Peperomia coloniae

A somewhat shrubby Peperomia from the Perené valley in central Peru, known only from Killip and Smith's 1929 collection at Colonia Perené, at about 680 m. It creeps and then turns upward, with soft sparse hairs and leathery lanceolate leaves, 5–6 cm long, that are yellowish underneath. It comes from warm foothill forest, so it wants warm, humid, shaded conditions without a cool winter.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Recorded as an epiphytic herb of wet tropical forest. The specimen label says only 'woods'. Colonia Perené lies in the lower foothill forest of the Chanchamayo–Perené valley, on the eastern Andean slope of Junín.

Collected at 680–700 m in the lower foothills of the eastern Andes.

Peru

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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