When mine looks like that, I give it a big drink of water and it is all better.

I thought so too...I watered it well...no change!

May take a day to rehydrate.

tj

Is the soil hard to the touch?

If so, that's the problem, it's not drinking cause the peaty soil won't take up water; likely it's running down the inside of the pot & not penetrating the rootball.

If so, take a pencil & make some holes in the soil, all the way down into the bottom then water DIRECTLY into the holes. The plant should start to perk up after that.

Does the saucer come off? It looks like it doesn't & you need it to.

I'd suggest switching to a plastic pot & reading up on mixes for Spathyphyllum. Good luck.

If the leaves wilt while the soil is obviously moist, you're over-watering. If the soil is dry and the pot light in weight compared to when the soil mass is moist when wilting occurs, it's probably under-watering. I strongly suspect the former because it looks like it's been over-watered. You can confirm over-watering as the problem if the leaves perk up as dusk approaches and the plant enters the dark cycle, causing stomata to close and allowing the plant to regain full or partially turgidity.

Al

Looks like it has chronic root rot from lack of light and aeration..........

My peace lily does this strange thing. In fall, the leaves yellow and fall or I chop it off. The whole winter it spends in the corner of the room. I may be water it once a month. It is just about showing signs of growth. It has done this every year for the last 3 or so years I have had it. It comes back pretty strong and I will start fertilizing it in a week or so. I thought this was normal. Looks like others do not observe the same behaviour. It is in a 511 type mix.

I do and have done that with a wide variety of plants - brugmansia, datura, hibiscus, oxalis, colocasia, dahlia, geranium, ................ many others.

My Spathiphyllum stays outside for most of the year, and comes in during the winter months. Where it sits on an unlit shelf and gets neglected for most of that time. When I do remember to water it, I place it in a metal bucket and fill it up to the soil line with collected rainwater (& the occasional diluted fertilizer), and let it soak for roughly an hour to rehydrate the soil and let the plant absorb enough water. Then I drain the water and flush it with fresh rainwater until it begins to run clear out of the bottom of the pot. I've used a fast draining soil that never stays saturated and allows the roots to breathe.

Despite not getting any natural sunlight and being in very dry air (my gas heat strips out all the moisture from the air), my peace lily has lost only two or three leaves this winter. Even when the soil is pretty much bone dry, my plant never shows any signs of wilt. Now that spring is right around the corner, I've been watering it more often and placing it outside in the shade during the daytime to slowly acclimate it back to being outdoors again full time this summer.

I would have to agree that yours is suffering from poorly aerated soil that's not allowing the roots to breathe. Which is vital to the health of your plant as a whole.

The OP hasn't been back since Thurs.

Tommy,

We're all trying to help you here - if you could pls. answer this very simple question which I repeat:

Is the soil hard to the touch?