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Lucky Bamboo? Or maybe not?

April 12th, 2008 | Observations by ParisB

Before Chinese New Year, I bought me some “lucky bamboo” and Wuching accused India, my pet tiger, of humping the vase. Well yeah she looked like she was doing it but still… Anyway, I had 6 stalks of healthy curly wurly green lucky bamboo soaking up all the water they could drink in their vase of water crystal things.

Over the last 2 weeks, I noticed something odd happening to 2 of them. One stalk was yellowing from the bottom upwards and another was yellowing from the top down. I have no idea how or why it happened this way, but it did. I was then reminded of Giddy Tiger’s prosperity plant that was pining away for something. If its you and me GT, its something in the October air - I reckon it might be because October is the start of fall/autumn? ;)

Anyway, so today, I decided I’d had enough of looking at sickly bamboo plants and decided to wrap them up to be tossed. See how odd they look?

Only after I’d laid out the newspaper and taken the picture did I notice how apt the picture on the paper was. It was an ad for some home loan but the little boy looks like he’s flabbergasted at the state of my lucky bamboo plants!

Or maybe they weren’t so lucky eh?

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    6. 5 comments ↓

    #1 Giddy Tigress on 04.12.08 at 11:51 pm

    Aiyaiyai!!! Must be the October baby syndrome. Mine’s not doing so good either…and I have no heart to throw it out just yet. I just hope it can be saved…

    #2 LB on 04.13.08 at 12:16 am

    Awww, poor bamboo!! But, I’ve never been attracted to these hunchback of the Notre Dame bamboo ~ way too ‘decorative’ for me, despite the good luck.. :-)

    #3 Andie Summerkiss on 04.14.08 at 5:32 am

    What do you think happen there? I think it happened to the ones we have too.

    Sorry about it. Plastic bamboo maybe, for next time?

    #4 rinnah on 04.14.08 at 9:34 am

    I have even less green fingers than you or GT! I’m the only person I know (besides my mom, that is) who can managed to kill cactus. Hurhurhur.

    #5 ParisB on 04.14.08 at 11:52 am

    Giddy Tigress: I’m sure it can - lots of sunshine and TLC! Mine are gone!

    LB: No ‘good luck’ also or maybe they attracted all the bad luck?

    Andie: I have no idea what happened honestly. The other 4 are doing ok for now. Next time, no more bamboo!

    rinnah: hehe… and that is a feat to be sure!