Dieffenbachia, Dumbcane, Dumb Cane

My experience with this plant is that it needs lots of light. I have several. The first one I will talk about is about 13 years old. It i...Read Mores from floor to ceiling. It is in a large clay pot...root bound...and it is thriving on its own. It has new shoots. One is as tall as one of the original stalks. It has blossomed twice. The blossoms looks like a Spathiphyllum blossom. When it finished blossoming, the stalk died...that's why the other shoots appear--to replace the blossoming stalk. The other one is about 5.5 ft tall. It is a piece that broke of the floor to ceiling one. I placed it in soil (w/o a root stimuli) and it did great. In fact, another stalk came from that stalk. It blossomed also. It had three blossoms, but that stalk did not die. Watering is a must in my home. I water this plant three times a week. I wipe the leaves to keep the dust off and mist for they are tropical plants. I planted a joint outside in my flower bed. It grew, produced leaves, but died back during the winter. It didn't come back the next year.

This variety is among the higher grown in the Dieffenbachia genus, bigger leaves also. It can reach several meters if attached to a stick...Read More or support ; because of it's weights falls or bend to grow on the grown, or outside the pot. Very dangerous for babies or domestic animals as the leaves and whole plants contain a very irritating calcium ( as any other Dieffenbachias or even Aglaonemas ). Even handling these plants for propagations or to clean, must be done carefully. Better be planted near wall, a big tree or near stones so it can lean on.