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I got a peace lily secondhand a little over a year ago. It had big beautiful leaves. It was originally in bright mostly indirect light (in an office set about 7-8 ft away from an east facing glass wall). When I took it home, it seemed to be doing fine in a north facing window. But then when we did a big move (across a couple of states), it went through some stress. Not to mention that my husband put it out in the yard for a few days in direct sunlight. It lost a few of its biggest leaves. Then I put it in a shady spot next to a an east-facing window. It wasn't getting a lot of light, direct or indirect. All the leaves it grew after that were small.
I thought it was the shade, so I moved it about 5 months ago to a bright south facing window. I watched it for about 2 months. The leaves continued to grow in small, and it was browning from the sun in a few spots.
Then I thought it might be root-bound (which it was). I repotted it in a larger pot with some new soil (and left some of the old soil in as well). I kept it in the south facing window, because I don't have a lot of other places to put it at the moment. The leaves have continued to grow small.
I don't know how old the plant is, as I got it secondhand from my husband's old office.
I don't remember what the roots looked like, since it's been awhile since I repotted it. I think I would have noticed if there was any serious root rot, and I don't remember seeing anything like that. I just remember that the plant was pretty seriously root bound, and I untangled some of the roots before potting it into a bigger pot.
I may be able to post a picture in a little while, but I would need to use a different computer to do so. Stay tuned.
