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The common name, Peace Lily, is from the universally acknowledged white flag of truce during battles. The cream or yellow colored spadix of each flower that is enclosed by the white spathe represents the pole or stick, whereas, the white spathe represents the flag. Other than knowing this, I do not know the actual story, events or people(s) involved in naming the flower. Another common name given to this plant is 'White Sails', the spathe in this case representing the sails of a ship.
Brian
The original questioner sent Brian an email several days later...
Hi,
Nice to hear from you and thanks for the response.
I was searching for some information because a friend of mine had given a peace lily to me as an 'office warming' present and I had to go away for 3 weeks and it nearly died.
When I left the office last Monday night, I had just about given up hope. On Tuesday morning in Sydney, I awoke to the terrible news in the USA. When I came into the office that day, my peace lily had revived and four leaves had fallen to the floor.
I am not a mystical person, but the coincidence that my 'dead' peace lily had revived so amazingly touched me very deeply, and I wanted some info so I could write to my colleagues and friends in the USA.
Many of my friends at work here were also amazed and every day now I have a number of people come in and water it - it is our way of sending peace and love to all who lost loved ones.
We have been so moved by the blossoming of a plant so connected to peace that we have been in touch with local horticulturalists and are organsing a fundraiser selling the plants, so that we can do something to help out.
I thought you might like to know this story, and I also wanted to thank you for your information.
Best wishes.
