"That's Lucky Bamboo."

“Bamboo is a plant much-admired in Chinese culture for its adaptable nature.  While firm and straight, bamboo can stand up to the heat of summer and the cold of winter, support more weight than most other woods and regenerate itself after being cut. China is said to have more than 400 species of bamboo that, since the 16th Century B.C., have been used for everything from bows and arrows to chopsticks, shoes, beds, lanterns, toys, screens, musical instruments, houses and gardens.  Before paper, bamboo was the writing medium of choice. Bamboo’s qualities of strength and adaptability, along with the indescribable tranquility of bamboo forests, have over the centuries inspired artists to render the plant in paintings and poets to immortalize it in verse. Bamboo Culture Festivals in China feature exhibitions of carvings, poems and paintings.