Common name: ribbon plant, lucky bamboo
Origin: Africa
I've always known this plant as the Kwan Yin bamboo. It can be grown in water and cuttings can be bought quite easily in the wet markets. I never thought that this plant was capable of flowering until a friend showed me this bloom from his garden. He gave it to me when the flowers were still buds and everyday I observed the development of this flower. The flowering lasted for quite a while with the buds in the outer rings flowering and when they wilted, another ring of buds will flower and so on. I remember that my living room was filled with a pleasant fragrance everytime there were new flowers.
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In my November 2005 post on this blog, I featured a plant that I identified as Codyline fruticosa. I did a search on the internet using this name and found that it is the Ti plant. One of the sites I checked out is:
http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/14655/
I must have been very fortunate to have seen and photographed the flowers of the Ti plant. As you have mentioned it is a rare occurance. I was very surprised when I first saw the flowers. Will have to check out the Draceana fragrans when I have time. Thanks for the additional info. about the lucky bamboo.
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