Question
I have had a corn plant for about five years.  Lately, it has been doing extemely well.  Currently, there is a "bloom" (for lack of a better word) sprouting out of the center of the top of the leaves.  It is a thin, pale stem which has small "bunches" of flower-like sprouts.  I have never seen this in any corn plant.  It is excreting a sap-like sticky substance as well.  Do you know what is happening?

Answer
Hi Christine,

Your corn plant is in bloom! Corn plant flowering is somewhere between unusual and rare. In most cases the plant is more than five years old and has been in the same pot and location for most of that time and gets some natural light. I have found that once they reach blooming age they will often bloom every year thereafter.

Suggestion: As soon as the flower starts to get a bit dry, cut off the entire stem because the dying flowers can be very messy. Congratulations and keep doing whatever you have done for the last eight years.

Please let me know if any of this is unclear or if you have any additional questions.

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