Lucky Bamboo Plant

From LoveToKnow Feng-Shui

If you are looking for a plant that is beautiful, easy to grow and symbolizes good fortune, a Lucky Bamboo plant is the perfect choice.

What Is Lucky Bamboo?

Known as Lucky Bamboo for centuries, this tough resilient plant is actually Dracaena sanderiana, a member of the lily family. A tropical plant, it is native to the rain forests of Cameroon, Africa and Southeast Asia.

The popularity of Lucky Bamboo has continued to grow over the past several decades making it one of the most popular houseplants of the time. These easy-to-grow plants require very little care and generally grow in water or hydroponically. To care for Lucky Bamboo you need the following:

  • A container
  • Small stones or pebbles
  • A solution of diluted plant food
  • Indirect light

Lucky Bamboo and Feng Shui

One of the most popular feng shui cures, Lucky Bamboo activates stagnant energy and enhances the flow of positive energy, or auspicious chi, throughout your home or workplace. It is important to take proper care of your Lucky Bamboo ensuring its health and vitality.

A strong symbol of good luck, Lucky Bamboo signifies good fortune, health and prosperity. Used in feng shui, a plant usually has a combination of all the five elements which include:

  • Wood - The bamboo plant
  • Earth - The stones or pebbles
  • Metal - The container itself (if it is made of glass is a metal element) or you can attach a small metal figure or coin to the container
  • Water - The water in which the Lucky Bamboo plant grows
  • Fire - A red ribbon tied around the bamboo stalks or the container itself

The Meaning of the Number of Stalks

Each beautiful arrangement of Lucky Bamboo has a specific number of stalks. According to traditions dating from the ancient Chinese, the number of stalks in a bamboo arrangement has a significant meaning and affects different areas of your life.

  • One stalk - A meaningful and simple life and overall good fortune
  • Two stalks - Happy relationships, luck in love and double luck
  • Three stalks - Happiness, prosperity and longevity
    • Three stalks with a curly stalk in the middle - Wealth (the curly stalk signifies money)
  • Four stalks - Creativity and successful academic achievement and good luck with love
  • Five stalks - A balance of good luck in all aspects of life, a life of happiness, each stalk represents one of the five parts of life.
  • Six stalks - A flow of good luck, easy money and wealth from favorable conditions
  • Seven stalks - Good luck in relationships; good health
  • Eight stalks - Fertility and good luck to thrive and grow
  • Nine stalks - Overall good health, prosperity and a successful love life
  • Ten stalks - A complete and fulfilling life
  • Eleven stalks - General good luck in all aspects of life
  • Twenty-one stalks - Offers an all purpose blessing that is very powerful
  • A Lucky Log - Lucky Bamboo leaves keep sprouting from the log signifying a strong life. This is a popular way of wishing someone a strong successful life or a prosperous business.

Curly Lucky Bamboo Stalks

Lucky Bamboo stalks do not naturally grow with curls, spirals or waves. To get straight stalks to grow into exotic and fancy shapes, growers use special techniques that force the stalks to grow in various directions.

Most suppliers of Lucky Bamboo charge more for fancy stalks than for straight ones because of the time and work involved in their growth. If you have fancy stalks in your Lucky Bamboo arrangement, they require the same care as straight stalks.

Where to Find Lucky Bamboo Plants

There are many places to purchase Lucky Bamboo plants both on and off line. Off line they are available in many retail locations including:

  • Florists
  • Nurseries
  • Large general merchandise stores
  • Flea markets
  • Gift shops

Many online shops also offer a large variety of these beautiful and meaningful plants. The following are a few of the many excellent suppliers of Lucky Bamboo.

A Lucky Bamboo plant makes a wonderful gift for any occasion. Even if you buy one for yourself, consider it a gift to your house and family.

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Comments

Perplexed, that's a tough one. If it's just one stalk in each arrangement, the most likely explanation is that the batch of bamboo those stalks came from were diseased. Get rid fo them so they don't kill of your other lucky bamboo plants.

-- Contributed by: SueLynnCarty

I have two lucky bamboo plants (each arrangement with 3 stocks) and in different places in my home. I have had one plant for about 5 years and the other about two. In the past two weeks, in each arrangement one stock has died. Just one stock, in each arrangement. Seems strange...any possible suggestions?

-- Contributed by: perplexed

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