Droopy Peace Lilies

[applestar]

It’s a great view. The one that is blooming looks lovely. What is the grassy-looking one? — it DOES stand out.

I think if I was being obsessive, I would shift them around — maybe keep them moving one spot to the right and moving the right-most to the left-most at the same time rotating the way they face the window.

[P A U L]

As long as the plants are rotated and they don't have pests it would be ok.

the leaves do show brown dots once in awhile...but I sprayed eeeeverywhere with neem oil 4 times in a week when I first bought them. I jet-mist-sprayed them in the shower from top, from underneath, sideways, all around, into the stalks/base and in between. I see no other signs of pests other than these spontaneous brown dots.

I would put one less plant on the shelf myself since I like the plants to have enough room so the leaves don't grow into each other. I am not a fan of saucer and they should not have water constantly in them.

I moved 2 somewhere else. the saucers are there because I gave them a nice long shower the other day and I had to move them out of the tub. they're just there for drainage. I usually have them on a 'cork' coaster. any water that drains--less than half a centimeter--seems to be evaporating very quickly.

no plants sit in the water. the pots in the cup, there's a gap between the surface of the water and bottom of the pot. I have it like that because I'm trying to see if it may provide a little bit of humidity.

The saucers do make life easier, so you don't have to take all the plants to the sink to water them. But put a layer of small rocks in the bottom, so the pots sit up over the water that drains in to the saucer, NOT in it.

I have less than 10 so I'm still ok taking them to the bathtub and just leaving the shower running. sometimes I have a bucket of water, and I dunk the pots till they stop bubbling (usually after about 10 seconds) and then leave them in the tub to drain.

It’s a great view. The one that is blooming looks lovely. What is the grassy-looking one? — it DOES stand out.

thanks! I actually cut off all the blooms for all my pots because they're dumping pollen all over my 500sq-ft apartment. I got peace lilies because NASA listed them as very efficient for cleaning the air...albeit in their laboratory setting. that 1 pot pretty much said "I hate you" and threw up 3 new flowers. 2 other pots put up....green flowers...which I also cut away.

the grassy plant...I got it free w/ a yelp coupon (lol). it's a "neanthe bella palm." chamadorea elegans is what the owner of the nursery said.

[imafan26]

Neem can be overdone. I would only use it once or twice a week and especially if you have plants in a sunny window, you don't want to spray in the heat of the day. Oil can burn. Brown dots are usually water spots that burned in the light or fungal issue from the leaves being sprayed too often instead of watering the plant. Tropical plants in a natural environment tolerate more water than plants from drier regions and Anthuriums usually live on the leaf litter and roots of trees. They have a waxy flower and leaves are shiny so normally they do a good job of wicking water off and the leaf is designed to drip dry. However, people, being people put plants in unnatural environments. Plants in the rainforest get rained on everyday, but because there is only so much light on the forest floor they space themselves out. Anthuriums, like orchids are air plants and have very few roots in the ground and mostly they are there for support. Most of the roots are in the air and they are very absorbent and collect water and nutrients in the air and from whatever "compost" falls on them from the trees. Rainforests usually rain every day, but not all day long so the plants are spaced and the rain stops long enough for the plants to dry off. If the environment was not good for them, they would just die off. They like humidity, but a humidity tray would also work. Misting should be done early in the day, and they should be misted lightly and not heavily. The plants should be spaced and they need good air circulation (a small fan or breeze) so they don't stay wet for a long time. Anthuriums are susceptible to fungal diseases, like blight which is water borne. Chlorine not a good thing, so if you are going to mist, collect the water the day before and leave it in an open pail for 1-3 days so the chlorine can vaporize. There is no chlorine in rain water. Media that is kept too wet will sour faster, so remember to repot your plant before the media breaks down.

[P A U L]

OK this is about my peace lilies, but not about the drooping. The flowers have brown spots and I can't seem to figure out why.

They aren't in direct sunlight. I jet sprayed the junk out of the plants, neemed them several times before that. I don't see any signs of pests...but the white leaf around the seed has brown spots on them and I have no idea why...

Any ideas???

[imafan26]

Those aren't so bad. Most flowers or spadix don't like to be sprayed especially after they open. The same thing happens with orchids that get the flowers wet and fail to dry before the sun comes out. The bacteria and fungi thrive in wet and humid conditions and infect the leaf through parts that have been injured. It is best to grow them under cover and take care not to let the leaves stay wet for a prolonged time.
https://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/oc/freepubs/pdf/PD-25.pdf
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pp292

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well damn it. it seems spraying/misting it blast spores from the seed onto the white leaf and 'stained' it.... this whooole time I thought it was spider mites. all sources on google pointed to brown spots being pest damage...

[applestar]

Those were interesting links that imafan posted. Very informative.

I did have to chuckle at this one:

Deformed spathes. The suspected cause is an environmental-physiological interaction. In this example, the ‘Ozaki’ spathe has elongated to an obake shape.

...Assuming “obake” is pronounced oh-bah-kay as in “ghost” in Japanese, I thought ...only in Hawaii would they describe that shape this way.