They are evergreen herbaceous perennial plants with large leaves 12â65 cm long and 3â25 cm broad. The flowers are produced in a spadix, surrounded by a 10â30 cm long, white, yellowish, or greenish spathe. The plant does not need large amounts of light or water to survive.
Peace Lilies (Spathiphyllum) prefers an evenly moist environment. For plants grown in soil, drainage is important; your peace lily pot should have drain holes. Watering your peace lily once a week is usually sufficient.
Place plants away from intense sun, best under bright indirect light with high humidity and well-drained soil. The genus Spathiphyllum means leafy-spathe. The specific epithet cannifolium means having leaves resembling those of Canna.
Fertilize every other month when a Spathiphyllum Cannifolium is actively growing with a basic houseplant food diluted to 1/2 the recommended strength.
Spathiphyllum cannifolium prefers moist, fertile, well-drained soils. It tolerates most pH of soil. When maintaining Spathiphyllum cannifolium as a houseplant its soil should be watered regularly (not wet).
You should prune your indoor peace lilies when the blossoms fade and wilt, or if the plants have overgrown and are taking up too much space. Pruning off dead flowers and leaves usually helps reduce the space the plants take up. You can also cut back the plant when the old foliage is yellowing and wilting.
True lilies are highly toxic (âpoisonous) to cats and dogs, but the peace lily An evergreen clump-forming, herbaceous shrub, growing up to 50 cm tall and about 60 - 90 cm wide. Leaves are large and glossy, oval shaped, dark green with sunken leaf vein. Inflorescence, spathe is large, pale yellow to ivory colour, folding backwards in order to expose the spadix. Spadix is slender, ivory in colour.
