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Old 05-22-2007, 09:42 AM #1
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Can anyone tell me the name of this plant? I have two and one is blooming right now and every night it fills the house with the Most unbelievable fragrance. Here are 2 pics I took yesterday and last night. It shows how the bloom explodes at night. I KNOW I should know the name of this plant, I just don't. Anyone Identify it for me??

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[Dracaena

There are many different varieties of the drcaena that are commonly used as house plants. Currently I have three of them in my home:
Dracaena fragrans "Massangeana" - picture on the left. it is also known as "corn plant"
Dracaena surculosa "Florida Beauty"
Dracaena marginata

These plants create very nice display when their foliage looks neat and healthy. My dracaena surculosa flowers every year - the plant is very bushy and at some point it gives long thin shot with insignificant whitish flowers. At first I didn't even notice the flowers and discover them only because of their strong fragrance (I thought somebody spilled something on the carpet).

Dracaenas are pretty much forgiving plants. The best care for them - keep their soil evenly moist, not too wet, not soggy and never let the root ball dry out. If over- or underwatered - the leaves might drop or become yellow, but any time you can cut back any part of the plant - new fresh growth will appear in no time.
The bright light without strong direct sun is preferrable, but if there isn't such place in your house - don't worry, dracaena will survive virtually any lighting conditions. Although if you have plant with colored leaves (like Dracaena surculosa) - be prepared - the leaves might turn green if there is not enough light.

Easiest way to propagate dracaenas - from cuttings. They root successfully in a glass with water, plant rooted cutting in the tropical mix soil and keep the soil moist all the time. Don't overpot them - small dracaena in a huge pot won't feel comfortable, they like to be somewhat potbound, but also re-pot it if the roots are sticking out of the pot.

Dracaenas do like some humidity in the air and will appreciate if you will mist them with room-temperatured water or give them shower from time to time.]

http://www.hplants.com/dracaena.htm
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[Dracaena

At first I didn't even notice the flowers and discover them only because of their strong fragrance (I thought somebody spilled something on the carpet

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ME TOO!! Exactly!! So it's " Dracaena Surculosa ". At first it smelled like Peepee, then roses, right? More of Roses though. I noticed it too 2 nights ago. I was thinking to myself " I need to get someone in here to clean the carpets." I thought it was from my Iguanas. I though maybe one of them was sick and made on the carpet in the hall but I couldn't find anything. But the closer I got to the Jungle Room the stronger the aroma got, then I noticed the Big Plume of flowers. Really quite Pleasant if it doesn't revolt you. Can you JUST imagine what the RainForest must smell like with Thousands of these PLUS all the other blooming trees??
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Looks quite like a yucca too. I know nothing about plants though
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Yea BUT sort of different:


There were some Yuccas around where I used to live and one day I was examining one, just being curious. It seems ants really LOVE to live in the base of these plants. There were thousands in the base of each one I looked at. Yea, they ARE pretty. I think I may have had one at one time, inside. I wonder what happened to it??

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The leaves on my house-plant yucca look exactly like the original photos, but no flowers thank goodness! (hayfever)
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I have to really stuggle with myself NOT to chop off this Seed Pod and toss it outside. Every night when the aroma starts so does the sneezing.
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Go ahead and cut them off! It won't harm the plant. In fact, it will encourage the plant leaves to grow more! The flowering part takes nutrients away from the plant part so cutting off the flowering part will encourage more leaves.

I am a landscaper and have a Bachelor's Degree in Horticulture. Just so you know I am not making all this up!
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Most of my tall plants in that room are hitting the ceiling already. I don't need them to grow taller. It's about time I start making cuttings to root and start them over again. I wish they would "bush" more. I have a 300 Watt bulb in the ceiling and a huge sunlamp I turn on when it's cloudy out. I give them regular feedings of plant food too and mist daily aside from watering a few times a week. I also have a big humidifyer I run fequently for the Iguanas. That's THEIR room and I treat them almost the same way I do the plants. That's supposed to be funny.

I have another plant here I don't know the name of, I will take a picture and post it. Maybe someone knows. It too flowers and drops seeds in the other plants so I get lots of babies. I'll be back shortly with a pic of it.
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