So You Know What Kind Of Plant This Is In The Middle?

[sheplovr]

http://www.dogforum.org/gallery/data/500/medium/DSC03954.jpg (http://www.dogforum.org/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/4135/size/big/cat/500/ppuser/904)

I bought this a year ago this Month, March via the net. It said when it sprouted while roots at the bottom to plant it, did and it started to die, that is why it looks kinda dorment. This was taken late summer, now in same pan of water it has huge green leaves all over it. But, when do I plant it in dirt without killing it, cost me $25.00 plus shipping.

[Sugardog]

I have no clue! It's a very cool looking plant though!

Could you maybe get a pic of the leaves that are sprouting off it?

[sheplovr]

Sugar Dog this is it today one year old. It was to be planted when white long roots came around the bottom, well they sure did and I put it in dirt, it started to wilt and die, hated to loose it put back in water and walla, living yet. I would like to see it grow big as it is suppose to do, my daughter was cleaning for me and through out the directions and photos of it how large etc. Now, I have no idea about it.
http://www.dogforum.org/gallery/data/500/bigleaves.jpg

[sheplovr]

Here is another maybe might help better. It is like a trunk, do not know if it is to grow, sure it might do better in good soil, but scared to try it again. See if you can find the name of it for me?

http://www.dogforum.org/gallery/data/500/medium/leaf.jpg (http://www.dogforum.org/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/5939/size/big/cat/500)

[Janimal]

It looks like a Yukka plant to me....
but I did once buy something very similar in Tenerife..just the thick stem and you had to place it in water or soil and wait for it to root and shoot.

You could try putting rooting powder on the roots before you place it in compost...but Id leave it like this for a while until its well established.

[sheplovr]

Thank you I will I am just so anxious to get it in a nice holder to look nicer than a pan that is rusting? lol.:)

[Janimal]

Ive been thinking ...you could try placing it in fine gravel....then when you water it slightly to keep it moist

or failing that do you have those gel crystals things in US you can plant things in these in England too and water.

[Dauxside]

It looks like a Corn Plant (http://www.denverplants.com/foliage/html/DrMassCane.htm) to me.

http://www.cohlmias.com/images/corn.plant.jpg

[sheplovr]

Can anybody tell me how to care for it.? should I put it in dirt as I was told a year ago when I bought it on a shopping channel when white roots sprout to plant it in dirt, did that and it started to die.?

If I knew it would not I have dirt from past summer, I could try before putting it out in light, but do not want it to start to die. Thanks all and hope it is a corn plant, then I could do what it says. Somebody said a totem pole?

[techie]

Looks like a corn plant to me. Might try Googling about it. if you do put it in dirt, try new potting soil. It should be steril. Maybe depending on what you find out a sandy mix would be best.
Good luck
techie

[Sugardog]

Hmmmm

It looks like some kind of Dracaena to me Shep (which is what the Corn Plant is that Dauxside posted a pic of)....

Maybe this one? Looks pretty similar.

http://www.houseofplants.co.uk/Dracaena_fragratissima%20_Massangeana_corn_Plant.h tm (http://www.houseofplants.co.uk/Dracaena_fragratissima%20_Massangeana_corn_Plant.h tm)

[barbiespoodle]

It is a Dracaena, to be more exact, Dracaena fragrans massangeana.

http://www.dracaena.com/dracaena-fragrans-massangeana.php

[Dauxside]

From the posted link on growing

Cultural information: This beautiful specimen was imported from Hawaii. They are grown in a lava rock type soil... which makes them a bit more difficult to water because you can't poke your fingers into the soil to check moisture content. Some folks water by the color of the substrate. When the top has turned light in color... the plant needs water. If the soil is dark... it's still plenty moist. Feed very sparingly. Keep from cold drafts.

[vagreys]

Water Dracaena massangeana when the soil is dry to the touch. Water thoroughly, but avoid using cold water - room temperature water is best. It is also very sensitive to flouride, so avoid using a lot of perlite in the soil and avoid plant food that contains superphosphate (the leaves on ours started to yellow and brown before we learned this). Mist the leaves in winter if your house is dry - every week or two will do - it doesn't like humidity below about 40% which is easy to reach in winter in some parts of the US.

This Dracaena needs rich soil with good drainage. So a standard potting soil that doesn't use much/any perlite, or you can mix your own with 1 part peat moss, 1 part sand, and 2 parts loam. We put some lava rocks in the bottom of our tree's pot, and and a few on top, too. Don't know if it helped, but the plant seems to thrive. Feed it monthly during the summer months on a houseplant foliage fertilizer that is low in flourine/flouride/superphosphate.

Bright indirect light about 12 hours a day is good. We use full-spectrum lighting in the house, so this is easy to achieve.

[Jake2006]

I agree with Janimal - it looks like a Yucca. If it is I think they do well from underpotting slightly- i.e. not put into a huge pot - if it is a yucca they also like a fine mist on their leaves. they are really exotic plants. There are many different yucca so you might like to do a search for yucca.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/lancashire/content/articles/2006/10/18/ask_the_gardener_yuccas_feature.shtml

I haven't seen a corn plant so i couldn't comment on that.

[Jake2006]

http://www.ri-research.com/tropplan/species/leaflets/TRgazetteer.pdf

This is a useful site - its got lots of information on conditions for tropical plants - we don't have corn plants in the UK - they do look like Yuccas. They are very striking.

[sheplovr]

This is where I bought it and found they just had this pole on again, it is an orientail totem pole. http://www.qvc.com/qic/qvcapp.aspx/view.2/app.detail/params.item.M10043.cc.000.cm_scid.crt

[Jake2006]

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.indoor-plants.co.uk/yucca.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.indoor-plants.co.uk/&h=141&w=66&sz=28&tbnid=EVRJn2mIrEQJ:&tbnh=141&tbnw=66&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dimage%2Bof%2Byucca&hl=en&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=1&ct=image&cd=1

This is a really good site which shows zillions of plants like yours Shep.

[zoran]

It's alovely plant and I guess finally got it identified. Better keep it warm this winter if it comes from Hawaii....unfortunately I don't have a green thumb, all I have to do is look at a plan and it wilts...lol.

[Jacko]

i saw that one... i believe my grandma i have one like that on her garden...
if i'm not mistaken i think they call it San Francisco..