Dieffenbachia
Scientific: Dieffenbachia
Common Name: Dumb Cane
Family: Araceae
Origin: South America
In the 80s, you could find me everywhere: waiting room, offices, building halls, etc. Not a single place where I couldn’t be found. In the past few years, I have been taken off from homes, wrongly, because my beautiful foliage brightens up your interior. How can you recognize me? I have a very thick stem with large, fleshy, slightly drooping leaves, often speckled with green and yellow. My flowering is the same as my cousin, the Alocasia. |
Fun fact:
In the days of the cotton plantations, a small amount of my foliage was given to the slaves so that they would not talk to each other and focus on their work
Up to 60' high
Partial shade during the summer Bright place during the winter
15°-24°
1X/week April to September 1X/3 weeks the rest of the year Wait until the soil is dry
Anywhere
