Aglaonemas Are They Lucky?

Did you know that some people consider Aglaonemas - Lucky? In fact that’s how some people pick their lotto numbers.

A large group of people in Asia consider Aglaonemas to be a good omen but you have to grow and own one. The Chinese people believe you can have - Good Luck - by growing Aglaonema modestum. Thai people largely refer to Aglaonemas as - smiles of fortune plants.

In 1986 the - Good Luck - Aglaonema really hit. A monsoon rain hit in Malaysian. After the monsoon a Malaysian man started walking through his garden. He looked over at his Aglaonema plant and noticed a series of numbers etched in the rain water.

He wrote down the numbers and decided to purchase a ticket with those numbers. It turns out the his ticket was the winner in the national lottery. Since that time many people in southeast Asia are caring for their Aglaonemas much better. This has even rolled over to the United States where people regularly buy plants and count the dots for their numbers.

Maybe you have a winning plant at home right now.

Aglaonemas - Learning to Grow Plants

I’m sure you have run into someone that has a degree in something that seems bizarre. Where did they go to school and learn things like… infinitesimal calculus? Don’t laugh, I know someone who has a degree in it.

Learning and Finding Out - How to Grow

It’s hard to find a place or information on how to grow and care for most indoor house plants.

• Can you buy a good book (rare) on tropical indoor plants?
• Can you go to school?
• Take a correspondence course?
• Use the Internet?

Going to Indoor Plant College

The school almost everyone would agree to be the best in anything… provides information you’ll never forget since it gets burned into your brain is the same school for plant care.

What is the best school for learning how to grow and maintain plants?

This famous school is the one of trial and error - EXPERIENCE

That experience helps you learn what works, and what you can expect under certain conditions:  Hot, Cold, Windy, Dry, High humidity, etc.

That’s what we hope to provide you.. our experience!

Understanding Aglaonemas

Aglaonemas are originally found in the tropical areas of Southeast Asia. Probably the first Aglaonema grown was Aglaonema modestum. Modestum is seldom seen today and is limited to collectors.

The common name for Aglaonema is the Chinese evergreen. This wonderful group of plants earned its common name because the Chinese were the first to cultivate the dark green, slow growing Aglaonema modestum for centuries, before it slowly made its way to Europe and then America.

Today, we don’t hear the common name used as much and the plants are simply referred to as Aglaonemas or Ag’s. The name Aglaonema comes from the compound Greek words:

aglos = bright
nema = thread.

Aglaonemas are part of the (Aroid) Araceae family. This versatile and diverse family have  brought us so many different plants for indoor use. What belongs to the aroid family besides Aglaonemas? How about Spathiphyllum, Dieffenbachia, Philodendron, Anthurium, Zamiocaucas, to name a few.

There are approximately 50 or so different species of Ag’s. Most of these species are not grown commercially at all. However, there have been dozens of hybrids made, which is where most of today’s commercially grown plants come from.

The names of some of these varieties can get confusing. The same variety may be marketed under different names or the same plant may be known by a different name in other growing areas. For instance, Aglaonema “B.J. Freeman” is also sold as Aglaonema “Cecelia” and Aglaonema “Gabrielle”. Plants that are patented help solve some of the “name” problem.