Peperomia esmeraldana
A tiny creeping epiphyte from the very wet Pacific lowland forests of northern Ecuador and southern Colombia, with fleshy, kidney-shaped leaves only about 4 × 7 mm, which makes it a true miniature for warm terrariums. Most specimens come from about 235–580 m in Chocó rainforest, growing on old trees and on rocks beside rivers. Published habitat detail is limited to the type description and specimen labels.
Where it grows wild
Very wet lowland and foothill rainforest of the Chocó region. The type was described as creeping on old trees in the forests of Esmeraldas; Colombian labels from the Awá reserves in Nariño record it as an epiphyte and as a herb on rock at a river edge. It forms small creeping mats on bark and wet rock under the forest canopy.
Measured wild records span 235–1960 m with a median of 321 m; most sit between about 235 and 580 m, and a single record reaches 1960 m in the Cordillera del Cóndor.
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