Peperomia cookiana
A Hawaiian endemic Peperomia with four named varieties, found in mesic to wet montane forest on several of the main islands, for example at Waikamoi and Ko'olau Gap on East Maui. Its forest understory companions include ferns such as Diplazium, Dryopteris and Marattia, which points to cool, shaded, humid conditions. In cultivation it suits a cool, humid terrarium with gentle light.
Where it grows wild
Mesic to wet native forest in the Hawaiian mountains, in shaded understory alongside ferns (Diplazium sandwichianum, Dryopteris glabra, Marattia douglasii), Melicope, Alyxia and Rubus hawaiensis. Hawaiian Peperomias grow on the ground, on mossy rocks and logs and as low epiphytes; the habit of this species was not documented in the sources consulted.
Montane: one Waikamoi record is at about 5,150 ft (about 1,570 m); the elevation span of the species as a whole was not found.
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