Its Dracaena sanderiana, a species from western Africa.

It isn't a bamboo at all nor does it have anything to do with the orient
other than it is a weedy species in the tropics and has become a pest in
Thailand.

The whole "lucky bamboo" is a scam they concocted to sell the plants to
naive westerners.

It isn't deadly toxic but, it isn't edible either. It is not dangerous but
it is worthless.


wrote in message
oups.com...
I just learned that the "lucky bamboo" we have at the office
is also poisonous.
There is a photo of a "lucky bamboo" he
http://www.morguefile.com/archive/?d...=1125189744292

It isn't really a bamboo either.