Scientific name: Dieffenbachia 'Compacta'
Family: Araceae
Gender: Dieffenbachia
Plant Type:  perennial
Origin: hybridThe
Common name: Cane seedling, plant seedling, with me-nobody-can.
 
Description: The diefenbachia are highly decorative plants that, depending on the variety, can exceed 1.50 m in height. Their thick, reed-like and unbranched stems produce soft, fleshy leaves on strong, sheathed petioles. It has leaves nanceolate narrow with pointed apexes, dark green with irregular ivory-white spots, 
Environment: Suitable for hot indoor use.
Flowering: Insignificant 
Temperature: 16-29 °C. Diephenbachia love heat and cannot tolerate temperatures below 16°C.
Light: Provide veiled direct sun in spring, summer and autumn, in winter expose these plants to strong light, including direct sun.
Watering: During the period of active growth, water moderately, preferably with lukewarm water, enough to wet the mixture, but allowing the top layer (2 to 2.5cm) to dry before watering again. During the resting period, water only as much as necessary to prevent the mixture from drying out completely.
Fertilizing: During the period of active growth, they should be fertilized fortnightly with a appropriate fertilizer,
Advices: Spray the foliage regularly with lukewarm water, not calcareous to avoid leaf spots. Carefully remove dead leaves.
 
 
Wash your hands thoroughly after removing wilted leaves or cutting diefenbachia cuttings. The sap is poisonous and if it gets into the mouth it causes swelling, pain and temporary loss of voice.