western countries, the lucky bamboo plant is now promoted in the United States and enjoys widespread availability.

Myth

The lucky bamboo plant is not a bamboo plant but is actually Dracaena sanderiana, a succulent shrub.

Size

Lucky bamboo plants are sold with multiple stalks twisted together. The number of stalks represents what the plant is to provide luck with.

Meaning

Three bamboo stalks attract happiness, 5 stalks attract wealth, 7 promise good health, and 21 stalks are given for a powerful, all-purpose blessing.

Fun Fact

If you tie a red ribbon around the stalk of the plant, it is believed to jump start the plant into providing the luck sought by the owner.

Care

Lucky bamboo plants prefer indirect sunlight and pure water. Fluoridated or highly chlorinated water can cause the leave tips to yellow. Too much sun causes them to turn brown.

References

Lucky bamboo history

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About this Author

Julie Segraves is a freelance writer and photographer. She has written for several community newspapers in Chicago and authors her own blog. Segraves graduated from Loyola University with a Bachelor's in sociology and a minor in criminal justice. She currently works in the IT field as a mainframe operations analyst and disaster recovery specialist.

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