Spathiphyllum

“Peace lily”; family Araceae, http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/plant-finder/plant-details/kc/b568/spathiphyllum-group.aspx
Not much color loss gray-scaling these images, so this was a perfect subject for this month, MaryBeth!

Rich suggested that the species of any given specimen may be impossible to determine because there are so many species and cultivars.

Genus page at PhytoImages,
http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Spathiphyllum&rank=genus

Taken at the SIUC Plant Biology Greenhouse, http://www.plantbiology.siu.edu/facilities/plant-biology-facilities/greenhouse/index.php

One year ago (“That does not compute.”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-02-13
Two years ago (“Valentine’s Day Eve”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-02-13
Peace lily at home last year: http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-03-24

[Rick Schies]

Great close-up work