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Pleasant Peace Lily
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Pleasant Peace Lily
E Introduced Photo: Preetha P.S.
Common name: Pleasant Peace Lily, Variegated peace lily
Botanical name: Spathiphyllum blandum    Family: Araceae (Arum family)

Pleasant Peace Lily is an evergreen, almost stemless herb, with elliptic-oblong leaves, 20-35 cm long and 10-20 cm broad, on thin leaf-stalks, 20-40 cm long. The inflorescence is formed by a spathe which resembles a leaf, with a sharp tip, about 18 cm long and 6-8 cm broad, of a pale green color and by a cream-white spadix, 5-8 cm long. Spadix is what carries the actual tiny flowers. The fruits are berries containing oblong seeds almost kidney-form. It reproduces by seed and by division. Pleasant Peace Lily is native to the humid forests of Belize, Guatemala and Honduras, now cultivated worldwide as a house plant.

Identification credit: Preetha P.S. Photographed in cultivation in Varkala, Kerala.

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