Identification: What Dracaena is this?

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  1. GailofOz

    GailofOz Member

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    I bought a large cutting of this Dracaena a few months ago from a garage sale - just a metre long stem with leaves on the top. I cut it into pieces and planted them in pots and all have struck well. When I bought it I thought it was either some type of D. deremensis or D. sanderiana so did a quick search thinking it would be easy to find. Not so, most of the ones I found with the yellowish stripes had the outer edges yellow with green stripes. This one has green outer edges and yellow stripes. The closest I could find was Dracaena deremensis 'Ulysses' or 'Ulises" but even that doesn't seem quite right.

    I've attached pictures of one of the cuttings. Unfortunately I don't have a grown plant but the original metre long stem had leaves most of the way down it, it wasn't just a bunch of leaves on the top. Does anyone know what it is? Thanks
     

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    Junglekeeper Esteemed Contributor 10 Years

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    Might be Dracaena reflexa 'Aurea Variegata'.
     
  3. GailofOz

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    Thank you! It does look like that. I do have one of the other D. reflexas with the white stripe but couldn't find a yellow stripe with the green edge. I must have spent 3 hours browsing through various sites yesterday looking for anything similar. My white striped D. reflexa looked a little different but hard to tell with this new one only being small yet.
     

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