"Nubs" on my oriental totem pole

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lowcountry_rn Beaufort, SC Aug 14, 2014

My totem pole is about 5 years old & doing well. I love it! I just found these "nubs" on its trunk. I'm thinking they're more roots & 1 is probably a new leaf branch, but...has anyone eve seen this before??

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Diana_K Contra Costa County, CA(Zone 9b) Aug 15, 2014

Picture is a bit blurry, but I think there are new branches starting.
Looks like one of the Dracaenas.

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purpleinopp Opp, AL(Zone 8b) Aug 15, 2014

Agreed, looks like D. fragrans (corn plant.) I can't see it clearly either. D. marginatas make weird aerial root nubs sometimes. IDK if D. fragrans does that too. Maybe someone else who pops by here would know, or doing an image search may satisfy your curiosity. If neither, post another pic when it's progressed a bit more?

Impressive trunk on it, whatever it's doing!

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cooljjay page, AZ Aug 18, 2014

I am pretty sure you have a Dracena Massengena, as far as what the trunk is doing. It appears to be loosing bark, perhaps the plant is to wet and the trunk is rotting, does that container have holes in it for drainage? You can pull that lose stuff off and it won't hurt, I have seen these stumps die half way but yet still grow on one side.

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purpleinopp Opp, AL(Zone 8b) Aug 20, 2014

Massangeana is a cultivar of D. fragrans, sometimes also used as an incorrect synonym. Not enough visual info here for me to ID it as a cultivar or not, but the correct way to express that name would be Dracaena fragrans 'Massangeana.'

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