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title: "Does this look like a lucky bamboo to you? This is my bosses plant so…"
description: "Does this look like a lucky bamboo to you? This is my bosses plant so I have no idea what it looked like when she first got it, I’m stumped"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "jas"
published: "2025-04-21T19:02:20.751727Z"
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# Does this look like a lucky bamboo to you? This is my bosses plant so…

_Posted by jas on 2025-04-21_

Does this look like a lucky bamboo to you?  
This is my bosses plant so I have no idea what it looked like when she first got it, I’m stumped

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## 8 comments

### Catherine commented on 2025-04-21

It looks like dumb cane to me. Yes it is a plant. I have one lol

### Catherine commented on 2025-04-21

It has lost all its leaves obviously. They are pretty hardy. Keep it watered

#### jas replied on 2025-04-21

should she cut it back?

#### Catherine replied on 2025-04-22

You can cut it back if it is dumb cane. The piece you cut off can be put in water and it will reroot to start another plant. The top part where you cut could even grow a leaf. It is very resilient

### Catherine commented on 2025-04-21

That is dumb cane to me

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### KJM commented on 2025-04-22

It could be any number of plants without seeing the leaves it's hard to tell. It definitely resembles a lucky bamboo. I don't think it resembles a dumb cane because the stem is too small. At least to me it's too small. I think all you can do is wait for it to sprout a leaf. I hope that pot has drainage.

### jas commented on 2025-04-22

it has a LITTLE new growth, I have yet to see it looking like anything but this 😭

### Gaileen Joy commented on 2025-04-22

Looks like something slithering out of the basket when a snake charmer started playing his flute!

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