How to grow dumb cane, leopard lilly or dieffenbachia (Dieffenbachia seguine var. camilla)
| Perennial tropical plant up to 2,5 m. Erect stems, thick and fleshy with big leaves ending in pointed apex; largely petiolated, marbled with white or yellow. Flowers in spadix surrounded by a sheath-like leaf; small, white-greenish. It rarely flourishes when it is cultivated, only sometimes at the beginning of spring when the plant is well grown-up. |
| Leave the soil dry before watering. Spray leaves. |
| Pot use indoors. It is a very poisonous plant (See toxicity) |
| Do not place it in full sun, but in illuminated places away from air currents. |
| Reproduce by means of layer |
| Rich humus soil. |
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This article was endorsed by Julián Masats - Technical agricultural engineer specialized in horticulture and gardening.
