barrylange
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Can you help me identify our plant?

Hello, I'm glad there's a forum like this for people to help in my situation. I was given a plant and can't seem to get any combination of water/sunlight right, so the poor thing has lost leaves on all but one stalk. Can you help me identify this plant so I can research the care recommendations before I lose it completely? Thank you!! :D

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bonsaiboy
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It is a type of dracenea, although I'm not shure which species, although I think you have draceanea reflexa. Here is a google search on the cultural information: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=dracaena+reflexa&aq=4&oq=dracea

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It appears to me to be a Dracena of some type, obviously a variegated form. You can Google Dracena and learn how to care for it. The care should be the same, regardless of the specific species or cultivar.

barrylange
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Thank you very much for your help. You were exactly right in your identification. It's also called a "Song of India" and the care info states that it's especially sensitve to the additives in tap water (we were on well water until we moved here). That explains everything :D

Thanks again for your help!



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