Species · genus Dracaena · Asparagaceae

Lucky Bamboo

Dracaena sanderiana Mast.

Also known as: Belgian Evergreen · Chinese Water Bamboo · Curly Bamboo · Goddess Of Mercy's Plant · Ribbon Dracaena

Growth habit

subshrub or shrub

Native range

Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon

Reference · D. sanderiana

Cultivars of D. sanderiana

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under D. sanderiana yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.

Dracaena sanderiana is a slender subshrub from the humid forests of west-central Africa, where it grows in dappled shade rather than open sun. Give it bright indirect light and let the top inch or two of mix dry before watering, roughly every one to two weeks; it holds moisture in its canes and resents sitting wet. It tolerates ordinary household humidity but appreciates steadier moisture in the air when convenient.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-14d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 14 days

Humidity

Medium

Temperature

16–28 °C

Soil mix

Well-draining mix; grows readily in water culture too

Propagation

Stem sections rooted in water or moist mix

Fertilizing

Dilute balanced feed monthly during active growth

Growth rate

Moderate

Flowering

Rarely flowers indoors

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Toxic to cats & dogs

Saponins — vomiting (occasionally with blood), depression, anorexia, drooling. This is where toxicity lives: every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

Reference images

Every image credited. Licenses link to their deeds.

No reference gallery yet

A few clear photos — habit, a mature leaf, a flower if it blooms — would give this page its eyes.

Add images

Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-14d) · ai:claude-fable-5 · ASPCA

Kept true by its growers

Every fact here carries its source. Grow Lucky Bamboo yourself? What you’ve observed — how it drinks, how it holds its color, a name that’s off — is exactly what keeps this page honest. Contributions are reviewed before anything changes.