Peace Lily

Peace lilies are supposed to be this wonder plant that can detoxify the air. Lots of people must have read that study coz the first shop I found it in was selling the plant for MYR99!! The salesgirl tried to convince me to get it saying that it was rare, had special healing properties, and the vase it was in was unique. I have better things to spend MYR99 on, like some Guinness.

Finally found a local garden shop selling this for MYR14. It didn't have the unique pot but I'll live with that.

Watched a few videos on propagating it. This guy had a clever idea on how to have a flower all the time, but I was stressed out watching him mess up his kitchen!!

Anyways it was time to attempt repotting the plant. I wasn't prepared for what I found after removing the plastic pot.

It took me close to an hour to pry, cut, mutilate the plant. It wasn't a very peaceful process. This was the result...

Most of the videos I watched mentioned handling the plant with care coz it was easy to stress out. I definitely did the opposite. Will update this post in a month or so to report on how many survived the ordeal.

One day later update: They all look quite ok! Fingers crossed they keep it up. I placed them in different locations with varying levels of light and conditions...

Indoors, by the window, no direct sunlight, in water. This was the biggest plant with the most roots.

Outdoors, no direct sunlight, 2 pots with soil, and a few in water.

These 2 sets in the same shaded place as the 2 soil pots earlier, but these are even more shaded by other plants, and immersed in pond water. The last photo was of the smallest shoots which also had hardly any roots attached.
I had no time yesterday but I will be working on some kind of holder to immerse a couple of shoots in the indoor community aquarium.

23Oct2019 update: A much smaller peace lily was for sale in Tesco for MYR14.90. Good to know I got a better bargain earlier.

24Oct2019 update: My prototype wire plant hangar holding a peace lily and spring onion.

This area gets hardly any natural light.

I placed one in gravel and water. Gets a fair amount of indirect sun.