Indoor
Peace Lily
Not pet-safeSpathiphyllum wallisii
- Category
- Indoor
- Light
- Low light
- Watering
- Every 4-5 days
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Mature size
- 40-60 cm tall
- Pet safety
- Toxic or irritant to cats and dogs if chewed. Keep out of reach.
Growing note
Droops dramatically the moment it needs water and recovers within hours of a drink, which makes it one of the easiest plants to read. Keep it out of reach of pets that chew leaves.
Growing Peace Lily in Indian apartments
Brown, crispy leaf tips on an otherwise healthy-looking peace lily are almost always a tap water problem rather than a watering-frequency one, Indian municipal water often carries enough dissolved salts and fluoride to build up in the soil over months and scorch leaf edges from the tip inward. Flushing the pot thoroughly with a large volume of water every couple of months, letting it run straight through and out the drainage holes, clears out most of that buildup; using filtered or RO reject water some of the time helps too. Reliable flowering needs more light than the plant's low-light reputation suggests, a peace lily kept in a genuinely dim corner survives indefinitely but rarely produces the white blooms it's grown for, that needs bright indirect light at minimum. Spider mites show up often on peace lilies kept in dry, air-conditioned rooms, fine webbing between leaf stems and a stippled, dusty look on the leaves are the early signs; occasional misting or wiping the leaves down with a damp cloth keeps the dry conditions they favor from taking hold.