# Can anyone identify my plant?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 12, 2006, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-my-plant/339725 "2006-01-12T22:35:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-my-plant/339725/1 "2006-01-12T22:35:32Z")

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I got this as a gift from someone. I really like it. It is the first plant I’ve had that seems to flourish in the office atmosphere. I think I want another.

[Picture 1](http://photobucket.com/albums/v713/Elenia25/?action=view&current=Picture009.jpg)  
[Picture 2](http://photobucket.com/albums/v713/Elenia25/?action=view&current=Picture010.jpg)

Any idea? Anybody?

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**Author:** ![Cherry2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cherry2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cherry2000)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-my-plant/339725/2 "2006-01-12T22:42:27Z")

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Hard to tell from the pics, but it looks like it might be a Peace Lily.

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**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-my-plant/339725/3 "2006-01-12T22:43:46Z")

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A kind of [Anthurium?](http://www.cfpc.com/anthuriums/)

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**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-my-plant/339725/4 "2006-01-12T23:06:47Z")

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I think it’s a spathyphyllum (sp?).

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**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-my-plant/339725/5 "2006-01-12T23:10:51Z")

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Yep, probably a [peace lily](http://images.google.com/images?q=peace%20lily&sourceid=mozilla-search&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&sa=N&tab=wi).

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**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-my-plant/339725/6 "2006-01-12T23:28:34Z")

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> [@Shayna](#):
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> Yep, probably a [peace lily](http://images.google.com/images?q=peace%20lily&sourceid=mozilla-search&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&sa=N&tab=wi).

[Same difference](http://www.flowers.org.uk/plants/plantfacts/spathiphyllum.htm)🙂  
This site tells a little about caring for them. Enjoy, **Anaamika**!

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**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-my-plant/339725/7 "2006-01-12T23:37:06Z")

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Ah! Thank you. I tried to get some of the flowers, but couldn’t. It does bloom, occasionally.