Cut off all the dead and dying leaves, I can see all crusty build up on the inside of the pot that its been a long while since its been re-potted LOL, you dont state your location, but Spring is the best time to re-pot. Use a chop stick and stir up the top layer of soil and add some perlite, also get something to brace the plant up. Hope this helps, like Woods stated PL are tough plants. Good Luck

Does the pot have a drain hole? If not, you need to get it in a pot with one.

Spring, starting March 21st actually isn’t the best time to repot. Extremely late spring / summer solstice would be the best time. Just to clear up any confusion.

Sorry, but if the plant's struggling so, I'd say the time to repot is now.

I don't recommend adding new soil to that old stuff, w/ all that mineral accumulation visible on the pot. It needs fresh pot (clean) & fresh soil pls., say Cactus & Succulent soil & Perlite (equal parts of each, mixed well). That's after removing all the old mix off the roots. If needed, use some rocks around the base of the plants to hold them upright, til they re-root.

Could it be water was collecting under the inner pot? That's a pretty tight fit, the inner pot there to the outer. When you repot, smell the roots (don't mean to sound gross), but collapse like that is pretty dramatic.

Also, I grow all 3 of my Spaths in plastic pots, helps w/ keeping it from drying out too fast.

Edited to Add: Sorry, I missed WoodsTea's soil recommendation at the beginning of the thread. Agree w/ their caution about too damp & low light in Winter.

I would also probably repot now as the situation looks dire.

I didn’t get a response, but I’m pretty sure the pot doesn’t have a drain hole. That’s a main reason I’d get it out of there ASAP.

I did mention around summer solstice is the best time to repot, but that was only to clear up use of the term spring.

If it’s an emergency, repotting is always better than letting a plant die.

I guess i should have been clearer, Spring to me is May, next time I will state that, Sorry Mali Hart

Thanks for all your advice. I clipped some leaves and re adjusted the soil so it’s now standing upright and I’ll show you pics tomorrow when I get back into the office. I don’t think it has a drainage hole on the bottom. I picked up some composte I had in the garage and I’ll add some on top. Sorry I’ve never repotted a plant before so want to keep it as a last resort in case it dies on me. Thanks again

Lack of a drainage hole is a BIG problem. Things are unlikely to get better w/out one. Pls don't just add soil to the top. that will likely make things worse.

Til I get to repotting it, here it is after I added some compost:

Thank you for your help!

Adding compost to the top will only make matters worse.

Why would it make it worse?

Because you’re now depriving roots of oxygen.

You never want to bury roots deeper.

Ok just repotted it

Karen you were right about the water!

Roots did not have a smell

Hoping it’ll recover :)

Does the new pot have a drain hole?

Do you have any smaller pots you can use? To prevent rot, you should go with one just barely big enough to fit the plant in.

No I don’t. It doesn’t have holes- should I poke them in?

Yes, that was one of the main reasons for you to repot.

To have drain holes.

Ok I put the holes in

Mali, these plants are pretty much durable. One can grow them to look like they are barely hanging on. You can grow them to have many mishap-pend leaves. Or could could grow them flawless and in bloom.

If you prefer the later, the best thing you could do for your plant is to use a very good porous mix in a container with holes simply put.

If you are going to use the mix you are now which is very dense, I would not use much fertilizer without flushing your mix out at least once a month. I would never water in sips. I would not use tap water unless you are going to flush the mix once a month. And I would do frequent re pots at least every year to keep the mix from collapsing around the roots only to suffocate them. Looks like all this is happening to your plants as we speak.

Remember, the more dense your mix is and the finer the particles in it, the greater chance of the roots suffering from a lack of good oxygen at every watering, salt deposits from tap and fertilizers. I will only use rain water on mine preventing leaf damage.

I've never seen a spath with a cane/stem before. Interesting look ;P

Best of luck reviving your plant :)

Just got around to repotting it again. Hopefully this soil will work out. Can’t give up on it ;)

Already starting to perk up :)

if you still have it at work, take it home, coworkers are notorious for watering other peoples plants & killing them. I had a coworker who pour desk cleaner into a plant that l was taking care of for someone else, so she could report that l was killing his plant.

Marla,

Did you report her to Human resources? That's a scary person to have to be around everyday.

Oh My gosh, Marla. I hope she is gone now.

Yes, she had to leave & get a new job. She wasn't even doing half of the work she was sopos to be doing.

Oh wow that’s a pretty crazy story