Spathiphyllum - Peace Lily

[farah]

Asalamu Alaikam,

A small introduction to the Peace Lily - A popular house plant which is easy to maintain and has the ability to purify air, it prefers shaded, warm areas and needs watering 1-2 times a week

http://www.peacelily.net/Peace_Lily.jpg

http://www.peacelily.net/Peace_Lily2.jpg

source for pics & more info (http://www.peacelily.net/index.html)

[Kirsten]

Those are so pretty! I've always wanted to grow one!

Unrelated, but in your status, where it says "humility", I thought it said "humidity" at first (oops) and was thinking well, there's something I didn't know about muslim culture...

[farah]

haha humidity aww that made me lol the coolest thing about the flower imo is that it can cleanse the air in a room at the same time brighten up a shady area of the house with those beautiful smooth-looking leaves and the white petals if they develop that is

[Foz]

wa alykum asalaam

..i love them
been meaning to make a post on them
ive got a peace lily..had it for about 3 years now...its growing but doesnt seem to wantto give me any flowers...it gave me 1 a while back which my daughter got hold of and pulled off anyway!!

i see them in the shops and thye have loads of flowers...then theres mine that seems happy just to grow leaves lol

[Riz]

salaam everyone...

Yeah i got that given as a present 2 years ago.. it grew so quick i didnt know were to put it, at the end i gave it to my mother,, really striking looking indoor plant, and now thanks to farah i know the name of it finally :) and it had plenty of flowers...


fozia how big is it !?
what's your watering regime how often ?
do you give it any nutrients how often !?
is it kept at room temperatures ?
how big is the pot, it may be rootbound ?

i was thinking if you bought some miracle grow "pour and feed" they help to make the plants start blooming, it may just need a kick start,

are you using just regular soil or compost ? you can get some soil for indoor plants which have goodness inside the soil which will help the plant along..

[Foz]

oh gosh now you asking

fozia how big is it !?
will post a pic tomorrow inshAllah

what's your watering regime how often ?
umm non existent....when i remember.....which is pretty bad i know but it seems to be doing ok apart from not giving me flowers. Allthough it was drooping a few days back as id totally forgot to water it!!! my fault for putting it in the kitchen so forgot about it...so its back in the living room.

do you give it any nutrients how often !?
no............

is it kept at room temperatures ?
yep its in my living room...although it was out it in the kitchen for a few days but my house is always warm including kitchen

how big is the pot, it may be rootbound ?
big pot

i was thinking if you bought some miracle grow "pour and feed" they help to make the plants start blooming, it may just need a kick start,
i did a while back....think i got some in the garage

are you using just regular soil or compost ? you can get some soil for indoor plants which have goodness inside the soil which will help the plant along..
i think it was initially regular soil i used...the other plants i got when i moved house so used the indoor soil

[Foz]

i gve one to afriend when i was at uni...thinking she would probably end up killing it lol but hers did well! and was pretty much neglected lol

[Riz]

try changing the soil for the miracle grow indoor soil or similiar.. and give it a some nutrients once every 3 weeks, and water it once or twice a week :).. inshallah it will flower...

[Foz]

ok will do inshAllah

im off work the next 3 days so ill concentrate on sorting the plants out inshAllah

[Kirsten]

I thought of this thread when I was coming back from my volunteer work - I always like to go around the gift shop and see what they have even though I rarely buy anything :) They had the most beautiful peace lily ever - it was blooming big, beautiful, dark red flowers. I wanted so much to buy it but sadly it was really out of my price range :(

[Foz]

oh i didnt realise they come in red too!

[farah]

Hows the Peace Lily coming along now Fozia?

I thought of this thread when I was coming back from my volunteer work - I always like to go around the gift shop and see what they have even though I rarely buy anything :) They had the most beautiful peace lily ever - it was blooming big, beautiful, dark red flowers. I wanted so much to buy it but sadly it was really out of my price range :(

Is it possible to buy the seeds, maybe try online?

[Foz]

[QUOTE=farah;3567]Hows the Peace Lily coming along now Fozia? [QUOTE]


well it had been neglected (my fault totally) and my rabbit had chewed some of the leaves (not totally my faulty) but its alive...i gave it some food and it seems to be having a fresh burst of just giving me leaves lol

will see what it does in the summer!

[Tania]

You were saved by the rabbit who looked after plant in your absence ..lol

[farah]

lol

[Foz]

You were saved by the rabbit who looked after plant in your absence ..lol


loool
you could say that

hes after my other plants now lol

[Foz]

here it is!

nothing but leaves!

[Riz]

fozia

check this link out,, its really interesting, it may be because its not getting enough light, were is it kept !? maybe you should move it to a bay window or something similar

http://www.plant-care.com/peace-lily-spathiphyllum-flower.html


A Little Light on the Subject
Flowering is usually a matter of light and/or temperature… long days, short days, cold snaps followed by warm weather and light levels. Do your plants have a nice dark green color? Are they healthy? They may look good but may not receive enough light to flower. Plants grown in the nursery are probably receiving 3000 foot candles (http://www.plant-care.com/peace-lily-spathiphyllum-flower.html#) or more of light. Most northern interiors if they receive 10% of that amount would be considered a lot of light.

[Foz]

Interesting! thanks for that riz....maybe mines the sensation one then as i rarely see flowers!!

It was kept in the living room, and i guess it wasnt getting much light there.... ive now put it back in the kitchen as the kitchen gets the most sun

[farah]

hm thank you for that, really interesting article, just bought a new one from Aldi's and all the others around it looked the same, the batch production method is quite amazing, this particular one has a lot of flowers and it's still winter.. the lighting things confusing, so it needs to be in sunlight in the UK because the sun light we get is weaker? Any how wonderful plants hopefully it last a while & keep blooming!

[farah]

my peace lily hasn't flowered at all this year but i do give it nutrients :(

the leaves are really healthy though i guess i could give it some special indoor plant soil

[Foz]

ive been neglecting mine...think its on its last legs!