The peace lily is also known as a Spath and a member of the genus Spathiphyllum. They are native to the tropics of the Americas and south eastern Asia. They are evergreen herbaceous perennial plants with large glossy leaves. The flowers are composed of a spadix enclosing a long, white, yellowish, or greenish spathe.
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Why and how are mushrooms growing in my indoor house plant soil?
Every day I check my peace lily to see if it needs watering, and now there are two mushrooms growing in the pot! Please let me know why & how they are growing there and what I should do with them.

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My Peace Lily is droopy but, it's still growing new leaves that are upright?
I have tried EVERYTHING to get this peace lily to revive and nothing seems to perk up the leaves. However, the new growth (at present it has given me 6 new leaves in the space of two weeks) are healthy and upright as normal.
I cannot figure out what…

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Need help with identifying peace lily root disease
My peace lily started dying, it's leaves were turning yellow and then brown from past 2-3weeks. I speculated it to be a root rot. Today, I took out the plant from soil and along with root rot, I found these black webs in the main root bulb. For now,…

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Is it too late for this peace lilly?
My husband received this peace lilly back in '04 from his office as sympathy for a family loss. When he was there the plant grew to be huge (florescent lights?) But he left that position and brought "Frankie" home.
Frankie was in our kitchen until I…

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The leaves on my peace lily are turning brown and yellow, the tips as well as the edges?
I got a peace lily plant from ikea a 5 months ago and ever since then the tips of the leaves are turning brown, or some of the leaves will turn yellow and then go brown form the outside in. I water it with 800 ml of water every 2 weeks and the plant…

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Peace lily wilting even after watering, no root bound
I was looking for advice on what to do with my peace lily. For the last month or so it's always been a bit wilted. Even after watering it, it looks a bit happier but drops again shortly after with the soil still wet. Although it keeps flowering, but…

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Peace Lily very dehydrated, still drooping after watering
I didn't realize it, but I have been vastly underwatering my peace lily. It's always recovered after watering. This time, one day it was fine and then it drooped. When I watered it, some of the leaves came back, but most still droop. I gave it a…

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Why are the leaves of my peace lily plant turning yellow?
My peace lily plant was very robust and had lots of flowers. However, its leaves started turning yellow and now it looks like I am going to lose it.
What can I do?

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Lily of peace. Help please
I got this yesterday at my Dad's memorial service, I was a dummy and left in the car for about 45 minutes. My mind was working right yesterday. I came out to this :( How can I save it ? I will be devastated if I can't save it.

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Sagging spathiphyllum leaves despite moist soil
We have four self-watering pots of spathiphyllum in the office, each facing the same exposure and about the same size. We were advised to water them manually for 3-4 months until the roots developed properly in the pot and only then start using the…

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Peace Lily in bad shape
My peace lily plant fell off my shelf and landed on the ground, then stuff fell on the plant. The soil stayed together but the leaves are bent or broken completely what’s the chance of me bringing it back to life?

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peace lily is dying
I have 2 peace lily and I keep them inside, water them once a week but one of them started to drop and dying, I moved it to a bigger pot and it was getting well but then drop and die again!

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