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Aroids Partly documented

Spathiphyllum commutatum

One of the few Old World peace lilies, native from the Philippines and Sulawesi to the Solomon Islands. The measured sites are warm and wet all year with no dry season, so it wants steady tropical conditions.

Spathiphyllum commutatum
Photo: Unknown illustrator, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Lowland rainforest understory in Malesia and the western Pacific. Species details are scarce; wild Spathiphyllum are typically terrestrial herbs of wet, shaded forest floors and stream banks, and that is assumed here.

Recorded at 50–1109 m, median 250 m (15 records), so mainly lowland.

Bismarck ArchipelagoCaroline Is.MalukuPhilippinesSolomon Is.Sulawesi

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its Public domain licence, unmodified.