Peperomia calvescens
A very poorly known Peperomia from the eastern Andean slopes of central Peru, known from a 1923 collection near Pozuzo and a 2006 collection at 2100 m. The recent records have their locality withheld for conservation reasons. Grow it as a cool montane cloud-forest terrarium plant: mild days, cool nights, shade and constant humidity.
Where it grows wild
The only locality text is 'Cueva Grande, Estacion near Pozuzo', on the humid eastern slope of the Andes in Pasco. The 2006 specimens at 2100 m are in the montane cloud forest belt. Its growth habit and substrate are not recorded in the data we could see.
The three records with elevation are all at 2100 m, from a single 2006 collection.
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