Spathiphyllum cochlearispathum
A peace lily from the wet lowland forests of southeastern Mexico, named for its spoon-shaped spathe. Herbarium labels place it on shaded, leaf-littered, damp ground in evergreen rainforest, sometimes in seasonally flooded forest or on wet banks by waterfalls. Grow it like a large peace lily: shade, warmth and a mix that never dries out.
Where it grows wild
Herbarium labels describe an erect terrestrial herb growing under shade on litter-covered, humid ground in tall and medium evergreen rainforest (selva alta and mediana perennifolia). Some labels give seasonally flooded low forest, a wet bank near a waterfall, cloud forest, or coffee plantations and secondary growth. Like others in the genus it forms colonies along streams and in wet hollows.
GBIF specimen elevations run from sea level to about 1,300 m, with a median near 260 m. It is mainly a lowland and foothill plant. The few records above 1,800 m are probably errors or cultivated plants.
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