Dracaena Sander, dragon's tongue or false palm - indoor herbaceous plant, which is also called bamboo. It is often used as a souvenir or gift for a wedding or housewarming.
Appearance and History
Sandera is the most common variety of dracen, which previously belonged to the Agave family. The color of the leaves of the plant is usually light green, but some representatives may appear dark green or with a yellow border. They have an elongated-lanceolate shape, reach a width of 3 cm, and a length of 25-30 cm. The height of the plant is 100 cm.
Dracaena Sander
The culture can be given any shape, just put the shoot in a special device, which is sold in flower shops.
Additional Information. Sanderian dracaena is sold mainly with a "bunch" of leaves at the top, small stalks-columns and a powerful root system.
In the modern world, such a plant should become a true friend of man. Bamboo absorbs all possible radiation from a computer and other equipment located in the house. The flower cleans the air from chemicals harmful to humans by more than 65%, destroys bacteria and microorganisms, yes, and simply saturates it with oxygen.
It is interesting! Dracaena is a bamboo native to the humid tropics of Africa, where no one attached particular importance to it, but the followers of the Feng Shui system awarded it with a variety of useful properties, as a result of which the tree spread and began to grow in China.
How to care for Dracaena Sanderian at home
Caring for dracaena bamboo at home is not particularly difficult, since it is an unpretentious plant.
Lighting the plant needs the most ordinary, but without direct sunlight. It can even be a bathroom or another room with a little light, because a dracaena can survive even without it.
Watering is done when the topsoil is dried, but you need to make sure that the water does not stagnate, and as a result, the roots do not rot.
Additional Information. The plant is very favorably affected by spraying or showering. If possible, it is useful to arrange differences in winter and summer temperatures, but at this time it is necessary to reduce watering.
As a ground soil for dracaena "happy bamboo" usually use a special mixture, which is sold in flower shops. Sand with flower soil mixed in equal parts is also suitable. Small pebbles should be at the bottom of the pot to provide drainage.
Dracaena at home
Fertilizers for dracaena are very necessary in the spring and autumn. It is necessary to fertilize it at this time 1 time in 3-4 weeks. Mostly water-soluble fertilizers with the mark "For dracenes" are used.
Note! It is possible to grow dracaena in water, but then it must be filtered and contain mineral additives. Change the water once every 2-3 weeks.
Winter care
The rest period at Sandera begins in November and lasts until February. At this time, you do not need to fertilize the plant, it rests. There is no special care in the winter, you just need to expose the bamboo in the sun in clear weather.
Flowering Dracaena Sander
During flowering, green spikelets appear, which later become golden. In captivity, the plant does not bloom. Yes, and in the wild too. And if it blooms, then this happens extremely rarely, in the summer months. The flowers are lancet and small, pale pink or simply white in capitate inflorescences. Unfortunately, after flowering, the plant dies.
Dracaena flowers of Sander
How to prune Dracaena Sanderian
In order for the dracaena to look well-groomed, it needs to be monitored and a crown formed in a timely manner. It is best to carry out pruning in the spring, but if there is an urgent need, then you can do this until the end of summer. The flower should reach 30 cm in height. The algorithm is not difficult: to retreat from the lowest leaves 5-6 cm, and then make a cut.
Breeding
Propagation of dracaena Lucky Bamboo can occur in different ways.
Reproduction with sleeping buds
To implement this method, you need to put the shoots in water, and when the roots appear on them, put them in a pot.
Air lay
The method with air layering is quite energy-intensive. It is necessary to make a T-shaped incision under the leaf scar, reaching the middle of the stem, and then place the wire inside. When the roots grow, you need to separate the stalk and transplant it into a pot with a mixture of peat and sand (2 to 1).
Rooting cuttings
Before rooting the cuttings in the soil, they must first be moistened. If rooted in water - a tablet of activated carbon should be added to the liquid. In all cases, after the procedure, they plant in a pot with a sand-peat mixture.
Transplantation
A month after the date of purchase of the flower, you need to transplant it into a larger pot. After this, the procedure is performed every 2 years.
Procedure:
- Place drainage (pebbles) in a new pot and pour the soil mixture.
- Remove the dracaena from the transport pot and inspect the roots. They should not have a root sponge - a fungus that destroys plants.
- Move Sander into a new pot, sprinkle with soil, but do not tamp.
Diseases and difficulties growing
When growing Sander dracaena "bamboo of happiness", owners encounter such problems:
- The tips of the leaves dry or they turn pale. This is a consequence of increased humidity and high temperature in the room, as well as a lack of lighting.
- Falling of the lower leaves. This is how the natural aging process of the flower manifests itself. Nothing to do.
- Dropping leaves and buds. This is a sign of root decay. Transplant the plant as soon as possible.
Attention! With fungal diseases, flower treatment should be performed with fungicides with copper.
Pests
Significant damage to the flower is caused by harmful insects: aphids, spider mites, thrips and mealybug. You need to fight them with folk methods. But if the lesion is too big, then it is necessary to use chemicals.
Yellowed Dracaena Sander Leaves
Signs and superstitions
There are a lot of signs associated with dracaena, since they began to consider it a "happy bamboo" in ancient China.
Flowering dracaena
If dracaena bloomed in the house, then in the near future it is worth waiting for very pleasant events. But if the plant became ill for no reason, then soon someone will leave the house.
If dracaena is a gift
Dracaena presented as a gift brings good luck, health, longevity and prosperity.
How many stalks of dracaena to give
In no case should you give 4 stems - this is a disaster. Much better if there are 9 or 7.
Omens
The people believed that dracaena Lucky Bamboo strengthens the inner strength of a person, helps children grow up being kind and strong, and provides an increase in family income.
On a note! If you make a wish near a flower, it will come true.
Dracaena Sander is a fairly large plant with an ancient history, which does not require special conditions of detention, rarely blooms and is not prone to disease. His appearance has a beneficial effect on the atmosphere in the house. The flower absorbs all harmful substances and cleanses the space of negative energy. However, it is impossible to say that dracaena is bamboo. Besides the external resemblance, these plants have nothing in common.
