Hi Brittany, I have a Peace Lily who was too close to the heat vent this winter and I couldn't keep up with watering it. (It had to be there at the time, only place safe from kitty chewing, has since been moved) It was perking up every time I watered it, but it seemed like it was drooping back down daily and it wasn't very long before the leaves were too dried out to bounce back. About a month ago, I whacked mine back to just a few of the healthiest looking leaves and also repotted smaller, which is a very good idea if the roots cannot fill the pot it's in, to keep it from staying too wet. I also used the magnificent coctail called Superthrive (try Googling it), and now there are about 15-20 new baby leaves coming up from the base. It doesn't have the grandeur it once did, but it's well on its way to becoming healthy again. Good luck on yours, and yes, as Toni wisely said, keep it away from your son...Peace Lilies are toxic.

Usually, PLs are divided instead of repotted, but either can be done. First, your tree is not going to die if you can purge your thought process of the idea wilting means the plant needs more water. Have faith in the idea that plants in a damp/moist medium will always be able to take up water more efficiently than plants in a wet/soggy medium. The recovery will take 1 of 3 paths. 1) New growth will stop and the leaves will remain in a wilted condition for a period of time until enough new roots are generated to meet the top's moisture needs, Soon after the plant regains turgidity (stops wilting) it will resume growth. 2) Many leaves will die due to the fact a lesser volume of roots isn't going to be able to meet the moisture demands of the pot, which will cause the plant to literally wall off the leaves to prevent further moisture loss, or 3) you could remove at least half of the existing leaves to easy the o/a demand for water. If you do that, concentrate on removing the oldest leaves. If you look very carefully. You'll see the younger leaves are attached to the crown above or closer to the center than attachment point of older leaves. Resume fertilizing when you see the plant pushing new growth. Al

I was just actually reading up about Spathiphyllums, because I went and repotted mine into a larger pot yesterday and felt like refreshing my notes on caring for them. I would also recommend Tropicbreezent's suggestion of checking the roots and soil. That's most likely the cause of whatever problems your plant is having. Does that pot it's in have adequate drainage? These plants require a soil that drains well and allows the roots to breathe. Their roots need plenty of access to fresh air. When the air supply is cut off, that's when they end up rotting. I would highly recommend checking out a website called, Exotic Rainforest. There is a section dedicated to > Caring for Spathiphyllums < This offers a wealth of accurate information about the proper care that these plants need. A couple excerpts taken from there point out some of the common problems that people have with these plants: * "It isn't excess water that kills 'Peace Lilies' in homes. The cause of their demise is almost always poor soil that is kept soggy, poor light conditions, near constant neglect, lack of nutrients and even more importantly poor soil conditions!" * "I frequently read posts on garden forums asking why a 'Peace Lily' is about to die and how to save the plant. Almost without exception the principal responses given are to slow down on the water and/or move it to an area of dimmer light. This advice is exactly the opposite of what nature provides naturally!" * "Even though Spathiphyllum can and do tolerate poor conditions does not mean they prefer them. In nature it appears they prefer medium or bright indirect to direct light as well as adequate water and food." * "If kept in very dim light you are deliberately starving the plants from the ability to produce their own natural sources of food." After you have corrected the problems with the roots and soil, I would advise you to move your plant to a brighter location with plenty of indirect sunlight. Sunlight is the plant's primary source of energy. Without it, they can't produce the food they need to grow stronger and healthier. Just because plants can tolerate low light conditions, this doesn't mean that they prefer them.

Every single new leaf that has come up gets brown tips before it unfolds and will end up like the others in the picture and eventually the whole stock dies and the stalk just falls off. I have tried trimming the bad leaves by cutting them to take stress off the plant but that has not helped. That is what you see that may look like new leaves, but it is not. This has been going on for almost a year, and at one time it was a full beautiful plant. I have had the plant in several locations in my home with more light then low light and then more light. I read that someone in another thread posted how they put theirs in the bathroom for warmth and humidity and since we have a sunlight in ours, I figured I would try that, but not directly under the light. I dont know how I feel about putting it on the porch since we have animals that may disturb it. I don't know if it needs fertilizer and what kind? I'm worried at this point it may kill it. I have never fertilized it (but never did any of my ivy plants and they were ok). I'm wondering if it is disease.