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Looks Like The Fortune Plant

16 October 2008 By: Marlene32 Comments

When hubby and I were shopping a month ago, I saw this familiar plant for sale in a corner among other plants. I remember I used to have this kind when I was in Davao. I got fascinated by plant cultivation when I was in high school but sad to say, there would always be an instance that I had to leave them and let die. It happened several times that I decided not to engaged myself in cultivating plants anymore. But a home is not quite cosy without indoor plants, not importantly flowering. It’s kind of having a wonderful atmosphere when I see those lively, green plants in a corner or by the window pane. I only have 4-5 pots of plants and one of them is this so called fortune plant, if I am not mistaken.

Fortune Plant
Is this a fortune plant?

This costs me 36sek while I only used to pick a stalk of this in a neighborhood’s garden in Davao. I bought this not because it resembles the type of a fortune plant, but because it’s easy to take care of. This is not the kind of plants that wilts soon when I forget to water for a couple of weeks. And really, why are there plants called the fortune plant? I should ask Robert Fortune, the Scottish botanist, for this matter.

About Marlene

Marlene works as a teacher, but she blogs in her spare time. She started blogging in 2007, and since then, it has become one of her hobbies. She writes for Lemback.com, which she and her husband have built and managed but later moved to Wordpress to join other WP bloggers. Connect Marlene on Twitter

Comments

  1. Jan Parrish says

    17 October 2008 at 08:06

    I don’t know the name of this plant. I have tons of plants. It takes me 1/2 hour to water them all. Great for the environment in your home. Just water it once a week and be sure it gets adequate sun.

    Reply
    • Marlene says

      19 October 2008 at 19:40

      Jan, thanks for the thought. As long as I don’t forget, I water my plants once a week and see to it that I do.

      Reply
  2. Toia says

    18 October 2008 at 03:27

    My mom has a plant like this. She also has about 20 house plants inside her home. Hey what can I say……my mom has a huge green thumb πŸ™‚

    Have a great weekend!!

    Reply
    • Marlene says

      19 October 2008 at 19:41

      Toia, thank you for dropping by.

      That’s the problem with me cos I don’t have a green thumb, hehee!

      Reply
  3. Amor says

    18 October 2008 at 16:43

    Yes Marlene, that’s a Fortune Plant. Pero bakit nga kaya Fortune Plant tawag dyan? Inaabot pala ng 25 (?) years yan bago daw magkaroon ng bulaklak? Ang tagal ha.

    Reply
    • Marlene says

      19 October 2008 at 19:43

      Amor, buti na lang na-confirm mo. Ginoogle ko kasi pero ibang type ang mga lumabas na pics, parang bamboo-like. Sabi kapag namulaklak daw ito ay may darating na fortune sa may-ari, hehee.

      Reply
  4. jessie says

    20 October 2008 at 18:30

    Mhy,

    The plant looks very familiar because I see a lot here in Ilocos Norte (inside homes of friends) but I’m not sure if that is the Fortune plant. If it’s bearing gold fruits, then it definitely is the Fortune plant. πŸ™‚

    Reply
    • Marlene says

      21 October 2008 at 22:06

      Jess, I’ll wait and see if it bears gold fruits before I can say ito na nga ang fortune plant, hahaa!

      Reply
    • Fe says

      27 April 2011 at 07:13

      Sa akin mahilig ako sa mga tanim, at meron akong tanim na furtune plant, seguro tutoo yun na aabot sa iyo ang sweri kung mamulaklak na, sa akin namulaklak after 15 years, ang bulak nya parang 3feet ang haba at kulay puti at sobrang bango, parang wedding bouque, at ngayun andito na AKO sa America

      Reply
  5. Vel says

    27 February 2009 at 00:42

    Hi,
    My cousin has this plant and it bloomed last year, and now she got a second flower. do you know what that means? I know this plant takes a while to bloom
    Thanks

    Reply
    • Marlene says

      27 February 2009 at 23:59

      Wow! Your cousin has got good luck. They said that if it blooms, it will bring fortune.

      Reply
  6. Sheila parco says

    24 March 2010 at 10:38

    yes, it’s fortune plant. i just got one today. the lady in the nursery it really takes a while even just for the leaves to come out like 6 months much more for the flower to bloom. but it really looks nice inside the house. = )

    Reply
    • Marlene says

      24 March 2010 at 22:39

      Sheila, thanks so much for dropping by. Is it? I still have it but it’s not growing tall. I wish it would bear flowers someday.

      Reply
  7. Emmanuel says

    3 July 2010 at 02:08

    Hi Marlene, Im not really big on plants..at least i never used to. I went to Home Depot here in LA and bought this plant. I just thought of having a plant inside my house just in time for my house blessing. Anyway, the plant i bought loks just like in the pic and is about 5ft tall but i never realize that it can bear flowers… but 25 years..i dont think i can hold my breath that long..hehe. Is it really a fortune plant? I know this plant is one of the more popular indoor plant sa mga pinoy.

    Reply
    • Marlene says

      4 July 2010 at 00:11

      Hello Emmanuel, I’m glad you found my blog. And thank you for your comment, I really appreciate it.
      Some people say it’s a fortune a plant but there are many sort of this so it’s hard to know which one is the real fortune plant. I had a plant like this in the Ph but it never gave me flowers. My aunt just said I’d be fortunate if it would bear flowers. I still have that plant in the picture here on my window pane but still no flowers in sight. Poor me! Hindi pa dumarating ang swerte ko.

      Reply
  8. Emmanuel says

    4 July 2010 at 01:21

    Hi Marlene, I was searching the net since i’d like to find out more how to take care of the plant and it doesnt seemto take much effort. I bought the plant because i remember seeing it before sa Pinas long ago. If it takes 25 years to bear flowers, i wonder where i can buy a 25 year old plant..hehe. Anyway, im loving the plant. Its growing fast and i think i have to transfer to a bigger pot sometime soon. I went back to the same store where i bought the first one bec i was thinking of buying another one. Medyo mahal dito yung plant but its worth it. It makes a nice house plant. I try to take care of it as best i can. Most of my guests think its plastic. I wonder if there is a way to post a picture of the plant kasi gusto ko sana share pics.

    About the swerte, dont worry..darating din yan basta do your best in everything you do tapos samahan mo ng prayers.

    Reply
    • Marlene says

      8 July 2010 at 22:10

      Hello Emmanuel, I would love to see your fortune plant, perhaps I can post it here. You can send the pic to mcleimar at gmail dot com. Sorry for this delayed reply, we’re on a short holiday but we’ll be home soon. πŸ™‚

      Reply
  9. house plants says

    19 February 2011 at 14:57

    Very informative post. Thanks for all the enthusiasm to extend such helpful information at this site.

    Reply
  10. vinz says

    10 March 2011 at 15:17

    its called corn plant…

    Reply
  11. Marites says

    8 August 2011 at 12:01

    Hi I have this fortune plant but the leaves turned yello.all the new leaves grow yellow and become green when about to dry,

    Reply
  12. Lauren says

    7 April 2012 at 03:20

    hi.. im looking for fortune plants and i’m having a hard time searching its scientific name .. πŸ˜€

    maybe that’s a fortune plant coz i saw that ploants on our house too πŸ™‚

    Reply
    • Marlene says

      14 April 2012 at 23:26

      I can’t find the scientific name of this plant either. Hubby helped me but he it was for another sort of fortune plants, not this one. πŸ™

      Reply
  13. Erika says

    27 May 2012 at 12:21

    Hi Marlene,

    Your plant is called the Dracaena Massangeana. It’s a corn plant. πŸ™‚

    Hope this helps!

    Reply
    • Marlene says

      29 May 2012 at 22:04

      Hello Erika, thank you for giving this info. This is something new to me. Yes, it looks like it belongs to the corn family.

      Reply
  14. Anne says

    9 June 2012 at 21:09

    We have this plant when I was a little kid in front of our house next to our window where also next to our entrance door. It grew so high that can see through our window on the second floor. It took only 3 years and grew so fast that gave also flowers that smell so good through our window. I was taken to Manila, to USA, we built our new house and did not know what happened to that plant afterward. I guessed it really brought good fortune to us. I don’t know but I planted here in USA as a house plant in a corner of my library which I also called my business office room and in front of our house. I have not seen any flowers at all yet and have them for a long time. I hope that it will give me some flowers too. he..he..he…

    Reply
    • Marlene says

      13 June 2012 at 00:13

      Good for you for you have seen this plant grew high. I only was small but a blogger I used to know posted her fortune plant that grew high, too. I couldn’t believe it!

      Oh, I hope mine will bear flowers too so I can taste its fortune.

      Reply
  15. sheilah says

    8 November 2012 at 10:21

    is this indoor or outdoor plant?..i used to put inside the house but i notice that the leaves becomes yellow…

    Reply
    • Marlene says

      8 November 2012 at 23:07

      Hi Sheila, it’s both indoor and outdoor. But if you put in indoor be sure to place it in a place where sunlight gets in.
      Thanks for dropping by. πŸ™‚

      Reply
  16. fredelyn says

    9 November 2014 at 18:17

    Hello , have a good day , I have my fortune plant inside my house in my dining room area and It bears some flowers, swertehin na ba ako ngayon , last friday I went to my job interview it went well , thank you my fortune ,I t will gave luck to my family ..

    Reply
  17. Logan says

    17 May 2015 at 10:47

    These are called Fortune plants locally in India as well. I have at least a dozen of them well potted. They dont flower and can survive without soil (juts set it on a vase with water &it wont die). These dont really need much maintenance and they only reproduce through the shoots (main root stalk).

    I would too like to know the scientific name, have had these for the last 7 years already. The leaves are very fibrous and have a texture when they dry up, kinda like paper but much sturdier. Even when they are all dried leaves its really hard to tear the main leaf vain that runs to the middle of every leaf.

    Reply
  18. Rocky says

    14 February 2021 at 13:02

    Maam anu ginawa m sa flower ng furtune? Ginupit m ba or hinayaan m lng hanggang mabulok?

    Reply
    • Marlene says

      23 February 2021 at 14:09

      Unfortunately, hindi namulaklak ang fortune plant ko. πŸ™

      Reply

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