Identification: Gold Dust Plant?

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  1. Yetat

    Yetat Active Member

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    It doesn't look like those images I found throghout the web on Gold Dust Plant, is it some form of varigation or some other plant?
     

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    saltcedar Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    Gold-dust Dracaena (Dracaena godseffiana of Hort.).
    Synonymous with Dracaena surculosa?
    HTH
    chris
     
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    Okay thanks for all your help!

    On this site: http://www.cryleaf.com/The-Word-of-L...03/03flbea.jpg, it is being labeled as Dracaena godseffiana, "Flordia Beauty"

    On this site: http://www.hort.wisc.edu/Hort233Site/JasonHort233/dracaena_surculosa.htm, it is being labeled as Dracaena surculosa, the gold coloured version (there are whites one).

    I went to check over at Dave garden:
    http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/161372/
    http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/100198/
    Apparantly there are two seperate entries for the plant that look the same.

    I was thinking that Dracaena godseffiana are those that have speckled dots while Dracaena surculosa are those that look like mine. Like how this website have classfied them as: http://www.gflora.com/index.php?cmd=genus_body&genus_id=18

    But some website like this one, placed it the other way round: http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=DRSU11

    It is like one picture have an fair share of amount of supporter on each side. Some websites say that Dracaena surculosa = Dracaena godseffiana, while some website disagree with how the plants look like. I only look at the stem structure, leaf shape and pattern though, could there be any other way to differentiate them or is this plant name confused around?
     

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