Scientific Name:	Spathiphyllum cvs.
Pronunciation:	spath-ih-FILL-um
Common Name:	peace lily
Family Name:	Araceae
Plant Type:	Indoor foliage plant
Key ID Features:	Leaves basal, elliptic to lanceolate, dark glossy green with prominent venation; inflorescence spadix surrounded by singular bract on an upright, narrow stem.
Course(s):	HORT 1155

Habit: Arching, Stiffly upright Form: Vase Texture: Medium Mature Size: Height: 0.4 - 0.7m Spread: 0.3 - 0.6m Growth Rate: Moderate Origin: Central America, Garden origin, Mexico (S. cochlearispathum or S. wallisii x ???) Hardiness Rating: Zone 11: (above 4 C) Exposure: Soil/ Growing Medium: Well-drained Water Use: Moderate Landscape Uses: Cut flower or foliage, Indoor plant Additional Info: Google. Note that there are many similar looking species in this genus that are also called peace lily

Leaf Morphology: Glossary Form: Simple Arrangement: Basal Texture/ Venation: Leathery Surfaces: Lustrous Colour in Fall: Green Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Elliptic, Lanceolate Apices: Acute Bases: Obtuse Margins: Sinuate

Inflorescence Type: Spadix (& spathe) Flower Morphology: Monoecious plant Number of Petals: 0 Colour (petals): Showy, White Flower Scent: None Flower Time at Peak: Can flower any month

Fruit Type: Berry (true), Multiple fruit, Aborted (hybrids) or absent Fruit Colour: Yellow, Green Fruiting Time: Jan, Feb Additional Info: Fruit insignificant

Bark Morphology: Other Bark or Stem Colour:     Organ Modifications: Leaf-like bracts, Rhizomes

Propagation:	Seed, Division - below ground parts
Plant Care:
Optimal Temp.:	High indoor temperature
Light Level:	Low indoor light level
Maintenance:	Medium
Pest Susceptibility:	Root rot, Scale insects,
Specific Pests:	leaf spots,bacterial soft rot

Location(s): (GNH) GreeNHouse Location Map

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