Peperomia aceramarcana
A tiny, delicate creeping epiphyte from the upper cloud forests of the Bolivian Andes. It has hairy stems about 1 mm thick and whorls of small leaves only 2 by 7–10 mm. Most records lie above 3,000 m, so it is a genuinely cold-growing plant that needs constantly cool, wet, misty conditions and will not tolerate warm rooms.
Where it grows wild
It grows as an epiphyte in wet montane and upper montane forest, the moss-laden 'ceja de montaña' just below the treeline. Most records come from the Apolobamba and Madidi protected areas and the Yungas of La Paz. It creeps through moss on trunks and branches.
Records run from about 2,800 to 4,180 m, with a median of about 3,460 m; the type came from about 3,300 m near the RÃo Aceramarca. A single record at 1,100 m is likely an outlier.
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