Peace Lily ‘Mauna Loa’/ Broad leaf peace lily

Quantity: A single plant in a small pot

Spathiphyllum
Origin
South East Asia

Family
Araceae

Description
Peace Lily ‘Mauna Loa’ is admired for its bold , long, elliptical leaves held on foot long leaf stems. The leaves grow upward and arch outward at their tips. The flower stem can be up to 20 inches long and bears a single, creamy-white spathe.. The foliage and form of a peace lily resembles hostas.

‘Mauna Loa’ bears unusual blooms, each with a finger-like floral column (spadix) surrounded by a large petal-like leaf (spathe). These are held above the foliage atop leafless stems. The snowy blooms are long-lasting and turn green as they age. Flowering can occur year round but is most prevalent from winter to summer.

Height
2′ to 3′

Environment
Place peace lilies in a location where they get filtered light, such as a bright window. North or West facing windows are best as these do not allow direct sunlight all day. In too little light, the plants won t bloom properly. In harsh sunlight, they become bleached or dry.

Keep evenly moist. Be sure to use a container with a drainage hole and never allow the plant to stand in water.

Mist the leaves several times a week with a spray bottle. Mist your plant more frequently in the summer growing season – the more water you can supply the blooms, the healthier it will be.

Growth may cease completely below 70 F, but will resume when warmer weather returns.

Any good potting mix that drains well will be ideal for the plant.

During growing, fertilizer with slow-release fertilizer or use a 20-20-20 liquid fertilizer at half-strength every month. Iron deficiency can result in yellowing leaves between the veins treat with an iron drench.

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Pests: Peace lilies are sometimes susceptible to infection by aphids, mites, or other small arthropods. Use insecticidal soap to remove pests like aphids or mites.
Care Instructions
It??s best to keep your Peace Lily in a bright spot, but avoid placing it in direct sunlight as the leaves can get sun burnt. However keeping it in very low light will affect its bloom and the plant will grow slower.

Peace Lily requires a well drained soil mix. It does best when the soil has a chance to dry out in between waterings. Make sure the soil remains a little moist and not completely dry. You can achieve this by watering a little twice or thrice a week.

• Beautiful flowers
• Stunning leaves
• Most popular indoor plant
• Pest tolerant
• Tropical plant
• Low care plant
• A good gifting plant

Peace lily or spathiphyllum is the most common house plant around the whole world. They bloom once a year and are mostly during spring whereas their cousin’s anthuriums are year-round bloomers.

In nature, they have around 50 subspecies and can be seen in South America, and Southeast Asia. Their flowers have two parts central spadix and a spathe cover. Usually, they are grown in tissue culture labs because of their excessive need in the hobby. People buy primarily because of its beautiful whitish flowers. Geberelic acid spray; a plant hormone is used by many Gardners to have continuous blooms. In greenhouse conditions, they are given 30 percent of shade for better growth.

Rebloom is difficult on this plant once bloomed. Given enough shade, moisture, and fertilization, they might bloom again. Although their flowers are seen whitish color, occasionally we can see them produce green spade flowers.

They can’t tolerate direct sunlight. And keeping them under shade is extremely important. They naturally grow under trees in tropical forests, so mimicking an environment where they grow in your home can definitely benefit this plant; that means having a good humid condition helps. Some cultivars in this plant can tolerate heat and some can’t. Their leaves droop if underwater. So that’s an indication for watering. Adding moss, vermiculite and organic decayed matter helps because of their water holding capacity. If you want beautiful shiny-looking green leaf, of course, you can add organic fertilizers.

Propagation of this plant is very easy. Always there are many saplings under a matured peace lily. So you need to take the matured plant from a pot and slowly cut rhizome to divide the plants. Water propagation of saplings also helps to develop roots faster on young plants before transferring to the soil.

The plant need often watering and airflow for better growth. Milli bugs, bacterial and fungal infections are few problems around this plant although this plant is very tolerant to most problems and pests. Checking plants regularly for problems definitely helps though.

In India, you can buy peace lily plants online anywhere from Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha (Orissa), Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal.

The peace lily is also a primarily corporate gifting plant too. So if you want to find a good gift for your boss or manager, peace lily would be an apt choice.