Peace Lily thoughts....

I just found out that I am giving my plant a little too much light. I have 2 plants and there are some curly leaves on them and I think only one leaf that is splotchy. I read about polishing the leaves with cheese cloth to make them shine. It was mentioned on one site that they can't breath if you don't polish them or at least mist the leaves on occasion.
I was wondering that if the leaves can't breath, do they fold? The leaves on my PL have never been straight as far as I remember, and I have had these 2 plants for almost a year. But I think the folded leaves have been happening for a couple of months. I changed the soil about a month ago. Could this be the reason for the folding? I read that that is their way of "saying ouch". I couldn't find anything besides that that mentioned anything about folding leaves. The baby leaves are shiny and all the leaves are green. The plants to me, are all in all pretty healthy. Any advice for further understanding would be welcome.

I am not sure why they do that.

However, plants breathe through a special arrangement of cells that are mostly on the underside of the leaf. If you are worried about it, then wipe the leaf clean of dust with a damp cloth, or hose them off outside or in the bathtub. Dust can cause several pest problems, and might slow the respiration.

Spray-on or wipe-on leaf polish might clog the pores.
Spray-on anti-desiccants like Cloud Cover will slow the exchange of gas through those pores.

Holly -

How are you? Happy Thanksgiving to you and everyone!

I am wondering if it maybe a possibility of humdity? Although I tend to think of humidity issues as brown and a bit crispy. I have never seen the folding leaves in a peace lily, but it is almost like they are a bit droopy.

I have my peace lily in the bathroom. The bathroom window is next to where I have the peace lily and the window is frosted, so it is realtively low light. My bathroom tends to hold the humidity in the air.

Thoughts?

Hi there Carolyn! I am doing pretty well. I hope your thanksgiving was enjoyable.

I did had them in the bathroom for a few months this passed spring and summer. I put it there because the browning tips were becoming a problem. It helped with that problem but not the curling leaves. I think, I THINK, there was one or two folded leaves at that time that didn't get corrected. I had it on a linen shelf right next to the shower. So I didn't really see that having it in the bathroom was helping. But you could still be right.
The leaf does look droopy, but I think that if the weight of the leaf wasn't all in the middle, it would be fine. Because there are still many leaves on the 2 plants that this is not the case and they point upwards.
I would be interested with any other thoughts. Does anyone else's PL do this as well?

Holly

Thanksgiving went so fast - cannot believe that I am now thinking about Christmas!

I have not had any problems with browning tips, but nor have I had the problems with the folding leaves. I did see folding leaves on a PL a very long time ago - however it was not my plant, so I do not know what the conditions or care of that plant were.

I am curious - if you find out what the answers are, please let us know.

I most certainly will. I will be keeping an eye on my plant as well. Just in case it straightens out or gets worse. I looked on quite a few threads here asking about PL problems but nothing like what I am trying to find out. One site suggested it was transplant shock, and that is why I will be keeping an eye on it.

Have your watering habits changed with this plant? It's been my experience with Peace Lily's that they prefer to stay moist, though not soggy, and they don't like to dry completely. I too would agree that it probably is not a humidity issue. Sorry, I don't have any other ideas as to what could cause this. If it were mine, I'd probably just cut the effected leaves off.
I would like to suggest that the best thing to use for cleaning the leaves is milk. It does a beautiful job of cleaning, and also leaves a wonderful shine.

Hmmmmm...... Milk. Thanks for the suggestion.
No, I don't think it is a humidity issue. My plants actually don't mind getting dry. My watering has not changed. I let them tell me when they are thirsty rather than keeping to a schedule though. A lot of the leaves are not drooping as much anymore and it seems they are starting to unfold.
Do you think temperatures can do this? If it gets too cold?