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Peace Lily Care. Peace lilies grow in any well-draining potting soil. You also may see them growing in water alone. In this case, the plant’s base should sit just at the waterline with the ...
Put your peace lily into the new pot and fill in around it with more fresh potting soil. Leave at least an inch between the top of the soil and the rim of the pot to make watering easier.
It’s fine to water your peace lily with a watering can, or to water from the bottom, if you prefer. You can bottom-water by placing the container in a sink filled with water and waiting for it ...
Although it is called a "lily", the peace lily is not a true lily from the family Liliaceae. True lilies are highly toxic (poisonous) to cats and dogs, [14] [15] but the peace lily, Spathiphyllum is only mildly toxic to humans and other animals when ingested.
Spathiphyllum wallisii, commonly known as peace lily, [1] [2] white sails, [3] or spathe flower, [4] is a very popular indoor house plant of the family Araceae. [3] The genus name means "spathe-leaf", and the specific epithet is named after Gustav Wallis, the German plant collector. It was first described in 1877.
Various folk cultures and traditions assign symbolic meanings to plants. Although these are no longer commonly understood by populations that are increasingly divorced from their rural traditions, some meanings survive.
Here’s how to get it right: Pay attention to the dryness of the soil in which your peace lily is planted, not the number of times a week you water the peace lily. Keep the soil moist to the ...
Frederik Michael Liebmann originally described the species in a separate genus Hydnostachyon, which he described as having a concave (spoon-like) spathe Spatha foliacea persistens cochleariformis, from which he formed the species epithet cochlearispathum. [3]