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The thin leaves are linear and a deep, glossy green color with red edges; typically 30–90 cm long and 2–7 cm broad, tapering to an acuminate point. It is a popular houseplant that needs little attention, with several cultivars available with the leaves variegated with red or pale yellow.
Dracaena houseplants like humidity and moderate watering. They can tolerate periods of drought but the tips of the leaves may turn brown. [14] Leaves at the base will naturally yellow and drop off, leaving growth at the top and a bare stem. [14] Dracaena are vulnerable to mealybugs and scale insects. [14]
People buy the plant because it's easy to take care of in low-light environments. The fragrant bloom is a bonus. Shorter days mean the fragrant dracaena, or corn plant, may be blooming in your ...
Dracaena aletriformis. Dracaena acaulis Baker; Dracaena acutissima Hua; Dracaena adamii Hepper; Dracaena aethiopica (Thunb.) Byng & Christenh. Dracaena afromontana Mildbr.; Dracaena ajgal (Benabid & Cuzin) Rivas Mart., Molero Mesa, Marfíl & G.Benítez
Dracaena aletriformis is commonly known as the large-leaved dragon tree. These plants are found in forest in the eastern areas of South Africa from Port Elizabeth to northern and eastern Limpopo. [2] They are also found in Eswatini, [2] but are most common in the coastal and dune forests of KwaZulu-Natal. [3]
Dracaena fragrans (cornstalk dracaena), is a flowering plant species that is native plant throughout tropical Africa, from Sudan south to Mozambique, west to Côte d'Ivoire and southwest to Angola, growing in upland regions at 600–2,250 m (1,970–7,380 ft) altitude.
The leaf margin is wavy and reddish brown. The leaf surface is smooth. The pulchra variety has clearly more marked and partially prostrate leaves, with whitish green, buff-colored or almost reddish spots or irregular bands. [3] The flower of Dracaena pethera is greenish-white, scented, and is carried on a conical inflorescence.