Watering, fertilizing and providing the ideal place for a plant are all key elements to maintaining heathy plants, however it’s also very important to pay attention to many other things as well. My mother Gave me a start of this plant four years ago. She simply started it in water. I potted it in her back yard and brought it home. It’s now more then a foot taller then the plant she started it from which is two years older then the one I have and much brighter and more pleasant to the eye.

I keep it near a window in a room with a good ammount of light, but not in the direct sun. The plant tends to make dramatic turns toward the sun so I turn it when this happens to keep the stalks from bending too much. These plants love corners and look beautiful in them. Make sure they are getting proper drainage and listen to them when they tell you something is wrong.

The other thing I have noticed is that they do not like high traffic areas where people tend to brush their leaves a lot. I’m not sure any plant does, but this plant seemed very sensetive to it and it doesn’t like drafts or very dark rooms. My plant seems happiest in the North East or South West corner of a room,

Hope this helps.