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I have owned a peace lily for about 10 years. For most of that time, it has resided with my grandmother. She recently moved and left the plant for my parents to take care of. I took it off their hands. Since my grandmother is a bit of a snowbird, the plant was left unattended for long periods. Every so often, it would practically die off because it wasn't watered or cared for. However, it endured.

At times, the plant was enormous. It had lots of huge leaves and numerous healthy flowers. Right now, it is pretty small, and it has no blooms (due to a period of neglect). I'm trying to nurse it back to health, which I plan to do mainly by watering it regularly. I'll probably also add a little plant food, since I doubt it has been fertilized anytime recently.

I noticed that the plant seems to have split into a what appears to be a number of new plants (called crowns?). I tried to learn about this online by researching propagation. Based on what I read, I'm supposed to split the root systems of the crowns from the main plant. However, the offshoots of my plant are located above ground. They are connected to the main base by a segment of dry, brown, scaly material. I think this segment may be the result of a bunch of leaves growing and dying off over time, but I'm not sure.

Anyways, I'm not sure what to do with these offshoots. They don't seem to have their own root systems. Has anyone seen anything like this before?

I tend to dump peace lilies outdoors and into the ground to live or die on their own.
Here is what I found on propagating them.
Propagating peace lilies

And I should have said welcome, Element!