Plant of the Araceae family

Abstract

A new plant of the Spathiphyllum species is somewhat smaller in size than that of the `Mauna Loa` variety and has foliage with variegated leaf blades that have a basic chlorophyllous field containing streaks and blotches which in colors are lighter than those of the basic chlorophyllous field, and an inflorescence with a spathe that shortly after initial expansion is provided with variegated blades which have a basic achlorophyllous field that contains chlorophyllous streaks and blotches and merges distally in the spathe with a chlorophyllous tip area, spathe coloration changing as the spathe matures to provide variegated blades that have a basic chlorophyllous field which contains chlorophlyllous and nearly achlorophyllous streaks and blotches that are generally lighter in colors than those found in the basic chlorophyllous field of a mature spathe.

I claim: 
     
       1. The new and distinct variety of the Araceae family as described and illustrated and which combines the following principal distinguishing characteristics: (1) a plant specimen which in size is generally smaller than those of the `Mauna Loa` variety of the Spathiphyllum species,   (2) foliage that includes leaf blades which are variegated and provided with a basic chlorophyllous field that contains streaks and blotches which in colors are generally lighter than those of the basic chlorophyllous field and which also vary in color, pattern and size within the leaf blades and from one leaf blade to the next, and   (3) an inflorescence with a spathe that shortly after initial expansion is provided with variegated blades which have a basic achlorophyllous field that contains chlorophyllous streaks and blotches and merges distally in the spathe with a chlorophyllous tip area which extends proximally in the leaf blade further than that of the `Mauna Loa` variety of the Spathiphyllum species, the spathe coloration changing as the spathe matures to provide variegated blades that have a basic chlorophyllous field which contains chlorophyllous and nearly achlorophyllous streaks and blotches that are generally lighter in color than those found in the basic chlorphyllous field.