Byline: NANCY O'DONNELL Special to the Times Union -
Winter has long been declared houseplant growing season and many of your recent questions reflect just that.
DEAR NANCY: About two weeks ago, I received a peace lily, which came in a very shallow pot. I'm getting new flowers so it must like the bright southeast facing windows, but it came without watering instructions. I couldn't find much in my gardening books about its requirements. -- Mary McEwan DEAR MARY: Your peace lily is a member of the genus Spathiphyllum, which when translated simply describes its elegant flower, a large pair of bracts (the white hood of the flower) shield the unusually shaped, bumpy flower cluster or spadix.
Native to the understory of the tropical rain forests of Central and South America, …
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