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lucky bamboo

Physical Product · Gardening & houseplants · 10 mentions · 3 subreddits · discussed in r/houseplants, r/Aquariums, r/PlantedTank

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Pros

  • i have two fly traps, a nepenthes, pothos, lucky bamboo but they're pretty low maintenance.
  • got mine 2 weeks ago also from Ikea - £2 each. Seems like this is an Ikea staple..
  • I absolutely love these!
  • It’s beautiful!!!!😍 I love lucky bamboo!
  • I bought this a year and half ago and it had 2 tiny leaves when I moved into my new house after a breakup. Best 1.50 I’ve ever spent. I think it’s brought me lots of luck

Cons

  • Parent context: How? Reply: "Lucky bamboo" is not actually bamboo, it's a Dracaena. Poisonous to cats/dogs/children too. Wish they'd name it properly when selling it.
  • Lucky bamboo is poisonous
  • Parent context: It's true but if the top is properly sealed, they do last 1 or 2 years submerged. I have a leaf cutting that's been submerged for 3 years now but doesn't really grow Reply: Someone wiser than me said once: "This plant tha...
  • Parent context: Here's a lucky bamboo you can have fully submerged in a tank without a problem. Reply: The plant is only semi aquatic. The top and leaves have to be out of the water or it will rot.

Sentiment

6 positive (60%) · 2 mixed (20%) · 2 negative (20%)

Trust + time weighted score: +40% · raw score 40%

What redditors said (10 of 10)

i have two fly traps, a nepenthes, pothos, lucky bamboo but they're pretty low maintenance.
positive · u/A****e · r/houseplants · Dec 18, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Parent context: How? Reply: "Lucky bamboo" is not actually bamboo, it's a Dracaena. Poisonous to cats/dogs/children too. Wish they'd name it properly when selling it.
negative · u/k****s · r/Aquariums · comment · Nov 3, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Lucky bamboo is poisonous
negative · u/P****5 · r/Aquariums · comment · Nov 3, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
got mine 2 weeks ago also from Ikea - £2 each. Seems like this is an Ikea staple..
positive · u/l****7 · r/houseplants · comment · Aug 29, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I absolutely love these!
positive · u/C****3 · r/houseplants · comment · Aug 29, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
It’s beautiful!!!!😍 I love lucky bamboo!
positive · u/S****5 · r/houseplants · comment · Aug 29, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I bought this a year and half ago and it had 2 tiny leaves when I moved into my new house after a breakup. Best 1.50 I’ve ever spent. I think it’s brought me lots of luck
positive · u/b****8 · r/houseplants · Aug 29, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
The most low-light tolerant plant is lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana). This can be grown in water, doesn't even need soil
positive · u/M****E · r/houseplants · comment · Jul 15, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Parent context: It's true but if the top is properly sealed, they do last 1 or 2 years submerged. I have a leaf cutting that's been submerged for 3 years now but doesn't really grow Reply: Someone wiser than me said once: "This plant that is not growing and losing a leaf here and there, it's not holding in there, it's just dying very slowly."
mixed · u/t****r · r/PlantedTank · comment · Jan 4, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Parent context: Here's a lucky bamboo you can have fully submerged in a tank without a problem. Reply: The plant is only semi aquatic. The top and leaves have to be out of the water or it will rot.
mixed · u/C****h · r/PlantedTank · comment · Jan 4, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

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