Not Bamboo

• The lucky bamboo is not a bamboo plant at all, but Dracaena sanderiana, a hardy member of the lily family. It is native to the tropical rain forests of Southeast Asia.
  
  

Stalks have meaning

• The number of stalks on the lucky bamboo are purported to have meaning.
  Three stalks are for happiness, five for health, two stalks for love and marriage, eight stalks gives wealth and abundance and nine stalks bring good luck.
  
  

Love Lucky Bamboo

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  Lucky bamboo can be found in heart shapes to represent love.
  
  

Wedding Favors

• Smalls cuttings of lucky bamboo are used as wedding favors to give to guests as a gesture of good luck.
  
  

Curly Lucky Bamboo

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  Lucky bamboo doesn't naturally curl. Farmers train the plant to grown in curls, which can take more than a year to form. Curly bamboo is considered the most lucky.